The State Emergency Service of UkraineYanukovych appoints new Cabinet of Ministers, Kyiv Post (24 December 2012), until December 24, 2012 named the Ministry of Emergencies of Ukraine is the main executive body tasked with carrying out state policy in the spheres of civil defence, rescue, creating and managing the system of insurance fund documentation, utilization of radioactive wastes, protection of population and territory in emergency situations, emergency prevention and response, liquidation in the aftermath, and the Chernobyl catastrophe.

The New South Wales State Emergency Service, an agency of the Government of New South Wales, is an emergency and rescue service dedicated to assisting the community in times of natural and man-made disasters.