Editing Jersey (section)

=== Emergency services ===
Emergency services<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gov.je/PublicOrderJusticeRights/EmergencyServices/ |title=Emergency services |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160319020149/http://www.gov.je/PublicOrderJusticeRights/EmergencyServices/ |archive-date=19 March 2016}}</ref> are provided by the [[States of Jersey Police]] with the support of the [[Honorary Police]] as necessary, States of Jersey Ambulance Service,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Contacts |url=http://www.gov.je/pages/contacts.aspx?contactId=87 |access-date=31 May 2011 |publisher=[[Government of Jersey]] |archive-date=14 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514123930/http://www.gov.je/pages/contacts.aspx?contactId=87 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Jersey Fire and Rescue Service]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jersey Fire and Rescue Service |url=http://www.gov.je/Government/Departments/HomeAffairs/Departments/FireService/Pages/default.aspx |access-date=31 May 2011 |publisher=Gov.je |archive-date=29 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110529084753/http://www.gov.je/GOVERNMENT/DEPARTMENTS/HOMEAFFAIRS/DEPARTMENTS/FIRESERVICE/Pages/default.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref> and the [[Jersey Coastguard]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jersey Coastguard |url=http://www.portofjersey.je/JerseyCoastguard/Pages/default.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110602175754/http://www.portofjersey.je/JerseyCoastguard/Pages/default.aspx |archive-date=2 June 2011 |access-date=31 May 2011 |publisher=Portofjersey.je}}</ref> The Jersey Fire and Rescue Service, Jersey Lifeboat Association and the [[Royal National Lifeboat Institution]] operate an inshore rescue and lifeboat service; Channel Islands Air Search provides rapid response airborne search of the surrounding waters.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ivor Bisson |date=3 February 2011 |title=CI Air Search Home page |url=http://www.ci-airsearch.com/ |access-date=31 May 2011 |website=CI Air Search|archive-date=11 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611200601/http://www.ci-airsearch.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

The States of Jersey Fire Service was formed in 1938 when the States took over the Saint Helier Fire Brigade, which had been formed in 1901. The first lifeboat was equipped, funded by the States, in 1830. The RNLI established a lifeboat station in 1884.<ref>{{Cite web |date=14 December 1982 |title=St Helier History |url=http://rnli.org/findmynearest/station/Pages/St-Helier-Lifeboat-Station.aspx |access-date=12 July 2012 |website=[[RNLI]] |archive-date=14 September 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120914083435/http://rnli.org/findmynearest/station/Pages/St-Helier-Lifeboat-Station.aspx |url-status=dead}}</ref> Border security and customs controls are undertaken by the [[States of Jersey Customs and Immigration Service]]. Jersey has adopted the [[112 (emergency telephone number)|112 emergency number]] alongside its existing [[999 (emergency telephone number)|999 emergency number]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Emergency Department |url=http://www.gov.je/Health/Hospitals/EmergencyOutHours/pages/accidentemergency.aspx |access-date=18 March 2022 |website=[[Government of Jersey]] |language=en |archive-date=18 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220318141513/https://www.gov.je/Health/Hospitals/EmergencyOutHours/pages/accidentemergency.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref>