Editing Emergency medical services (section)

===Municipal "third service" ambulance service===
[[File:An ambulance in Kiev.jpg|thumb|A government-owned ambulance in [[Kyiv]], Ukraine]]
Operating separately from (although alongside) the fire and police services of the area, these ambulances are funded by local, provincial or national governments. In some countries, these only tend to be found in big cities, whereas in countries such as the United Kingdom, almost all emergency ambulances are part of a national health system.<ref>{{cite web|title=UK NHS Ambulance Service Information|url=http://www.nhs.uk/nhsengland/aboutnhsservices/emergencyandurgentcareservices/pages/ambulanceservices.aspx|url-status=deviated|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091106000344/http://www.nhs.uk/nhsengland/aboutnhsservices/emergencyandurgentcareservices/pages/ambulanceservices.aspx|archive-date=2009-11-06|access-date=2009-11-01|publisher=NHS Direct}}</ref>

In the United States, ambulance services provided by a local government are often referred to as "third service" EMS (the fire department, police department, and EMS department forming an emergency services trio) by the members of said service, as well as other city officials and residents. The most notable examples of this model in the United States are [[Pittsburgh Bureau of Emergency Medical Services]], [[Boston Emergency Medical Services|Boston EMS]], [[New Orleans Emergency Medical Services]], and [[Cleveland EMS]]. Government ambulance services also have to take civil service exams just like government fire departments and police. In the United States, certain federal government agencies employ emergency medical technicians at the basic and advanced life support levels, such as the [[National Park Service]] and the [[Federal Bureau of Prisons]].