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Intervene in crisis situations or emergencies

Work activity · O*NET

Intervene in crisis situations or emergencies is an intermediate work activity in the O*NET database — a concrete task that recurs across many occupations , grouped under Assisting and Caring for Others. 26 occupations report doing it as part of their work.

What it involves

The most common detailed activities O*NET records under this category, ranked by how many occupation tasks map to each.

  • Respond to emergencies to provide assistance
  • Assist others during emergencies
  • Rescue people from hazardous situations
  • Respond to transportation emergencies

How AI is applied to this activity

Microsoft's "Working with AI" study mapped real Bing Copilot conversations to O*NET work activities. The figures below are their measurements for this activity — they describe how AI is used today in one assistant's data, not a forecast that the activity will be automated.

AI completes it successfully 74.4% When Copilot attempts this activity, how often it finishes the task
Scope AI handles 7.0% How much of the activity AI carries within a conversation
Positive user feedback 46.9% Share of interactions users rated positively
How often AI is applied here 42nd pct Percentile across all measured activities by how often AI performs them

Source: Microsoft "Working with AI" (working-with-ai). A high completion rate means AI can assist the activity in isolation — it does not mean an occupation that performs it is being automated, since every job blends many activities.

Detailed work activities

The more granular units of work O*NET groups under this activity, ordered by how many occupations perform them.

Occupations that perform this activity

Ranked by how many of the occupation's tasks map to this activity.

Occupation Tasks
Firefighters 4
First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers 2
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers 2
Air Traffic Controllers 1
Airfield Operations Specialists 1
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers 1
Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity 1
Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Vessels 1
Commercial Divers 1
Commercial Pilots 1
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers 1
Fish and Game Wardens 1
Flight Attendants 1
Industrial Production Managers 1
Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers 1
Locomotive Engineers 1
Mental Health Counselors 1
Nuclear Monitoring Technicians 1
Occupational Health and Safety Technicians 1
Orderlies 1
Police Identification and Records Officers 1
Retail Loss Prevention Specialists 1
Sailors and Marine Oilers 1
Security Guards 1
Security Management Specialists 1
Security Managers 1
Exposure quadrant: AI task-overlap percentile vs Median pay AI task-overlap (horizontal) versus median pay (vertical), each as a percentile across all scored occupations, for 25 occupations in occupations that perform Intervene in crisis situations or emergencies.. Overlap measures shared tasks with AI, not automation. Lower overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · lower pay Lower overlap · lower pay Orderlies Sailors and Marine Oilers Firefighters Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers Security Guards Locomotive Engineers Retail Loss Prevention Specialists Fish and Game Wardens Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers Occupational Health and Safety Technicians Commercial Pilots Nuclear Monitoring Technicians Security Management Specialists AI task-overlap percentile → ↑ Median pay
Occupations that perform Intervene in crisis situations or emergencies., by AI task-overlap and median pay

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

Cite this page
Plain

Singulariki. "Intervene in crisis situations or emergencies." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from O*NET 30.3; Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai. Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/activities/intervene-in-crisis-situations-or-emergencies

APA

Singulariki. (2026). Intervene in crisis situations or emergencies. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/activities/intervene-in-crisis-situations-or-emergencies

BibTeX 
@misc{singulariki-intervene-in-crisis-situations-or-emergencies,
  title  = {Intervene in crisis situations or emergencies},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/activities/intervene-in-crisis-situations-or-emergencies}
}

Citations name the underlying public dataset releases — they reflect what this page is built from, not just the URL.