Respond to emergencies to provide assistance.

Respond to emergencies to provide assistance. is a detailed work activity in O*NET — a concrete unit of work shared across 13 occupations and seen in 14 occupation-specific tasks. It rolls up into the broader work activity Intervene in crisis situations or emergencies. in Assisting and Caring for Others .

Detailed work activities are the most granular shared layer in O*NET's work-activity hierarchy (Generalized → Intermediate → Detailed → occupation-specific task). The figures below describe how this activity shows up across the economy and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the work will be automated.

AI exposure

Of the 14 tasks under this activity that the OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rated, 1 (7%) are flagged as directly exposed to language models (E1) or exposed via model-powered tools (E2).

Exposure estimates overlap with model capabilities — whether a model could speed the task up — not whether the work will be done by software. Observed AI use is augmentation and assistance today, not jobs replaced.

Member tasks

Occupation-specific tasks O*NET maps to this detailed work activity, most important first.

• Perform crisis interventions to help ensure the safety of the patients and others. · Mental Health Counselors · importance 4.8 · no direct exposure
• Answer alarms and investigate disturbances. · Security Guards · importance 4.7 · no direct exposure
• Provide for public safety by maintaining order, responding to emergencies, protecting people and property, enforcing motor vehicle and criminal laws, and promoting good community relations. · Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers · importance 4.7 · no direct exposure
• Respond to emergencies, such as escapes. · First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers · importance 4.6 · no direct exposure
• Respond to fire alarms and other calls for assistance, such as automobile and industrial accidents. · Firefighters · importance 4.6 · no direct exposure
• Provide initial response to abnormal events or to alarms from radiation monitoring equipment. · Nuclear Monitoring Technicians · importance 4.5 · no direct exposure
• Respond to emergency situations, such as emergency medical calls, security calls, or fire alarms. · Orderlies · importance 4.3 · no direct exposure
• Respond to medical emergencies, bomb threats, fire alarms, or intrusion alarms, following emergency response procedures. · Security Managers · importance 4.3 · no direct exposure
• Patrol specific area on foot, horseback, or motorized conveyance, responding promptly to calls for assistance. · Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers · importance 4.2 · no direct exposure
• Respond to emergency situations on an on-call basis. · Security Management Specialists · importance 4.1 · no direct exposure
• Respond to critical incidents, such as catastrophic events, violent weather, or civil disorders. · Retail Loss Prevention Specialists · importance 4.0 · no direct exposure
• Perform emergency work during off-hours. · Police Identification and Records Officers · importance 3.9 · no direct exposure
• Perform activities related to underwater search and rescue, salvage, recovery, or cleanup operations. · Commercial Divers · importance 3.5 · no direct exposure
• Implement operational and emergency procedures. · Industrial Production Managers · exposure with tools

Occupations that perform this

• Mental Health Counselors
• Security Guards
• Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers
• First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers
• Firefighters
• Nuclear Monitoring Technicians
• Orderlies
• Security Managers
• Security Management Specialists
• Retail Loss Prevention Specialists
• Police Identification and Records Officers
• Commercial Divers
• Industrial Production Managers

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.

• O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

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

@misc{singulariki-respond-to-emergencies-to-provide-assistance,
  title  = {Respond to emergencies to provide assistance.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/detailed-activities/respond-to-emergencies-to-provide-assistance}
}