HSE National Ambulance Service
Specialist Services
The NAS is also responsible for providing decontamination services in the event of a chemical, biological or nuclear incident. A special-purpose Incident Response Team (IRT) is available to deploy and operate the decontamination service.

HSE National Ambulance Service

Section Title: Specialist Services
Table Section Text: The NAS is also responsible for providing decontamination services in the event of a chemical, biological or nuclear incident. A special-purpose Incident Response Team (IRT) is available to deploy and operate the decontamination service.

HSE Ambulance Call Response Classifications

AS1/Code 1	999 emergency call – immediate response

AS2/Code 2	Call transferred from GP – urgent response

AS3/Code 3	Inter-hospital transfer of patients to specialist facilities

PTS	Community transfer service for patients requiring scheduled in-hospital care

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999 emergency calls are processed by the HSE National Ambulance Service.

final_sentence: 999 emergency calls are processed by the HSE National Ambulance Service.