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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fire-and-rescue-services-emergencies-order-northern-ireland-2011/article-2",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2011/360",
  "legislation_title": "The Fire and Rescue Services (Emergencies) Order (Northern Ireland) 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fire-and-rescue-services-emergencies-order-northern-ireland-2011",
  "path": "article/2",
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  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In this Order—\n“chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear incident” means an event or situation involving the release or potential release of chemical, biological or radio-active contaminants;\n“emergency” means an event or situation that causes or is likely to cause—\n(a) a person to die, be seriously injured or become seriously ill, or\n(b) serious harm to the environment (including the life and health of plants and animals and the fabric of buildings);\n“serious transport incident” means an event or situation involving a train, tram, ship at berth or aircraft that causes or is likely to cause a person to die, be seriously injured or become seriously ill; and\n“serious flooding” means flooding that causes or is likely to cause a person to die, be seriously injured or become seriously ill and which results from —\n(a) natural causes; or\n(b) an escape of water.\n(2) Any reference in this Order to protecting a person from serious harm shall be construed as a reference to protecting individuals from death, serious injury or serious illness.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2011/360/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:19:20.310052+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}