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non-emergency services

[non-i-MER-jun-see SER-vis-iz]
nounpl: non-emergency services
serviços não emergenciais
1. Public services and assistance provided for situations that do not require immediate or urgent response, typically accessed through non-emergency phone lines or scheduled appointments
You can call non-emergency services to report a minor traffic accident or noise complaint.
Você pode ligar para os serviços não emergenciais para relatar um acidente de trânsito menor ou uma reclamação de barulho.
2. Government or municipal services available during standard business hours for routine matters
The police department offers non-emergency services for filing reports and general inquiries.
O departamento de polícia oferece serviços não emergenciais para registrar denúncias e fazer consultas gerais.
Synonyms
routine servicesstandard servicesnon-urgent servicesscheduled services
Antonyms
emergency servicesurgent servicescritical services

Regional Variations

General Brazilian
serviços não emergenciais
Most common usage across Brazil
Brazil
serviços de rotina
Alternative, more colloquial expression
Portugal
serviços não urgentes
Preferred term in European Portuguese
Portugal
serviços de atendimento ordinário
More formal Portuguese usage

Related Idioms & Phrases

call non-emergency services
access non-emergency services
report to non-emergency services
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