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Emergency

An emergency is a situation that poses an immediate threat to human life or serious damage to property. A false report of an emergency is a crime.

Forms of emergency:

fire
crime such as a violent crime in progress
- note that a "cold" crime, even if serious, may no longer be an emergency
medical emergency
maritime emergency[?]
natural disasters such as:
- floods
- earthquakes
- volcanic eruptions[?]
- tsunami
- etc.

Urgency[?] is the part of a hospital and used preferly with healthcare emergencies.

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