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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 usually 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
- state of emergency declared by a government official during some disaster such as a terrorist attack or declaration of war or
- natural disasters such as:
-- floods
-- earthquakes
-- tornadoes
-- volcanic eruptions
-- tsunami

See also

- emergency telephone number
- call for help
- emergency responders

"The Emergency": the time in Ireland during WWII

is also the title of a popular 1970s American TV series about a paramedic unit in Los Angeles.

Emergency is also the name of an Italian ONG, founded by the medician Gino Strada, which aim is to help civil victims of armed conflicts.

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