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.

See also

• telephone number">emergency telephone number
• call for help