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• Emergency Alert System (noun)
  1. a federal warning system that is activated by FEMA; enables the President to take over the United States airwaves to warn the whole country of major catastrophic events
• Federal Emergency Management Agency (noun)
  1. an independent agency of the United States government that provides a single point of accountability for all federal emergency preparedness and mitigation and response activities
• United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (noun)
  1. an agency of the United Nations responsible for programs to aid education and the health of children and mothers in developing countries
• accident and emergency (noun)
  1. the room or department in a hospital where people go if they have an accident or suddenly become ill ; =  emergency room AmE] [=  A & E]
• emergency brake (noun)
  1. American English a piece of equipment in a car that you pull up with your hand to stop the car from moving [=  handbrake]
• emergency cord (noun)
  1. a chain that a passenger pulls to stop a train in an emergency [=  communication cord British English]
• emergency exit (noun)
  1. often on the outside of a building a stairway that permits exit in the case of fire or other emergency
• emergency landing (noun)
  1. engine failure or adverse weather an unscheduled aeroplane landing that is made under circumstances not under the pilot's control
• emergency medicine (noun)
  1. the branch of medicine concerned with the prompt diagnosis and treatment of injuries, trauma or sudden illness
• emergency procedure (noun)
  1. especially a medical emergency medicine a procedure adopted to meet an emergency
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