alarm response
Alert-triggered action taken
Alarm response is the reaction to an alert or warning signal, especially the coordinated action taken by emergency services when dispatched: The alarm response time averaged under four minutes.
In biology, it refers to behaviors triggered when an organism detects danger—fight, flight, or freeze reactions.
Security systems measure alarm response as the interval between detection and intervention.
- loud noisesHigh-decibel disturbances
- cortisolAdrenal steroid regulating stress
- adrenalineEmergency response hormone
- fight-or-flightAcute threat reaction
- startle reflexInvoluntary reaction to sudden stimuli
fight or flight · panic · sympathetic nervous system · alertness · pupil dilation · emotional arousal · risk assessment · hypothalamus · hypervigilance · gut feeling · amygdala · blood pressure spike · racing heart · survival instinct · respiration rate · cold sweat · heart rate · avoidance behavior
- protectivenessguarding, shielding, sheltering, defender, protector
- security alarmspanic buttons, motion sensors, motion sensor, door sensor, window sensor
- colony behaviorswarming, foraging, division of labor, caste system, food storage
- nuclear reactorsreactor core, control rods, fuel rods, reactor cores, nuclear fuel
- crime investigationdetective, whodunit, investigation, detectives, investigator
- securitysecurity guard, security cameras, security system, lock, safe
alarm responseinaction
Deliberate nonmovement
passivity · complacency · standing down · indifference · apathy
alarm responseobliviousness
Lack of awareness
denial · dismissiveness · willful ignorance · unawareness · heedlessness
alarm responserelaxation response
Body's stress-reversing state
rest state · calm · homeostasis · quiescence · tranquility
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