emergency evacuation
Urgent mass departure
Emergency evacuation is the urgent, organized movement of people away from a dangerous area.
The danger might be fire, flood, chemical spill, bomb threat, or natural disaster.
Buildings have emergency evacuation plans and routes; cities have them for larger catastrophes.
The emergency evacuation of the hospital took less than twenty minutes.
- exitWay to leave
- fire drillEmergency evacuation practice
- escapeFlight from captivity
- airliftEmergency transport by plane
- contingency planPrepared alternative course
get out now · hurricane · escape routes · lifeboats · fire · shelter-in-place · disaster preparedness · flood · standard operating procedure · life rafts · bug-out bag · early warning systems · rescue · all hands on deck · risk assessment · alarm · chaos · crisis
- safetysafety helmet, hazard, airbag, alert, occupational safety
- travel insurancetrip cancellation, lost luggage, flight delay, travel delay, baggage insurance
- consular servicesconsul, embassy, consulate, consuls, visa
- earthquake effectsearthquake, aftershock, aftershocks, tremor, tremors
- relief aviationmedevac, air ambulance, airlift, helicopter rescue, air drops
emergency evacuationarrival
Act of reaching destination
entry · occupation · move-in · reoccupation · return
emergency evacuationshelter in place
Emergency stay-inside order
sheltering in place · staying put · establishment · holding ground · standing fast
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