emergency tool
Urgent situation device
An emergency tool is a device designed for urgent situations—breaking car windows, cutting seatbelts, or escaping danger.
The term covers purpose-built rescue equipment like window breakers and multitools marketed for crisis scenarios: Keep an emergency tool in your glove compartment.
By extension, any improvised implement pressed into service during a crisis.
- kitGrouped supplies, one purpose
- first aid kitEmergency treatment container
- flashlightPortable electric lamp
- road flareBurning highway warning device
- hammerTool for striking nails
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