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.

Related

crowbar · axe · flare · whistle · survival gear · survival · bug out bag · rescue · lifeline · life raft · rope · knife · wrench · shovel · duct-tape · blanket · radio · beacon

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usage context

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Domestic equipment for tasks

kitchen staple · kitchen utensil

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Nonessential expensive good

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preparedness function

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Personal items always carried

Family

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G