evacuation notice

Official leave-now warning

An evacuation notice is an official warning ordering or recommending that people leave an area due to imminent danger—wildfire, hurricane, flooding, chemical spill.

Notices range from voluntary advisories to mandatory orders: Residents received an evacuation notice as the fire approached.

The term appears frequently in emergency management and disaster coverage.

Related

get out now · flee · escape route · shelter · shelter in place · safe zone · disaster · hurricane · wildfire · mandatory · voluntary · route · escape · danger · natural disaster · urgent · broadcast · alarm

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Opposites
directive action

evacuation noticeshelter-in-place

Remain indoors for safety

lockdown order · stay-at-home order · quarantine order · curfew · lockdown

emergency status

evacuation noticeall-clear

Signal danger has passed

safety notice · green light

population movement

evacuation noticeoccupancy permit

Authorization to inhabit premises

Family

evacuation, notice, evacuate, evacuated, evacuating, evacuee, evacuees, evacuations, noticed

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Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated G