evacuees
Those fleeing danger
Evacuees are people who have been evacuated—removed from a dangerous place to somewhere safer.
The term appears most often during wars, natural disasters, and other emergencies: Evacuees from the hurricane filled the shelters.
The word carries a sense of displacement and vulnerability, emphasizing the people rather than the process.
Swift intensive attack
- LondonEngland's capital city
- WWII1939-45 global conflict
- childrenYoung human beings
- countrysideRural area beyond towns
air raids · bomb shelters · war children · separated · billeted · host families · labels · gas masks
People seeking safety elsewhere
- displacedShifted from proper location
- uprootedRemoved from foundation
- homelessWithout a dwelling
- relocationPermanent change of residence
resettlement · camps · temporary housing · host families · return · repatriation · dispossessed · stateless
Emergency vehicle noisemakers
- shelterProtected place or structure
- rescueSave from harm
- first respondersPersonnel arriving at emergencies initially
- emergency servicesUrgent public safety organizations
emergency kit · assembly point · warning · alert · escape · flee · transport · buses
Place of safety
- sanctuaryProtected sacred space
- havenShelter from danger
- safetyFreedom from harm
- protectionGuarding against harm
relief · aid · temporary shelter · emergency shelter · Red Cross · humanitarian · supplies · food
Blitz
Swift intensive attack
countryside · air raids · bomb shelters · war children · separated · billeted · host families · labels · gas masks · train stations
refugees
People seeking safety elsewhere
relocation · resettlement · camps · temporary housing · host families · return · repatriation · dispossessed · stateless · migrants
sirens
Emergency vehicle noisemakers
- shelterProtected place or structure
- rescueSave from harm
- first respondersPersonnel arriving at emergencies initially
emergency services · emergency kit · assembly point · warning · alert · escape · flee · transport · buses · airlift
refuge
Place of safety
protection · relief · aid · temporary shelter · emergency shelter · Red Cross · humanitarian · supplies · food · water
flee
Depart swiftly from threat
departure · leaving · transit · transport · convoy · caravan · migration · passage · crossing · border
hurricane
Violent tropical windstorm
- wildfireUncontrolled vegetation blaze
- floodOverwhelming water overflow
- earthquakeSeismic ground movement
tsunami · volcano · nuclear · Chernobyl · Fukushima · Katrina · war · bombing · chemical spill · mudslide
- displaced peoplerefugee, displaced, IDPs, asylum seeker, displaced persons
- wartime educationcurriculum changes, educational broadcasts, school closures, school reform, educational reform
- disaster responsedisaster relief, search and rescue, first responders, emergency preparedness, emergency shelter
- humanitarian aidaid, aid organizations, aid workers, disaster relief, aid agencies
- ChernobylPripyat, exclusion zone, meltdown, nuclear disaster, explosion
- displacementdislocation, dislodging, relocation, displacing, uprooting
evacueesfirst responders
Personnel arriving at emergencies initially
rescuers · emergency responders · firefighters · relief workers · aid workers
evacueesresponders
Those who react
rescuers · helpers · volunteers · emergency services · National Guard
- child evacueesMinors relocated from peril
- wildfire evacueesPeople displaced by flames