emergency
Let an agent recognise emergencies and route people to emergency services first, explain emergency types and management, relay preparedness guidance from authorities, and describe legal emergency declarations.
Research draft, second pass
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Purpose and description
Let an agent recognise emergencies and route people to emergency services first, explain emergency types and management, relay preparedness guidance from authorities, and describe legal emergency declarations.
A serious, unexpected and often dangerous situation requiring immediate action, including medical emergencies, fires, natural disasters, public health emergencies, transport accidents and incidents, severe weather such as snow emergencies, security incidents and organisational crises such as acute shortages; emergencies are handled by emergency services and management systems, declared under legal powers at local or national level, and prepared for through planning, warning and response arrangements.
What it is for: Situations requiring immediate action.
It can be route to emergency services first; explain types and management; relay preparedness guidance; describe legal declarations.
Distinguishing features
Urgency
Danger
Organised response
Legal declaration
What it looks like
Not physical; a situation.
How it is recognised
Serious situation requiring immediate action
Medical, fire, disaster, public health, transport
A crisis may unfold slowly; an incident may not require immediate action
Related models
is a kind of - category
is a kind of - category
is related to - a weather emergency cause
is related to - infrastructure failures
In practice
Families and kinds
medical emergencies
fire and rescue emergencies
natural disasters and severe weather
public health emergencies
transport and industrial incidents
Standards and regulation
Emergency numbers and service obligations
Emergency powers and declaration law
Emergency management standards
Failure modes and hazards
Agents delaying referral to emergency services
Misinformation during emergencies
Inadequate preparedness
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Also registered as vr.tr.emergency-state
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Act Immediate action.
Safety first.
Now
Emergency now.
Now
Now.
- Is an emergency happening now, and has the local emergency number been called? boundary
- Which emergency service applies here? action
First aid
Immediate steps.
First aid
Immediate steps.
- What immediate steps do authorities advise while awaiting emergency services for common emergencies? provenance
- Which entry fits first aid? action
Understand What emergencies are.
Definitions.
Types
Types.
Types
Types.
- What types of emergency exist, and how are they classified by emergency management? definition
- Which entry fits a specific type? action
Management
Emergency management.
Management
Management.
- How do emergency management systems plan, warn, respond and recover? provenance
- Which entry fits emergency management? action
Prepare Preparedness.
Guidance.
Household
Household preparedness.
Household
Household.
- How can households and organisations prepare for emergencies, according to authorities? provenance
- Which entry fits disaster preparedness? action
Warnings
Warnings.
Warnings
Warnings.
- How are emergency warnings issued and received? provenance
- Is the information current? boundary
Law Legal and policy.
Law.
Declarations
Emergency declarations.
Declarations
Declarations.
- What powers do emergency declarations confer, and what safeguards apply, with positions attributed? provenance
- Is the presentation neutral? boundary
History
History.
History
History.
- How did emergency services and management develop? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
What the second pass must settle
- Should each emergency type be a separate entry?
- How should emergency numbers be linked by country?
- How should preparedness guidance be linked?