Emergency
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An emergency is an urgent, unexpected, and usually dangerous situation that poses an immediate risk to health, life, property, or environment and requires immediate action. Most emergencies require urgent intervention to prevent a worsening of the situation, although in some situations, mitigation may not be possible and agencies may only be able to offer palliative care for the aftermath.
An emergency medical technician treats a woman who has collapsed in the street in New York. Dangers to life and health are serious enough that emergency response systems are considered vital.
Emergency slides are deployed after the crash landing of British Airways Flight 38
Hazard
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A hazard is a potential source of harm. Substances, events, or circumstances can constitute hazards when their nature would allow them to cause damage to health, life, property, or any other interest of value. The probability of that harm being realized in a specific incident, combined with the magnitude of potential harm, make up its risk. This term is often used synonymously in colloquial speech.
Construction workers at height without appropriate safety equipment
An active flame front of the Zaca Fire