Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index An emergency is a situation that poses an immediate threat to human life or serious damage to property. A false report of an emergency is usually a crime. Forms of emergency: fire crime such as a violent crime in progress note that a "cold" crime, even if serious, may no longer be an emergency medical emergency maritime emergency state of emergency declared by a government official during some disaster such as a terrorist attack or declaration of war or natural disasters such as: floods earthquakes tornadoes volcanic eruptions tsunami See also emergency telephone number call for help emergency responder This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.