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An emergency is a situation that poses an immediate risk to health, life, property, or environment.
Emergency or The Emergency may also refer to:
States of emergency
edit- Malayan Emergency, the guerrilla war in Malaya 1948–1960
- The Emergency (India), the state of emergency 1975–1977
- The Emergency (Ireland), a state of emergency during World War II
- State of Emergency (disambiguation)
Arts and entertainment
editFilm and television
edit- Emergency (1962 film), a British drama film
- Emergency (2022 film), an American comedy thriller film
- Emergency (2024 film), an Indian biographical historical drama
- Emergency!, a 1970s American TV series
- Emergency +4, an animated series based on the American TV series
- Emergency (1995 TV program), a Philippine TV documentary
- Emergency (1959 Australian TV series), an Australian drama series
- Emergency (2020 Australian TV series), an Australian factual series
Gaming
edit- Emergency (video game series), from 1998
- Emergency (video game), the first in the series
Literature
edit- Emergency: This Book Will Save Your Life, a 2009 book on survival preparedness by Neil Strauss
- The Emergency: A Personal History, a 2015 book by Coomi Kapoor about The Emergency in India
Music
edit- The Emergency and Joel Plaskett Emergency, a Canadian rock band
- Emergency Records, a record label
Albums
edit- Emergency! (album), by The Tony Williams Lifetime
- Emergency (Kool & the Gang album), 1984
- Emergency (The Pigeon Detectives album), 2008
- Emergency: Quantum Leap, a 2019 EP by X1
Songs
edit- "Emergency" (Paramore song), 2005
- "Emergency" (Tank song), 2010
- "Emergency" (Icona Pop song), 2015
- "Emergency" (WizzyPro song), 2013
- "Emergency", a 2012 song by Audio Playground featuring Snoop Dogg
- "Emergency", a song by Girlschool from the 1980 album Demolition
- "Emergency", three singles by Mavado
- "Emergency", a song by Motörhead from the 1981 EP St. Valentine's Day Massacre
- "Emergency", a 2009 song by Steve Rushton
- "Emergency", a song by The Whispers from the 1981 album Love Is Where You Find It
- "Emergency", a song by Wonderland from the 2011 album Wonderland
- "Emergency", a song by 999 from the 1978 album 999
- "Emergency (Dial 999)", by Loose Ends, 1984
- "Emergency (911)", a song by Jordin Sparks from the 2009 album Battlefield
Other uses
edit- Emergency (organization), a humanitarian NGO
- when the Emergency brake (train) is applied the train can be said to "go into emergency"
See also
edit- All pages with titles beginning with Emergency
- Emergence (disambiguation)
- Emergen-C, a vitamin supplement
- Emergency department, a medical treatment facility
- Emergency management