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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

• Aden Emergency, the colonial guerilla war in Yemen 1963–1967
• Cyprus Emergency, the colonial guerilla war in Cyprus 1955–1959
• Jewish insurgency in Mandatory Palestine, also known as the Palestine Emergency, the colonial guerilla war in Palestine 1944–1948
• Malayan Emergency, the colonial guerrilla war in Malaya 1948–1960
• Mau Mau rebellion, also known as the Kenya Emergency, the colonial guerilla war in Kenya 1952–1956
• Nyasaland emergency of 1959
• 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

Film and television

• Emergency (1962 film), a British drama film
• Emergency (2022 film), an American comedy thriller film
• Emergency (2025 film), an Indian biographical historical drama
• Emergency!, a 1970s American TV series
  • Emergency +4, an animated series based on the American TV series
• Emergency (Philippine 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

• Emergency (video game series), from 1998
  • Emergency (video game), the first in the series

Literature

• 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

• The Emergency and Joel Plaskett Emergency, a Canadian rock band
• Emergency Records, a record label

Albums

• 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

• "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 Ateez from the 2023 album The World EP.Fin: Will
• "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

• Emergency (organization), a humanitarian NGO
• when the Emergency brake (train) is applied the train can be said to "go into emergency"

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Emergency
• Emergence (disambiguation)
• Emergen-C, a vitamin supplement
• Emergency department, a medical treatment facility
• Emergency management