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Quotes About Emergency

We are thankful for the sacrifices of the brave emergency responders who risk their own lives to protect the lives and property of their fellow citizens.
~ Mike Parson
My computer's the first thing I'd save if my house was burning down.
~ apl.de.ap
When we go, as a first responder, when we go into a community that's been hit with a hurricane, or some other natural disaster, the first thing we do is try to make sure the electric grid is back up and running in order to provide the drinking water for those communities.
~ Andrew R. Wheeler
The most important lesson my dad taught me was how to manage fear. Early on, he taught me that in a time of emergency, you've got to become deliberately calm.
~ Rudy Giuliani
The problem with not saving is it can often mean you're - a crisis away from, as we've seen in some cases, living in your car or losing your home or - having your lights shut off.
~ Derek Kilmer
Congress did the right thing with Ebola. They funded us to protect Americans and keep us safer.
~ Tom Frieden
Terrified to touch that emergency money she had stowed away, she was stretching her money as far as it would go—rent for Penny took the top position because she was certain the elderly darling needed it. Plus, she needed a place to live while she starved to death.
~ Robyn Carr
fired twice into a thick tree—three shots were the signal that you were lost, two was a standard response from a search team, and one shot could be mistaken for a hunter. You never sent a bullet into the air with the possible outcome of it returning to earth to find a living person
~ Robyn Carr
Hay una situación de emergencia, una amenaza que podría ser devastadora para el sistema democrático.
~ Roger Bartra
I have left orders to be awakened at any time during national emergency, even if I'm in a cabinet meeting.
~ Ronald Reagan
I have left orders to be awakened at any time during national emergency, even if I'm in a cabinet meeting.
~ Ronald Reagan
There was a fire at the Inland Revenue office in London, but it was put out before any serious good was done.
~ Ronnie Barker
situation is. The flight engineer points to the empty fuel gauge, and makes a throat-cutting gesture with his finger.* But he says nothing. Nor does anyone else for the next five minutes. There's radio chatter and routine business, and then the flight engineer cries
~ Malcolm Gladwell
If whole societies and polities are to adapt then the necessary decisions will need to be made collectively, within political institutions, as happens in wartime or national emergencies. After all, isn't that what politics, in its most fundamental form, is about? Collective survival and the preservation of the body politic?
~ Amitav Ghosh
shoelace caught in an escalator.
~ Andy Griffiths
If Mickey tried to pump his chest, his bones would crunch into little bitty bits. Not even Mickey, seduced into the Leggo's philosophy of doing everything always for every patient forever, would dare call a cardiac arrest. Mickey called a cardiac arrest. From all over the House, terns and residents stormed into the room to save the Man With Agonal Respirations from a painless peaceful death.
~ Samuel Shem
This is a 911? You know you only text that when someone is dead or dying. You scared the crap out of me.
~ Sarah Dessen
Seek out a 24-hour emergency veterinary hospital in your area as well. Keep the hospital's number by or on your phone. Accidents
~ Sarah Hodgson
I don't think you can dial 911 for a literary emergency.
~ John Connolly
Their revolvers are drawn, but they won't fire. They're just here as backdrop. The fire department is here too, as are the ETMs, but there isn't much they can do either. They know the rules. This is clearly out of their scope, and these guys are out of their league. They're basically here for crowd control. Besides, have you ever seen an ETM jump into a pool of acid to rescue two costumed teenagers? Do you even know what those guys get paid?
~ John David Anderson
It's best to give advice in only two circumstances; when it's requested, and when it's a life threatening situation.
~ Andy Rooney
You cannot depend on a sandbag dike to save your life. You put it up to try to save your property.
~ Russel Honore
Inform all the troops that communications have completely broken down.
~ Ashleigh Brilliant
Almost half of Americans would be unable to pay a $400 medical emergency bill without going into debt.67
~ Edward Luce