Code Red

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Code Red

A message announced over a hospital’s public address system warning the staff of
(1) A fire occurring in the facility, indicating that emergency measures should be taken
(2) Weather conditions that are potentially hazardous to health due to pollutants and/or high air temperatures
(3) A patient arriving with burns
(4) An external disaster and incoming casualties with life-threatening injuries

code red

Public health A message announced over a hospital's public address system indicating that 1. A fire is occurring in the facility, or 2. There are weather conditions that are potentially hazardous to health by dint of pollutants and/or high air temperatures

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Mr Red			The first "catastrophic" or Code Red warnings - a new category introduced after February's deadly fires - were declared in parts of the two states, under which residents are strongly advised to flee their homes. Australia fires rage amid heat wave by Aljazeera.net Code Red conditions are considered on a par with those experienced ahead of Black Saturday, Australia's worst disaster of modern times, which killed 173 in Victoria and destroyed more than 2,000 homes. Australia issues 'catastrophic' alerts as fires rage by AFP / AFP Global Edition Code Red conditions are considered on a par with those experienced ahead of Black Saturday, Australia's worst disaster of modern times, which killed 173 in Victoria and destroyed more than 2,000 homes. Australia issues 'catastrophic' alerts as fires rage by AFP / AFP Asian Edition			Code 50 Code 66 Code 99 Code Adam Code Alpha Code Amber Code Atlas Code Black Code Blue Code Bravo Code Brown Code Delta Code Elope Code for Nurses Code Gray Code Green Code Kinder Code Lindburgh code management Code of Ethics Code Orange Code Papa Code Pink Code Purple Code Rainbow Code Red Code Secure Code Silver code status Code Surfing code team Code White Code X Code Yellow Code Zebra codebook codec codeine codeine phosphate codeine sulfate codependence codependency codependent Codex Alimentarius coding coding sequence coding strand Codiostomum Codman's exercise Codman's spur Codman's triangle			Code page 65001 Code Page Information Code pages Code Papa Code papirian Code Permanent Construction et Urbanisme Code Phase Division Multiple Access Code Phase Global Positioning System Code Pink Code pleading Code pleading Code point Code point Code points code police code position Code postal Code postal Code Practice Oscillator Code Practice Oscillator Code Project Open License Code prussian Code Purple Code Quality Management Code Query Language Code Question of the Day Code Rainbow code reader Code Red Code Red Mountain Dew Code Reduced Instruction Set Code refactoring Code Relations Index Code Release Code Requirements for Housing Accessibility Code reuse Code Reuse Multiple Access Code review code ringing Code rot Code Scaling, Applicability and Uncertainty code scanner Code Secure Code Security Module Code segment Code segment Code Segment Descriptor Cache Code Selected Reconciliation Listing Code Sender/Receiver code sensitivity Code Sequence Identification code signal Code signing code signing certificate

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