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Emergency evacuation, the mass movement of persons from a dangerous place due to a disaster
Patient evacuation, the procedure for moving a casualty from its initial location to an ambulance
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Forced migration, a coerced and often violent movement of persons away from their home region
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In wilderness first aid, evacuation is the transport of a seriously injured person out of the wilderness to the nearest point an ambulance can reach to take them to the hospital, or to the nearest emergency room.
In bomb threats, it is usual to evacuate an area by clearing all people out and securing the perimeter, usually until the bomb squad conclude that there is no bomb, remove it, detonate it safely or dismantle it.
Examples are the evacuation of a building due to a bomb threat or fire and the evacuation of a district because of a flood or bombardment or an evacuation from a city due to a Hurricane.
In areas threatened by disasters evacuation plans are established to prepare for an efficient evacuation and to avoid panic.
Contraflow lane reversal is a technique for speeding the mass evacuation of a district by road.
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