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  2. Distress signal - Wikipedia

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    Alert or notification of an emergency in progress; Position or location (or localization or pinpointing) of the party in distress. For example, a single aerial flare alerts observers to the existence of a vessel in distress somewhere in the general direction of the flare sighting on the horizon but extinguishes within one minute or less. A hand ...

  3. Glossary of rail transport terms - Wikipedia

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    A gage to register the pressure of air in the reservoirs, brake pipe, or brake cylinders, similar to an ordinary steam pressure gage. They are made either with a single pointer or with two pointers, to indicate on one dial both the reservoir pressure and the brake pipe pressure. The latter type is called a duplex gage. [3] Air gage fitting

  4. Glossary of North American railway terms - Wikipedia

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    An Amtrak AEM-7, sometimes called a toaster due to its boxy shape EMD AEM-7 and ABB ALP-44 locomotives, due to their visual appearance and tendency to emit sparking and clicking sounds when idling. Also sometimes used to refer to any GE locomotive, due both to their tendency to shoot flames out of the exhaust stack during turbo lag and to ...

  5. Emergency Alert System - Wikipedia

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    The National Public Warning System, also known as the Primary Entry Point (PEP) stations, is a network of 77 radio stations that are, in coordination with FEMA, used to originate emergency alert and warning information to the public before, during, and after incidents and disasters. PEP stations are equipped with additional and backup ...

  6. Incident Command System - Wikipedia

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    Emergency operations center (EOC): An emergency operations center is a central command and control facility responsible for carrying out the principles of emergency preparedness and emergency management, or disaster management functions at a strategic level during an emergency, and ensuring the continuity of operation of a company, political ...

  7. Did you know you can use CDs for your emergency fund ... - AOL

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    N/A, earnings are no longer your priority; you’re spending your emergency fund on an emergency. For every $1,000 invested at a 1 percentage-point higher APY, I typically earn $10 more per year.

  8. South Korea, US warn against North Korea-Russia ... - AOL

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    SEOUL (Reuters) -Senior officials of South Korea and the United States held an emergency phone call over a possible impending visit by Russian President Vladimir Putin to North Korea, Seoul's ...

  9. Safety instrumented system - Wikipedia

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    One example of SIS is a temperature sensor that provides a signal to a controller, which compares the sensed process temperature to the desired temperature setpoint and sends a signal to an emergency on-off valve actuator which stops the flow of heating fluid to the process if the process temperature is exceeded by an unsafe margin.