"five alarm situation"

Spanish translation: situación de alerta máxima

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English term or phrase:	"five alarm situation"
Spanish translation:	situación de alerta máxima
Entered by:	newwaysolutions

13:59 Apr 13, 2006

English to Spanish translations [PRO]
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English term or phrase: "five alarm situation"

This phrase belongs to a book for Emergency Preparedness. the complete phrase is
"they have their own plan for a five alarm situation"

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newwaysolutions KudoZ activity Questions: 247 (none open) (4 without valid answers) (25 closed without grading) Answers: 242 Argentina
Local time: 20:04

situación de alerta máxima

Explanation:
Como en la película! ;)

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akanah (X)
Local time: 00:04

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3 +3

situación de máxima alarma

María José Cerdá

4 +2

situación de alerta máxima

akanah (X)

una situación de alarma 5

Hebe Martorella

situacion/incendio que implica el uso de todos los recursos por su intensidad

Jairo Payan

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24 mins confidence:

five alarm situation una situación de alarma 5

Explanation:
Pienso que en las salas de emergencia así como lo usa la policia hay códigos que permiten comunicarse rápidamente este serñia el caso al decir 5 los integrantes ya saben de que situación de alarma se trata

Hebe Martorella
Local time: 20:04
Native speaker of:

Spanish

34 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

situación de máxima alarma

Explanation:
5 siempre representa el tope o máximo en ciertas escalas. Por ej: hotel 5 estrellas. El adjectvo conformado por 5-alarm aparece mucho como "máximo/extremo"
Espero que mi sugerencia te ayude. suerte!

María José Cerdá
Argentina
Local time: 20:04
Native speaker of:

Spanish

37 mins confidence:

situacion/incendio que implica el uso de todos los recursos por su intensidad

Explanation:
dada su magnitud. Se usa generalmente para los incendios pues son los codigos que se manejan en ese departamento, pero su uso figurado se extiende para otros topicos.

Es para saber a qué se enfrentan los bomberos

Si es uno va un carro pequeño
Si es dos....
Si es tres..

What is a 2-alarm fire vs. a 5-alarm fire?
A two-alarm fire requires assistance from other departments for a couple more pumpers and ladder trucks. Some will go to the scene and the others will cover our stations. A five-alarm fire requires a lot more assistance from the outside due to the large size of the fire.

Reference: http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=five-alarm&r=66
Reference: http://www.rochesternh.net/Public_Documents/RochesterNH_Fire...

Jairo Payan
Colombia
Local time: 18:04
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 27

2 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

situación de alerta máxima

Explanation:
Como en la película! ;)

akanah (X)
Local time: 00:04
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 8

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