Collocations for emergency - noun

dire, extreme, major, real, serious, true
Don't call me unless its a real emergency.

life-threatening
sudden, unexpected, unforeseen
complex
international, national, state
in times of national emergency

health, medical, surgical
It's a disaster and a public-health emergency in the making.
Make sure your policy covers you in case of medical emergency.

family
He missed the meeting because of a family emergency.

military
humanitarian
in-flight (esp. AmE)
fire, snow (both AmE)

have
When a member of staff has a family emergency, a project can get delayed.

cope with, deal with, handle, respond to
firefighters on call to respond to emergencies

declare
The assembly declared a national emergency.

be, constitute
Complete retention of urine constitutes a medical emergency.

arise, happen, occur
Call this number if any unforeseen emergency should arise.

situation
Would you know what to do in an emergency situation?

action, measures, plan, procedures, response
preparedness (esp. AmE)
management
laws, legislation, regulations
powers
The police have been given emergency powers to deal with the crisis.

rule
The government imposed emergency rule and suspended civil rights.

meeting, session, summit, talks
an emergency session of the United Nations

cover (esp. BrE)
The army provided emergency cover when the ambulance service went on strike.

checklist
services
The emergency services are struggling to cope with the number of call-outs.

crew, official, personnel (esp. AmE), responders (AmE), worker
An emergency crew was called out.
the New York police and fire and emergency responders

aid, assistance, funds, help, relief, supply
Emergency supplies of food have been flown to the area.

fund
leave (AmE)
He got emergency leave when his Dad died.

call
The ambulance crashed while answering an emergency call.

backup (esp. AmE), rescue
shutdown
an emergency shutdown of the nuclear reactor

centre/center, department, room (esp. AmE), ward
one of the busiest accident and emergency departments in Scotland (BrE)

doctor (esp. BrE), physician (esp. AmE), vet
admission, case
Emergency admissions to the hospital are given top priority.

care, medicine, operation, surgery, treatment
contraception
appendectomy, Caesarean, etc.
kit
repairs
exit
landing
evacuation
the emergency evacuation of more than 300 passengers

brake
shelter
button, equipment, vehicle
lights
generator

for emergency
She told me to keep the money for emergencies.

in an emergency
I need to know what to do in an emergency.

in case of emergency, in case of emergencies
There's a fire blanket on the kitchen wall in case of emergencies.

a state of emergency
The president immediately declared a state of emergency.