Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
"five alarm situation"
Spanish translation:
situación de alerta máxima
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newwaysolutions
Apr 13, 2006 13:59
18 yrs ago
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English term
"five alarm situation"
English to Spanish
Other
Slang
emergencies
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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"they have their own plan for a five alarm situation"
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Proposed translations
(Spanish)
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situación de alerta máxima
Como en la película! ;)
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Hebe Martorella
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English term (edited):
five alarm situation
una situación de alarma 5
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
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María José Cerdá
Argentina
Argentina
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Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
situación de máxima alarma
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!
Espero que mi sugerencia te ayude. suerte!
Peer comment(s):
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Marta Riosalido
: situación de alarma máxima
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| agree |
Melissa Damonte
: Sí, situación de alarma máxima.
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| agree |
mchandias (X)
4 hrs
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Jairo Payan
Colombia
Colombia
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Colombia
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Related KudoZ points
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situacion/incendio que implica el uso de todos los recursos por su intensidad
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.
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
http://www.rochesternh.net/Public_Documents/RochesterNH_Fire/index
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