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HAZARD MAP ICON DEFINITIONS

Icons used in RSOE EDIS AlertMap

Icon	EDIS Code	Event	Category	Description
	VIA	Airplane Incident	Technology	Aircraft (Spacecraft) accident.
	BH	Animal Attack - Bee Attacks	Biology	Attack by bee.
	BH	Avian Flu - Animal Infection	Biology	Avianflu sickness, human or animal infection. In case of human infection the classification is "Plague danger", in case of animal infection the classification is "Biological event".
	BH	Avian Flu - Human infection	Biology	Avianflu sickness, human or animal infection. In case of human infection the classification is "Plague danger", in case of animal infection the classification is "Biological event".
	BH	Biological Hazard	Bilology	Every biological event, which can cause mass sickness. Animal attack and damage caused by animals are also signed in this category. The category contains further every biological event which related to biodiversity.
	BH	Biology Hazard - Red Tide / Toxic Algae	Biology	Red Tide or toxic algae
	BT	Bioterror	Bilology	Every activity, which commited by biological substance against civil or not civil persons. The display is irrespectively of the number of injured persons.
	CR	CBRN	Technology	CBRN is an acronym for Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear. It is in common use worldwide, to refer to incidents or weapons in which any of these four hazards have presented themselves. CBRN Defense (CBRND) is the acronym that is used in reference to CBRN passive protection, contamination avoidance and CBRN mitigation. CBRNE is the acronym for Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and high-yield Explosives. A CBRN incident differs from a HAZMAT incident in both effect scope (i.e. CBRNE can be a mass casualty situation) and in intent. CBRN incidents are responded to under the assumption that they are deliberate, malicious acts with the intention to kill, sicken and/or disrupt society. Evidence preservation and perpetrator apprehension are of greater concern with CBRN incidents than with HAZMAT incidents.
	CA	Chemical Accident	Technology	Chemical accident or incident which caused significant property and/or personal injury
	CC	Climate change	Meteorology	Every event, which caused by climate change irrespectively of property damage.
	CW	Cold Wave	Meteorology	Temperature at or under -15 C� / 5 F which lasts more than 3 days.(Measured at zero altitude and 2m height.)
	CE	Complex Emergency		The official definition of a complex emergency is �a humanitarian crisis in a country, region or society where there is total or considerable breakdown of authority resulting from internal or external conflict and which requires an international response that goes beyond the mandate or capacity of any single agency and/ or the ongoing United Nations country program.�
	CB	Coral Bleaching	Biology	Reefs in 32 countries experienced dramatic bleaching in 1997-98. Bleaching results from the loss of microscopic algae that both color and nourish living corals. Water that is warmer than normal by only 2 to 3 F (1.1-1.6 C) has been linked to bleaching. Other factors that contribute to coral reef bleaching include nutrient and sediment runoff, pollution, coastal development, dynamiting of reefs, and natural storm damage.
	CO	Cosmic Event/Impact	Meteorology
	DR	Drought	Meteorology
	EQ	Earthquake > M3	Geology	Earthquake, which strength is between 3.0 and 3.9 according to the Richter scale.
	EQ	Earthquake > M4	Geology	Earthquake, which strength is between 4.0 and 4.9 according to the Richter scale.
	EQ	Earthquake > M5	Geology	Earthquake, which strength is between 5.0 and 5.9 according to the Richter scale.
	EQ	Earthquake > M6	Geology	Earthquake, which strength is between 6.0 and 6.9 according to the Richter scale.
	EQ	Earthquake > M7	Geology	Earthquake, which strength is above 6.9 according to the Richter scale.
	EH	Epidemic Hazard	Bilology	Low number infection but potentionally can cause big plague or mass sickness.
	EX	Explosion	Technology	Any technical event amount to explosion.
	FR	Fire	Technology	Fire events, which extend to big area. Display happens if the property damage is significant and/or somebody dies from a wound, and the number of injured persons is above 3.
	FF	Flash Flood	Environmental	Torrens, heavy flood, irrespectively of caused damage and area extent.
	FL	Flood	Environmental	Formated inland inundation and flood or danger of inland inundation and flood, which expand to big area.
	WF	Forest Fire	Technology	Forrest or scrub fire which has big extent irrespectively of damage and the number of injured persons. It serves to sign occurrent fire storm.
	GW	Giant Wave Impact	Meteorology
	HS	Hailstorm	Meteorology	A hailstorm is a meteorological event, being a storm in which a large amount of hail falls, which caused significant property and/or personal injury.
	HA	Harmful Algal Blooms	Biology
	HZ	HAZMAT	Technology	A dangerous good is any solid, liquid, or gas that can harm people, other living organisms, property, or the environment. They are often subject to chemical regulations. An equivalent term, used almost exclusively in the United States, is hazardous material (hazmat or HAZMAT). Dangerous goods may be radioactive, flammable, explosive, toxic, corrosive, biohazardous, an oxidizer, an asphyxiant, a pathogen, an allergen, or may have other characteristics that render it hazardous in specific circumstances. Mitigating the risks associated with hazardous materials may require the application of safety precautions during their transport, use, storage and disposal. Most countries regulate hazardous materials by law, and they are subject to several international treaties as well.
	HT	Heat Wave	Meteorology	Temperature at or above 35 C� / 95 F which lasts more than 3 days.(Measured at zero altitude and 2m height.)
	IFL	Inland Inundation	Meteorology	Inland inundation formated on big area, irrespectively of of caused damage.
	BH	Insect Infestations	Biology	Locust and other beetle invasion.
	LS	Land / Mud / rock slide	Geology	Land / sand / rock falling which caused significant property and/or personal injury.
	NC	Nuclear Event	Technology	Related to nuclear power plant, processing plant, mine irrespectively of the INES scale classification.
	EP	Plague	Bilology	Formated plague and/or mass sickness.
	PW	Power Outage	Technology	Every event which related to power failure and affects big area and/or lot of people.[Note:the icon is used at extreme weather event if lightning causes damage]
	SL	Sea Level Rise	Meteorology
	ST	Severe Weather	Meteorology	Every extreme meteorological event, which caused property damage and/or personal injuries.
	VIS	Ship Incident	Technology	Watercraft or submarine incident.
	AV	Snow Avalanche	Meteorology	Avalanche, which caused poperty damage and/or personal injury.The number of injured persons is above 5 .
	SS	Snow Storm	Meteorology	Heavy snowstorm or snowstorm with big extent, which cause significant property damage.
	SE	Storm Surge	Meteorology	A rise of the sea, preceding a storm (usually a hurricane) due to the winds of the storm and low atmospheric pressure.
	AC	Technological Disaster	Technology	Every technical disaster, which cause significant damages and/or personal injuries. The number of the injured persons are above 10.
	VW	Terror Attack	Civilization	Terror attack against the citizenry irrespectively of the caused damage and the number of injured persons.
	EC	Thunderstorm / Orkan	Meteorology	Heavy storm, the speed of the wind is above 77 km/h accordinf to the Benfort scale. [21 m/s]-[47 mph]. The display is irrespectively of damage and the number of injured persons.
	TO	Tornado	Meteorology	Tornado, which is F0-F1 classification according to the Fujita scale.
	TO	Tornado	Meteorology	Tornado, which is F2-F5 classification according to the Fujita scale.
	VIT	Train Incident	Technology	Vehicel incident which transport on determined line.
	TC	Tropical Depression	Meteorology	Tropical storm, which hit the "Tropical Depression" stage according to the Saffir-Simpson scale.
	TC	Tropical Storm	Meteorology	Tropical storm, which hit the "Tropical Storm" stage according to the Saffir-Simpson scale.
	TC	Tropical Storm S1	Meteorology	Tropical storm, which hit the I stage according to the Saffir-Simpson scale.
	TC	Tropical Storm S2	Meteorology	Tropical storm, which hit the II stage according to the Saffir-Simpson scale.
	TC	Tropical Storm S3	Meteorology	Tropical storm, which hit the III stage according to the Saffir-Simpson scale.
	TC	Tropical Storm S4	Meteorology	Tropical storm, which hit the IV stage according to the Saffir-Simpson scale.
	TC	Tropical Storm S5	Meteorology	Tropical storm, which hit the V stage according to the Saffir-Simpson scale.
	TS	Tsunami	Environmental	Tsunami or big wave formation, irrespectively of the caused damage.
	VI	Vehicle Accident - Airplane	Technology	Aircraft accident. The display is irrespectively of the number of injured persons and damage.
	VI	Vehicle Accident - Car,truck,etc	Technology	Vehicel accident underground, aboveground and on road. Every event when at least 5 persons affected in the accident.
	VI	Vehicle Accident - Ship	Technology	Watercraft or submarine accident. The display is irrespectively of the number of injured persons and damage.
	VI	Vehicle Accident - Train	Technology	Vehicel accident which transport on determined line. The display is irrespectively of the number of injured persons and damage.
	VIA	Vehicle Incident	Technology	Vehicelincident underground, aboveground and on road.
	VA	Vulcano Activity	Geology	Every volcano activity, which could indicate eruption before stage.
	VE	Vulcano Eruption	Geology	Every volcano activity irrespectively of property damage as well as the number of injured persons.