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status zero

status zero noun: a status of having no available emergency vehicles or personnel to handle incoming calls. Also the alternative form of status zer0.

Noun

status zero (uncountable)

  1. A status of having no available emergency vehicles or personnel to handle incoming calls.
    • Analysis shows no time at which 'status zero' occurred. Status zero is when no emergency services vehicles are available.2015 July 9, Jenny Kane, “BLM's 20 worries on Burning Man emergencies, sanitation”, in Reno Gazette Journal
    • "We've already been at status zero this morning," Colbert said Wednesday. "Last year, we looked through our statistics, and we've run at 350 times, we could count, that we were without an ambulance within our 460 square mile district."2016 March 30, Lucas Geisler, “Montgomery County Ambulance District seeks property tax raise”, in ABC17 News
  2. (New Zealand) Death.
    • "She was unconscious, we thought we were going to be dealing with a status zero (death), but she managed to regain consciousness," Ms Shadbolt said.2014 November 29, Sam Hurley, “Dramatic crash outside popular Bay cafe”, in Hawke's Bay Today
    • They said I was status one. There's only one below that — status zero, which is dead.2017 December 5, Timothy Brown, “Shot policeman loves his work”, in Otago Daily Times

Also used as

status zero is also the alternative form of status zer0.

Questions about status zero

What does status zero mean?
Status zero means a status of having no available emergency vehicles or personnel to handle incoming calls.
What part of speech is status zero?
Status zero is a noun.

Words near status zero in the dictionary

  1. status strip
  2. status strips
  3. status symbol
  4. status symbols
  5. status zer0
  6. status zero
  7. statuses
  8. statuses quo
  9. statusful
  10. statusless
  11. statuslessness

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