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froggedfrogginson t1_itkyqry wrote

What's a bronze alert? Worse or better than a silver alert?

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hmmblueeyes t1_itl0548 wrote

It’s the code for active shooter at UPMC locations

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froggedfrogginson t1_itl0beb wrote

Well, that's helpful. Love the people that downvote instead of answering. Gotta love it...

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TangyWonderBread t1_itl34mq wrote

I think it's because you said "is that better or worse than a silver alert" which sounds snarky. Alerts aren't ranked by "badness," different colors just mean different things

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NoSwimmers45 t1_itmzy43 wrote

Different colors could mean different levels of badness especially if you don’t know their meanings. Code Brown = Somebody pooped, Code Yellow = Somebody peed, or different levels like the Olympics Bronze, Silver and Gold. It’s a legitimate question especially if you have no context to what a Code Bronze means.

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Low-Lingonberry2760 t1_itl2rmd wrote

In general, the metallic alerts will be the more/most serious things but aren't always increasing (bronze and silver could be 'equally' bad).

When I worked at a zoo, bronze/silver/gold were an escaped animal in increasing severity (gold = a lion is fucking OUT and roaming)

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