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NM DOH All Hazard Incident Management Glossary
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Warning – the alerting of emergency response personnel and the public to the threat of extraordinary danger and the related effects that specific hazards may cause.
Weapon of Mass Destruction (WMD) – a WMD is any device, material, or substance used with intent to cause death or serious injury to persons or significant damage to property.
Weapons-Grade Material – nuclear material considered most suitable for a nuclear weapon. It usually connotes uranium enriched to above 90 percent uranium-235 or plutonium with greater than about 90 percent plutonium-239.
WHO – World Health Organization
WMD – Weapons of Mass Destruction
