Meaning of status zero | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A status at the lowest point of a ranking system. In particular:
   alt-of, alternative, uncountable
2. Alternative form of status zer0.
   alt-of, alternative, uncountable
3. A status of having no available emergency vehicles or personnel to handle incoming calls.
   uncountable
4. Death.
   New-Zealand, uncountable

Examples

“Nearly half of those in status zero have no qualifications and only 37 percent have GCSEs or above.”

“A 1990s study in South Glamorgan (Istance et al. 1994) found that at any time around 17 per cent of 16- and 17-year-olds were status zero. Most occupied this status only for brief periods, but around 7 per cent of the age group appeared permanently lost. Some of these were effectively becoming status zero before being eligible to leave full-time education -- they were irregular attenders during their final years of compulsory schooling.”

“In Britain it has been estimated that, at any point, approximately one in seven 16- and 17-year-olds are 'status zero', meaning that they are not in education, training or employment (Istance etal., 1994), and since 1988 most 'status zero' young people aged under 18 have not been eligible for social security payments.”

“Analysis shows no time at which 'status zero' occurred. Status zero is when no emergency services vehicles are available.”

“"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."”

“Gold Cross will enter into mutual aid agreements with other local 24-hour licensed service providers who can be called in the event Gold Cross gets to system status zero – already doing this.”

“The fire chief said if you listen to the pagers, ambulance service ends up at status zero almost every day from all the calls from doctor's offices, nursing homes, the four municipalities and the eight fire districts.”

“"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.”

“They said I was status one. There's only one below that — status zero, which is dead.”

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