Possible Clues:

• Outlet getting stick about area's emergency facility
• English lark above duck in low flight path
• Career going downhill? This might save you
• Strut around area with key that drivers use in emergeny
• Civil engineering safety feature
• Police ultimately unhappy about lively activity round traffic control feature
• What a car with speedo going crazy may turn into!
• Emergency racetrack turnoff
• Emergency exit on hill