What to Do in a Crisis
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112 EUROPEAN EMERGENCY NUMBER
150 FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICE
155 EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE
158 POLICE
If you are unable to make a call, you can also send a text message to the emergency number
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* What to do in the event of a security incident
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• Act independently! In the event of a serious incident, do not hesitate to call 112 immed
• Get out of danger. Always try to get to a safe area.
• Evaluate your evacuation route. The place you are moving to must be safer than the place
leaving. Ask yourself: "Is it safer inside or outside?"
• Don't think about hypothetical scenarios – that can paralyse you. Respond to what you ac
and perceive.
• Remember the basic rule of thumb in an explosion: "The wall is good; the glass is bad."
an explosion, take cover behind a solid object, not near a glass surface.
• Warn others. Say what you are doing out loud to inform others and encourage them to take
action.
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* Emergency procedures
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Verbal aggression
• Try to calm the situation down.
• Assure the person that you want to understand them. Do not interrupt them and listen to
• If the situation escalates, firmly set your boundaries.
• If the aggressor continues to cross the line, end the interaction, call security, or cal
(112 or 158).
Suspicious object
• Do not handle it in any way.
• Notify security or reception.
• Find out if it belongs to someone nearby. If not, evacuate the area and call the Police
• Ensure that no one approaches the object.
• Do not use mobile phones near the object.
In case of fire
• Follow the fire alarm instructions.
• Report the fire to the fire alarm centre (usually the reception desk).
• Call the Fire Brigade on 112 or 150.
• Leave the building by the shortest route. Do not use the lifts.
• If there is smoke in the air, stay close to the ground and cover your mouth.
• Evacuate as far away from the building as possible. The assembly point is not always saf
Active attacker
• Follow the basic rule of RUN - HIDE - FIGHT!
• Your priority is your personal safety.
• If possible, run away.
• If you cannot run, hide and prepare to fight.
• Once you are out of immediate danger, call or text on 112 or 158.
• Give clear instructions to others to get to safety.
Physical assault
• Run to safety, do not escalate the situation.
• If possible, inform the receptionist.
• Try to prevent others from becoming involved in the conflict.
• Call security or call the Police on 112 or 158.
Threatening phone call
• Never hang up, try to keep the caller on the line.
• Write down the details of the call and the phone number, if visible.
• Inform the Faculty Security Coordinator.
• The Police will decide whether to evacuate the premises.
A person in a psychotic state or under the influence of drugs
• Do not provoke them. Speak calmly.
• If they are not aggressive, call the emergency medical services (112 or 155).
• If they are aggressive, get to safety and call the Police (112 or 158).
Harassment on social media, by e-mail or text message
• Do not respond.
• Keep evidence (screenshots, print screens).
• Report the incident to the faculty security coordinator or the Police.