SECURITY PREPAREDNESS
PROTOCOLS
• Active Shooter (single/multiple attackers)
• Telephone Bomb Threats
• Suspicious Items (Improvised Explosives)
• Suspicious Mail Items & Parcels
(incl. Biohazard Materials)
• Increased Threats (Local & Global)
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• One or more individuals enter a premises and
attack people randomly.
• The attackers will continue until they are stopped
or run out of ammunition.
• Possible motives:
• Political ideologies
• Vengeance towards a specific person or
institution, mental disorders,
• Family/social disputes related to people
working in the targeted area, etc.
• Lockdown: Hide in a room, turn off lights, lock &
block doors, silence everything and everyone.
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• You may hear Gunshots,
People yelling
and running everywhere…
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• If you CAN EVACUATE safely:
• Leave everything behind and calmly evacuate to
the nearest exit. Once outside make your way to
the predetermined safe gathering area.
• If you do not have a designated area - MOVE
AWAY from the building and out of sight as fast
as possible.
• If you cannot see the building, no one in the
building can see you!
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• If you see the Police:
• stay calm and do not jump at them
• ensure your hands are empty and visible
• FOLLOW POLICE INSTRUCTIONS
• Police officers will be suspicious of everyone!
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LOCKDOWN:
• If you are located in a room with a door, and ONLY if it
is safe to do so, quickly open the door and look for
innocent bystanders in the corridor and bring them in
for shelter.
• Close and LOCK the door and barricade it if possible
(use furniture, cabinets, etc.)
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• Cover any internal windows facing the corridor.
• Indicate how many people are with you and your
room/office number on a piece of paper and tape it to a
window facing the street.
• Ignore the fire alarm - unless you see obvious signs of
fire in your immediate surroundings.
• Ignore any external instructions.
• If you see the Police, STAY CALM.
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• Silence everything (cell phones, music, etc.)
• Silence everyone – try and calm people and tell
them that help is on the way – no talking.
• Tell everyone to lay down on the floor away from
the door, in a blind spot, behind furniture if
possible.
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• The Police first priority is to neutralize the threat.
• Dealing with injuries and evacuation is secondary.
• If you are not sure about leaving your hiding spot, ask
them to provide ID and take your time.
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• You hear gunshots, people yelling and running everywhere…
• Leave everything behind, if possible calmly evacuate to the nearest exit.
• Get as far away from the building and make sure you can’t see it.
• If you can’t evacuate, hide in a room, turn off the lights, lock & block doors, silence
everything & everyone.
• Notify 911 of the situation.
• If the fire alarm rings, ignore it unless there are real signs of fire.
What to do when the police arrive?
• Stay hidden or on the ground and don’t move.
• Tell them where you are, name yourself, don’t gesture abruptly and keep your hands
visible and empty.
• FOLLOW THEIR INSTRUCTIONS.
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• Typically delivered by telephone or other
telecommunication means.
• Recurring factors:
– The caller has definite knowledge that an explosive
device is present
– The caller has no knowledge of any explosive device on
site, but wants to create an atmosphere of anxiety and
panic.
• What to do: Learn and use the Bomb Threat Report.
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Suspicious Mail
• Any item that is delivered directly or via a 3rd party and that
may contain unsafe materials.
• Objective: to install a controlled screening process to safely
handle all incoming mail/items from the moment they arrive into
our environment up until they are opened by the designated
recipient - while minimizing any associated disruptions.
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