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The Best Advice If You Find Yourself In A Terror Attack: Do Not Play Dead by waldigit: 7:28pm On Nov 19, 2015 |
If you find yourself in a terror attack
similar to the ones that hit Paris last week,
do not play dead.
That’s part of the grim new guidance (pdf)
being issued by the UK National Counter-
Terrorism Security Office (Nactso). The
document outlines what to do in “response
to a fast-moving incident such as a
firearms or weapons attack.”
The advice is based on some evidence
from victims of the assault on the Bataclan
music hall, the deadliest site of the Paris
attacks where gunmen fired
indiscriminately at the crowd. Some were
able to escape after playing dead among
pools of blood.
But Nactso says that “if you can see the
attacker, they may be able to see you.”
Instead, the document urges those who
find themselves in such an attack to
Escape if you can.
Consider the safest options.
Is there a safe route? RUN if not HIDE.
Can you get there without exposing
yourself to greater danger?
Insist others leave with you.
Leave belongings behind:
For those unable to find a safe route out,
the guidance says to find cover from
gunfire by hiding behind “substantial
brickwork” or “heavy reinforced walls.”
The document points out that cover from
view does not necessarily mean you are
safe as “bullets go through glass, brick,
wood, and metal.”
The document also provides guidance on
how companies should respond if their
buildings becomes the site of a terror
attack. Nactso advises companies to train
staff in how to lock down buildings,
stating:
Dynamic lockdown is the ability to
quickly restrict access and egress to a site
or building (or part of) through physical
measures in response to a threat, either
external or internal.
Companies need to also find a way to let
people know what’s happening, Nactso
says. They could do so by using a
dedicated terror alarm, a PA system,
existing internal messaging systems (such
as text, email, and staff phones), or a “pop-
up on employees computers.” By Aamna Mohdin -quartz |
Re: The Best Advice If You Find Yourself In A Terror Attack: Do Not Play Dead by dialfa: 7:31pm On Nov 19, 2015 |
yeye advise. so you want them to escape but you lock down the building? ![]() |
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