What to do in an emergency

Keep calm and phone the fire brigade: dial 112

Get yourself to safety

• University Control Centre: 09131 8527777
• Warn any persons at risk
• Aid persons unable to get to safety themselves
• Close windows and doors, but do not lock doors
• Close fire doors
• Follow marked escape routes
• Do not use lifts
• Go to the assembly point
• Follow instructions

Try to extinguish the fire

• Use fire extinguishers
• Use fire hose

Protect yourself

The following measures are to be carried out by experienced staff only:

• Wear suitable and sufficient personal protective equipment
• Prevent spread to other rooms by closing doors
• Use binding agents to collect hazardous substance

• Do not touch, move or open the object
• Proceed according to Information sheet ‘Letters and packages suspected to contain explosive devices’ (Emergency plan / Appendix Z09, keep a copy at each workplace) Contact)
• Inform the head of the organisational unit

Inform the police: dial 110

• Inform the head of the organisational unit
• Personal contact with the person may only be sought if they want to talk to someone or if they are unable to get out of a life-threatening situation by themselves

• Keep an eye on them, observe them as discreetly as possible
• Ask fellow member of staff for help and point person out to them
• Inform the head of the organisational unit

Inform the police: dial 110

• Verbal threat/harassment
• Try to react in a friendly but firm manner, ask colleagues for help
• Try to de-escalate the situation, do not confront anyone obviously willing to resort to violence
• If you feel threatened, lock yourself in the room or leave the building, look for crowds of people
• Warn staff and other persons using the means available at the scene

Inform the police: dial 110

Escape

• Escape from the danger zone
• Help others to escape
• Do not go to usual assembly point
• Seek suitable cover such as a thick wall
• Warn others and tell them to escape

Hide

• Barricade yourself in suitable rooms
• Stay quiet, switch off lights and any sources of noise
• Switch off or mute mobile phones
• Lay flat on the floor
• Keep away from windows and doors
• Seek suitable cover such as a thick wall

Inform the police: dial 110

Safety first

• Stop all experiments immediately
• Inform the head of the organisational unit immediately if any experiments could become uncontrollable

Inform the University Control Centre on 09131 8527777

• Switch off any electrical devices or socket strips
• Keep freezers and refrigerators closed
• Open windows and/or doors to get fresh air
• Use battery-powered devices such as laptops, tablets or mobile phones to get information

Inform the University Control Centre on 09131 8527777

• Inform the head of the organisational unit
• Inform them of any potential technical hazards or working conditions that may be hazardous to health or hygiene

• Try to use any alternative means of communication such as mobile phones, SMS, landline telephone, fax, or send member of staff with written note

Inform the University Control Centre on 09131 8527777

• Inform the head of the organisational unit
• Inform the head of the organisational unit of potential technical hazards