Under threat of violence

In an unarmed threatening situation, act in the following way.

Act calmly and try to calm the person with your behaviour.
Make sure you do not turn your back or let yourself be cornered, so that you will always have an escape route when a threatening person comes close.
Call for help depending on the circumstances.
Escape and help others escape.

Take care of your own safety. Seek to direct the threatening person to a place where they cannot harm others. After the event, contact the police about the incident if required.

If the threatening person is armed, act in the following way.

Do not resist.
Do whatever the person threatening you tells you to do.
As the situation permits, try to warn others.
By closing doors, you can limit a person's movement within the property.
After the situation, call 112 to get professional help on site as fast as possible. Listen to directions and act accordingly.

Every threat and sighting of a possibly threatening situation must be taken seriously and the police must be informed immediately. Through your own behaviour, you can affect the progress of the situation, and thus you should take all threatening situations seriously and try to calm down already begun situations.

What to do in a firearms situation

Leave the danger area if it is safe to do so.

If it is not safe to leave:

Go to a classroom or similar
Lock the door or place furniture in front of the door(s) so that the door button cannot be operated
Pile furniture in front of the door
Turn off the lights
Lie down next to the door wall if the wall material is brick or concrete, for example, or find an otherwise safe place
Contact 112 and report the situation. Indicate floor, room/class number
Otherwise avoid using the phone
If there is smoke in the corridors, do not enter the corridors, stay in the classroom and try to plug any gaps with wet clothes, etc.
Wait for further instructions from police/rescue authorities/school staff
Act on further instructions