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Notifying your intention to hold pathogens and toxins

… or use stocks of specified disease-causing micro-organisms and toxins, you need to inform the Home Office. … Managers and occupiers of laboratories and other premises are obliged to notify the appropriate … to notify holding these materials is a criminal offence and could result in prosecution. If found guilty of an …
Keywords: CBRN , Threat , Substances , Chemical , Attack Methodology , Pathogens , Toxins , Health & Safety

Fences and gates

… must be stored outside, then it should be kept out of sight and away from public access. Fertiliser should be covered … types of anti-intruder fences include: palisade expanded metal welded mesh Fences should conform to British Standard BS 1722-18:2011, which partly depends upon the style …
Keywords: Fertiliser

Secure your fertiliser

… use in the UK The UK is the heaviest user of ammonium and ammonium nitrate-based fertilisers in the world, and since the 1970s nitrogenous fertilisers have been … home-made explosives.  The blending, storage, transport and use of fertilisers is commonplace, especially in the …
Keywords: Attack Methodology , Chemical , Weapons of Terrorism

SCaN for all staff

… to increase their awareness of hostile reconnaissance and how they can help to help counter it. … The SCaN module is designed for all staff and outlines the core components of SCaN:  See - understanding what hostile reconnaissance is and how to spot it …
Keywords: NPSA , Protective Security , Business , SCAN , Training , Staff training

Incident procedures

… majority of bomb threats are hoaxes designed to cause alarm and disruption. As well as the rare instances of valid bomb … the threat may seem, all such communications are a crime and should be reported to the police by dialling 999.  … include how the threat information is recorded, acted upon and passed to police. Evaluating the threat Evaluating the …
Keywords: Bomb threat , Suspicious Item , HOT principle , Suspicious Behaviour , Terrorist threat , Public Safety , Suspicious activity

Stay Safe – Weapons and firearms attack

… to a firearms or weapons attack, stay calm, RUN or HIDE, and only when it is safe TELL the police … Evacuation and lockdown procedures … mean you are safe, bullets go through glass, brick, wood and metal. Find cover from gunfire behind substantial … Remain calm. Can you move to a safer area? Keep your hands in view. Be advised that police officers may: Point …
Keywords: Run Hide Tell , Evacuation , Terrorist threat , Firearms , Weapons of Terrorism , Attack , Attack Methodology