{"id":382,"date":"2017-03-06T10:47:53","date_gmt":"2017-03-06T15:47:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/facilities-management\/?page_id=382"},"modified":"2026-03-02T14:58:03","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T19:58:03","slug":"armed-assailant","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/facilities-management\/emergency-procedures\/armed-assailant\/","title":{"rendered":"ARMED ASSAILANT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>Upon announcement or activation of a Silver Code alert<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<table class=\"l r b t top-label-table\" style=\"height: 377px;\" width=\"50%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 144px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 160px; height: 144px;\">\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> <strong>IF YOU KNOW THE LOCATION OF THE THREAT AND YOU HAVE A SAFE EXIT:<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 160px; height: 144px;\">\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> <strong>IF YOU DON\u2019T KNOW THE LOCATION OF THE THREAT AND\/OR THERE IS NO SAFE EXIT:<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 160px; height: 144px;\">\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> <strong>IF YOU CAN\u2019T RUN OR HIDE:<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 245px;\" valign=\"top\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www-staging.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/facilities-management\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/run.png\" alt=\"Run\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>RUN<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>Leave the premises via an easily accessible and safe exit<\/li>\n<li>Inform anyone you meet of the danger<\/li>\n<li>Keep your hands up in the presence of police officers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 245px;\" valign=\"top\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www-staging.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/facilities-management\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/hide.png\" alt=\"Hide\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>HIDE<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>Stay calm<\/li>\n<li>Enter the nearest room<\/li>\n<li>Lock the door<\/li>\n<li>Block the door with heavy objects<\/li>\n<li>Turn off the lights, draw the curtains, and stay silent<\/li>\n<li>Stay low to the ground and keep away from windows and doors<\/li>\n<li>Set electronic devices to silent mode<\/li>\n<li>Don\u2019t let anyone else in<\/li>\n<li>Wait for the police or first responders to evacuate you safely<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 245px;\" valign=\"top\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www-staging.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/facilities-management\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/fight.png\" alt=\"Fight\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>FIGHT<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>Fight as a last resort and only when your life is in imminent danger<\/li>\n<li>Defend yourself, you\u2019re the only one who knows if you can disarm and incapacitate an armed assailant<\/li>\n<li>Attempt to incapacitate the assailant<\/li>\n<li>Act with as much physical aggression as possible<\/li>\n<li>Improvise weapons or throw items at the armed assailant<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&#8211; 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