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Which emergency service?

The police for:

  • Fatality
  • Assault or sexual assault
  • Siege, hostage situation or firearms incident
  • Disappearance or removal of pupil
  • Telephone or bomb threat
  • Collapse or damage to building or equipment
  • Motor vehicle collision or impact in school building
  • Impact by equipment, machinery or aircraft
  • Natural hazards

Ambulance for:

  • Serious injury
  • Serious fit or illness

Fire services for:

  • Fire or flood on the school property
Source: Emergency Disaster Planning for Principals, Education and Community Services, Australian Capital Territory, 1992.
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