02/11/2025
🛡️ CIVIL INCIDENT RESPONSE CHECKLIST
(For Ex-Service or Trained Personnel Acting as Civilians)
1. IMMEDIATE ACTION – UNDER FIRE / ACTIVE THREAT
✅ Assess first – what’s happening, how many attackers, where is the threat?
📞 Call 999 immediately – provide exact location, description of attacker(s), weapons, casualties. METANE if trained
M - Major incident
E - Exact location
T - Time of incident
H - Hazards
A - Access/Egress
N - Number of casualties
E - emergency services on site and or needed
🗣️ Shout clear commands – “Everyone down!”, “Get out!”, “Call 999!”. Your voice can lead people.
🚪 Move to cover / escape routes – get civilians to safety if possible.
⚔️ Engage ONLY if unavoidable – use reasonable, proportionate force to protect life.
Minimum force necessary is the legal standard.
Stop when the threat stops.
🧠 Stay calm and think tactically – observe, plan, communicate.
2. WHEN THREAT IS CONTAINED OR ENDS
🔒 Secure the area – prevent re-entry or interference with the scene.
🚫 Do NOT pursue or punish – that becomes retaliation, not defence.
✋ Detain suspects lawfully if safe:
Use only necessary restraint.
Announce intent: “I’m detaining you under citizen’s arrest until police arrive.”
Call 999 again to confirm arrest and request immediate police presence.
3. MEDICAL RESPONSE – SAVE LIVES
🩸 Assess casualties quickly – shout for anyone trained in first aid.
🚑 Apply pressure to bleeding; use a tourniquet only if trained.
💨 Keep airway clear, monitor breathing, keep victims warm.
⏱️ Prioritise the most severe bleeding / unconscious casualties first.
📦 Use available resources – shirts, belts, scarves for makeshift bandages.
🧾 Record what’s been done (time tourniquet applied, etc.) for paramedics.
ATMIST hand over
A - Age
T - Time
M - Mechanism of injury
I - Injuries sustained
S - Signs and symptoms
T - Treatment given
4. POLICE ARRIVAL
🙋 Identify yourself clearly – hands visible, no weapons.
🗣️ State: “I’m a witness and former military, I assisted in defence and medical aid.”
🧾 Provide concise facts only – what you saw, what you did, sequence of events.
📸 Offer any footage / photos to police only, not social media.
🤝 Cooperate fully – they must confirm your actions were proportionate and lawful.
5. POST-INCIDENT
🧘 Decompress – adrenaline will crash; take time to process.
🩺 Seek medical check-up even if uninjured.
🧠 Document your statement immediately while memory is fresh.
⚖️ Contact legal representation if you used force or detained someone.
💬 Avoid online posting until facts confirmed – focus on helping victims and investigators.
🫡 Provide leadership in aftermath – coordinate support for victims, promote calm, and reinforce community resilience.
⚖️ REMEMBER
> Defence of self and others is lawful. Retaliation or revenge is not. Force must stop when the threat stops.
Your best weapon is control and clarity under pressure.
