On May 30, 2025, Prime Minister Donald Tusk signed ordersunder which the BRAVO and BRAVO-CRP left extended until 31 August 2025. This applies to the full territory of Poland and Polish energy infrastructure located outside the country.
What do BRAVO and BRAVO-CRP degrees mean?
BRAVO Emergency Stage This second of 4 alarm levels specified in the national safety system. It is introduced in situations where it exists increased and real threat of terrorist incidents or destabilizing critical infrastructure.
BRAVO-CRP Emergency Stage concerns the risks in cyberspace and is simply a consequence to cyber attacks' ability to inform public institutions, strategical companies or media. In practice, its introduction results in increased network control, safety procedures and IT systems.
Who are the fresh regulations?
The Prime Minister's order shall include:
- the full area of the Republic of Poland – for degrees BRAVO and BRAVO-CRP,
- Polish energy infrastructure abroad – in the BRAVO 2nd grade.
Consequences for citizens and institutions
Due to the maintenance of advanced alertness be more alert, especially in public places. Centre for Artistic Education recalls that citizens should pay attention to:
- persons acting in specified a way unusual or suspicious,
- left unattended,
- suspicious packages or vehicles, especially parked in prohibited places.
If you announcement any disturbing situations please inform the police immediately via emergency number 112. For safety services information about customized events is besides crucialwhich may seem harmless, but are out of the ordinary.
Prohibitions and procedures in schools and educational establishments
Special precautions for usage schools, kindergartens, universities and another educational and artistic institutions. There are a number of provisions resulting from this Regulation of the Prime Minister of 25 July 2016 on the scope of the projects carried out in various alarm stages (Journal of Laws of 2016 item 1101 as amended).
The most crucial rules are:
- Absolute ban on outsiders to educational buildings.
All another than:
– staff,
– students,
– students' legal guardians. - Increased school environment control:
– reflection of passerby behaviour,
– responding to abandoned objects,
– immediate reporting of threats. - The anticipation for uniformed services to carry out checksof which Police, Border Guard and Military Gendarmery.
Centre for Artistic Education calls on the Directors of the training for staff and ensuring compliance with the applicable rules. This aims to minimise risks and increase the safety of both students and workers.
Background and relevance of decisions
The decision to extend alert levels is part of the country's continued advanced hybrid preparedness, both physical and digital. In fresh months there has been an increase in the activity of criminal groups, attempts to destabilise IT systems and intelligence activities in Central and east Europe.
Poland as a border country and a NATO associate remains the mark of possible destabilisation activities. Extension of alerts until the end of holidays 2025 may besides be linked to securing upcoming events of a mass nature, increased tourist and educational movement.
Future prospects
Although the order applies to August 31, 2025further extensions cannot be excluded unless the safety situation improves. Maintenance of precautions enhancing the resilience of institutions and society for possible incidents.
This means a necessity for citizens Maintaining vigilanceBut don't panic. Informing the applicable services of any different phenomena is not only a law, but besides an work under the conditions of the emergency stages.
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BRAVO alarm stages extended until 31 August. Attention to inspections and stricter rules in schools
