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Ammonia leak

Critical

⚠️ Check: Is the area safe for you to approach?

Move upwind quickly. Avoid basements, ditches, and valleys where gas may pool.

Go upwind fast. Do not breathe it. Seal room if told to shelter. Call 112.

Step 1: Move upwind immediately — ammonia is heavier than air in cool conditions and collects in low spots
Step 2: Do not inhale — cover mouth with damp cloth only while escaping
Step 3: If told to shelter in place — seal windows and doors with wet towels
Step 4: If exposed — move to fresh air and flush eyes and skin with water
Step 5: Call 112 and report ammonia leak location

DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Do NOT go downwind to investigate the leak or help equipment.

DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Do NOT use elevators if gas may be in the building — use stairs if evacuating.

DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Do NOT assume a damp cloth is enough protection to stay near the leak.

DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Call 112. Say: "Ammonia leak" and name the facility or street.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Report how many people are symptomatic and whether you evacuated or sheltered in place.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Follow official instructions — shelter in place may be safer than running through the cloud.

Anyone with chest tightness, hoarse voice, or eye burns after ammonia exposure needs emergency care.

DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Hoarseness, chest pain, or breathing difficulty after ammonia needs hospital care.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Only hazmat teams stop the leak — civilians wait for all-clear.

This helper does not contact emergency services. You must call yourself.

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