SINGAPORE — Don’t panic. Run away from the attackers if it’s safe to do so. Otherwise, hide from them. And above all, remember to call the police.

That, in a nutshell, is the advice from a new video by the Singapore Police Force — entitled “Run, Hide and Tell” — aimed at educating the public on how best to respond in the event of a terrorist attack involving firearms or other types of weapons.

The three-minute video, released on Tuesday on the police’s Facebook page, is part of the new SG Secure programme, a community-centred response plan introduced in March to enhance Singapore’s ability to respond to potential terror attacks by groups such as the Islamic State (IS).

The authorities have announced three major terror-related cases this year, involving Singaporeans and foreign nationals plotting armed jihad abroad or intending to join IS in Syria. The most recent case involved eight radicalised Bangladeshi nationals who were detained in Singapore under the Internal Security Act (ISA) last month for setting up a terror cell called the Islamic State in Bangladesh. Another five Bangladeshi workers, who were not directly linked to the new terror cell, were deported after they were found with jihad-related material.

Law and Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam has warned on several occasions this year that a terror attack in Singapore was a matter of “when” and not “if”.

The new video by the police envisions a potential terror strike inside a movie theatre that involves automatic gunfire. ‘Run, hide and tell’ form the basis of the advice to viewers.

The video advises people to evacuate if it is safe to do so; to hide out of sight of the attackers, if running is not an option; and to either call the police at 999 or text them at 71999 with details of the attack and the attackers. The video concludes by reiterating these points in bullet form.

In the video, the narrator notes that while law and order in Singapore remains stable, Singapore continues to face various threats, the “most significant being terrorism”. While the Home Team is ready to respond to a terror attack and will do its utmost, government response is not enough, said the narrator. “We must be alert and be ready to respond quickly and decisively should there be a terrorist attack.”

Apart from the SG Secure movement, the Home Team will be forming new counter-terrorism forces and expanding closed-circuit television surveillance across the island. Laws will also be amended to require owners of premises and organisers of major events to put in place security measures.