Review of the 8 steps + notes and tips: A: Avoid and be aware of potential conflicts and dangers. This is the most important step. B: Breathe to help you maintain mental alertness. C: Communicate with confidence. While it’s in the verbal stage, you should be prepared to talk confidently (not to be mistaken with confrontationally). D: Don’t make the situation worse. While you can still talk your way out of it, you should be trying to do just that. Don’t show off to your friends or the people that are around. Walk away from it whenever you can. E: Environment and exits. In terms of suggestions for the scenario in our video, it would be advantageous if you can park closer to where you know other people are going to be parking, closer to where a security guard might be stationed, or close to an exit. Of course, always try and park in a well-lit area and if you can, avoid going back to your car by yourself. F: Fire is a powerful word, but it’s not exclusive. Anything that brings attention to yourself would be helpful. In addition to yelling Fire!, you can also try to break a window or set off a car alarm…all of these things are going to attract attention to the situation and bring if not help, at least an audience, which is going to be a deterrent for the attacker. G: Get away. Pretty self-explanatory H: Hit hard, hit fast, hit first. Only to be applied if you’ve forgotten or haven’t been able to apply any of the previous steps

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