Extreme emergency (§ 28 TZ)
What does the term mean
Circumstance excluding illegality, when the danger directly threatening an interest protected by criminal law is averted.
Extreme emergency is dealt with in security practice when there is a need to avert an immediate danger, but it is not a human attack in the sense of necessary defense. Typically, it can be a fire, panic in the crowd, a technical fault or imminent damage to health and property.
Difference vs Necessary Defense
U necessary defenses the attack is parried. In an extreme emergency, danger is averted. In both cases, reasonableness and the ability to later describe why a particular course of action was necessary is important.
For the team at the event or facility, it is practical to have scenarios in advance: who makes decisions, who communicates, when EMS is called and how evidence is protected after an incident.
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Updated May 26, 2026
Practical meaning
How Extreme emergency (§ 28 TZ) applies to a real service
It makes sense mainly when it results in a specific procedure for an object, an event or a team on site.
When is the term resolved
Extreme emergency (§ 28 TZ) is mainly handled in practice when checking the contract, internal rules, cameras, records of people, the powers of the worker or the responsibility of the contracting authority.
Common mistakes in practice
The risk is to rely on oral interpretation without an up-to-date procedure, record and verification of who is responsible for a specific decision.
What to do in practice
If the term applies to your real operation, it connects to Event security. That is where we deal with the specific space, scope, responsibility and next step before deployment.
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