Practical advice and safety measures

In case of sickness on a week-end?

Turn to the local clinic

Open from Friday 7 pm to Monday 8 am and on public holiday (8pm to 8am).

Address: 25 Quai Van Beneden (50m from the Aquarium) +32 4 341 33 33

Do not hesitate to ask for the addresses of GPs near you when you arrive.

CO (carbon monoxide)

CO is a very dangerous gas called the silent killer. It cannot be smelled, seen, tasted or touched. To avoid CO intoxication, make sure you have sufficient air coming in and out of the room where you are using gas, oil or wood.

How can we identify CO intoxication?

• Headache, nausea, weariness
• Occasional fainting

What is to be done?

• Open all windows and doors
• Call 112

Fire

Smoke detectors are compulsory, check with your landlord.

If there is a fire in your building :

• Give all tenants warning and call the fire brigade at 100 or 112
  
• Leave the premises closing all doors and windows
• Do not use the lift

Thefts and aggression

Some safety measures:

• keep your handbag closed (particularly in "Le Carré")
• keep your wallet in an inside pocket
• have as little cash as possible with you
• leave your passport and ID at home and take copies or your student card
• have a good padlock on your bicycle and leave it in a well-lit area (even so, it might disappear). You can buy padlocks at the 'Maison des Cyclistes' near the Guillemin station

Most thieves work in team, so be particularly careful if someone unknown starts talking to you. Do not walk around on your own in the middle of the night.

Write down the identification numbers of your electronic equipment, so you can retrieve them if ever they are found.

Burglary

When you leave your room or flat for a weekend or holiday

• do not let everybody know (it is a bad idea to advertise it on Facebook, for instance)
• do not leave a note on your door
• tell trusted neighbours and ask them to collect your mail
• do not leave your keys under the doormat or a flowerpot
• close and if possible lock all windows and doors even for a short

If you have been burgled, immediately call the police (101 or 112).

A theft insurance may compensate for some of your financial loss but not restore the stolen items.

Police (101)

In Liège policemen and policewomen are dressed in dark blue with sometimes an orange overcoat.

Their sign is the following:

Liège

Commissariat Wallonie Liège-centre (open 7days/week, 24h/day)
Rue de la Régence, 55
+32 4 340 89 00

Commissariat d’Avroy-Laveu

(Monday to Friday, 8am to 5pm, Saturday by appointment)
Rue Darchis, 34
+32 4 340 90 00

Commissariat de Guillemins-Sclessin (Monday to Friday, 8am to 5pm, Saturday by appointment)
Rue Varin, 129
+32 4 340 90 50

Commissariat d’Outremeuse (Monday to Friday, 8am to 5pm, Saturday by appointment)
Rue Gaston Grégoire, 23
+32 4 340 89 00

Gembloux

Commissariat Orneau-Méhaigne
(Monday to Friday, 10am to 7pm, Saturday and Sunday, 9am to 6pm)
Chaussée de Tirlemont, 105
+32 81 62 05 40

Arlon

Commissariat principal
(open 7days/week, 24h/day)
Rue Joseph-Netzer, 23
+32 63 60 85 00

To whom should I turn in case of emergency ?

 

 

Any questions ?

Do not hesitate to contact us. The Student Social Service will answer all your questions

For students of the Faculties of Liège and Arlon

Quartier des Urbanistes 1
Traverse des Architectes, 4
Pavillon B3b
B-4000 LIEGE
+ 32 4 366 52 99
service.social.etudiants@uliege.be

For students of the Faculty of Gembloux

Passage des Déportés, 2
B-5030 Gembloux
+ 32 81 62 26 70
service.social.gembloux@uliege.be