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Incident Notification – Fast, Timely, Accurate In today’s business environment, emergency response plans are crucial to keeping employees, tenants and visitors safe when and if a dangerous event arises. An essential component of any emergency plan is communication. How you choose to communicate the incident, the severity and response protocols can make a difference. From workplace violence to weather emergencies, many organizations are implementing incident and mass notification processes. Gone are the …
Emergency Readiness Mindset Bruce Blythe, Owner and Chairman of Crisis Management International, is a guest blog author for Allied Universal. You worked late. As you get into your car in the parking lot, you answer an incoming email. The car door is unlocked as you sit behind the wheel focused intently on typing your response. Then suddenly, a gunman jerks open the car door… Two important concepts are at play that led up to this personal crisis: dissociation and its accompanying lack of vigilance. Being …
Feedback Fosters Security Success Quality service providers that strive to exceed client expectations and meet the highest industry standards need to carefully evaluate how to continuously improve and keep pace with changing needs. This is critical in the security industry where needs and priorities evolve rapidly. To be successful, security providers need to recognize and honor this critical priority: understand what is important, commit to excellence and deliver. To do so requires a carefully developed …
Safely Manage Risk Risk is a critical concern for every organization. It is important for leaders to recognize risk management as a foundation of operational success and implement strategies to address risk proactively. Risks associated with employee well-being are often attributed to the lack of a strong safety culture, and therefore a workplace safety program should be an integral component of your overall approach to risk management. According to the National Safety Council, businesses spend $140 …
Impact of Student Security Labor Tightening budgets and growing security needs often result in campus leaders looking to supplement the security team with student workers. What is the impact of students employed as security personnel on campus? Security officers are required to be on post, on time, prepared to handle a range of challenges, and they must remain focused. However, with student workers, the responsibility to monitor access, patrol, escort, and/or respond is always trumped by the student’s …
Election Protests and Demonstrations Demand Advance Preparation As the country prepares for the 2016 Republication and Democratic National Conventions in Cleveland and Philadelphia, respectively, this summer, the potential exists for nationwide political protests and demonstrations. In what many consider one of the most explosive and extended presidential election seasons in recent memory, it is important for business leaders to ensure that their emergency preparedness planning addresses the potential for …
Three Effective Techniques to Enhance Situational Awareness What events are occurring in your city this week? What effects will these events have on your workplace? Business interruption for any reason can have a negative, lasting impact. To counter this possibility, successful organizations develop comprehensive situational awareness plans to keep the continuity of their operations and protect employees, tenants and visitors. Business vulnerabilities and threats should be approached proactively. It is …
The Evolution of a Strategic Security Program The role of security services is expanding as businesses experience new challenges related to social and political unrest, workplace violence, terrorism, technology and cybercrime. If your current security practices aren’t making an impact, it is time to evaluate your approach. Security programs are meant to evolve. This is how organizations stay abreast of evolving threats. Use these six steps to develop a quality foundation for your program and aligning your …
Contingency Planning: Are You Prepared? No one wants to think about a worst-case scenario but without appropriate preparedness planning, your next emergency could truly turn into a disaster. To help reduce the impact of emergencies, it is critical to prepare today with real world emergency response plans designed to help mitigate the outcome of any disaster. A safety-first, emergency response focused approach to security requires the creation of a site specific emergency preparedness plan. This should …
Who is Protecting Your Community? 5 Key Considerations What factors do a residential community, complex or building need to weigh when deciding which security provider to hire? When selecting a security partner, keep the following five best practice considerations in mind: 1. Ability to Respond - Consider if the company has the knowledge and depth of personnel resources to handle different types of emergencies. Is the team reachable 24/7? A natural disaster that leaves the community without power or makes …
