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14 School Safety Techniques for a more secure facility
Monday, August 14, 2023 by Paul Kazlauskas
School safety is a complicated issue. It affects children, teachers, administrators, and parents in a variety of ways, from the quality of learning to the risk of lawsuits. But it is also everyone’s responsibility, and schools should remind stakeholders of their respective roles in promoting school safety and security. So where should a school start? Below is a list of ideas that schools in America have implemented successfully to improve their safety and security measures: 1. ...
Understanding the importance of Crisis Management Teams
Monday, August 14, 2023 by Paul Kazlauskas
Our society has witnessed (too many times to count) that incidents of human-created terror or natural disasters can happen anywhere in the world. Schools, healthcare facilities, and businesses of all kinds are vulnerable. There is no longer a mythical place of “it can’t happen here.” For that reason, building security officials need to be well-versed in crisis management. In a past blog post, I covered tips for what to do before, during, and after a security crisis in ...
Where should you wear your name badge?
Monday, August 14, 2023 by Andrew Jones
Are there a right way and a wrong way to wear a name badge? Most people wear their visitor badges on their left (near their heart). That’s because most people (about 90 percent of us) are right-handed, so it’s easier to put our visitor badges on our left side. But is that the correct way to do it? When, after all, do we wear name badges? Most likely it is when we are among people who don’t know us. So, when we meet them, we want to make it easy for them to learn ...
Emergency Action Plans are critical for your workplace
Monday, July 24, 2023 by Paul Kazlauskas
A workplace emergency is any unforeseen situation that threatens your employees, customers, or the public; disrupts or shuts down your operations; or causes physical or environmental damage. A wide variety of emergencies, both man-made and natural, may require a workplace to be evacuated. These emergencies include … Floods, Tornados, or Hurricanes Fires Toxic material releases, such as from chemical spills, biological accidents, or radiological accidents Explosions Civil ...
Six reasons to consider a stand-alone visitor management system
Wednesday, June 28, 2023 by Paul Kazlauskas
There are several benefits to having a stand-alone visitor management system that is not integrated into other internal systems. Here are 6 main reasons: 1. Enhanced Security: By keeping the visitor management system separate from other internal systems, you can minimize potential security risks. Isolating visitor data in a dedicated system helps to ensure the confidentiality and integrity of visitor information. Here is an example of an integrated VMS having security issues where patient ...
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