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Four phases of school emergency management
Wednesday, February 26, 2020 by Paul Kazlauskas
According to the United States Department of Education, an all-inclusive school emergency plan is built on the four phases of emergency management and provide direction to the entire school community:
Prevention/Mitigation
Preparedness
Response
Recovery
School emergency plans must document everything that is required to implement and maintain the plan. Plans should be put in writing, communicated to all staff, and practiced regularly through drills and exercises. School staff should ...
The Importance of Vendor and Contractor Management for Casinos
Friday, February 7, 2020 by Paul Kazlauskas
Visitor Management Systems (VMS) are an electronic version of the visitor sign-in sheet or visitor log book that is commonly used at many facilities. Electronic visitor management systems make the visitor sign-in process more efficient and provide an improved ability to track visitors. While casinos may not document guests that are there to gamble, there are different types of visitors to casinos that should be documented and tracked: vendors and contractors.
Casinos are under operation ...
Color-coding your visitor management for extra building security
Tuesday, January 21, 2020 by Paul Kazlauskas
Visitor management refers to tracking the usage of a public building or site. A popular tactic to track and identify visitors that come to a facility is to document their presence and issue a visitor badge to wear. Do you give your visitors a plain, white badge, but still think there is room to improve the process? Color-coding your visitor management process is a great way to increase a facility’s security. The visitor badge color, when incorporated in the facility’s security ...
Why Assisted Living and Skilled Nursing Facilities need Visitor Management
Thursday, November 21, 2019 by Paul Kazlauskas
Security in Assisted Living and Skilled Nursing Facilities is a critical function. Residents are vulnerable to safety and privacy issues if facilities don’t manage the flow of people coming into the building. Unauthorized visitors can also be upsetting to residents. They need to be protected.
A wide variety of individuals may access the campus buildings and grounds throughout the day. These individuals range from contractors and vendors to resident family members, volunteers and ...
Understanding the importance of Crisis Management Teams
Tuesday, November 5, 2019 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 ...
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