Many of us recognize the need for preventative plans and actions both in life and in business as the greatest issue restricting success, limiting the fallout from crime and accidents, dealing with the aftermath of natural disasters, and of course, removing that most crucial self doubt. The resulting prevention and reaction plans must be valued and compared to assess its cost to benefit and win stakeholders’ acceptance. The insurance sector and safety regulators have combined to present the most secure environment, but it is generally left to the individual to comprehensively follow the rules and response plans.Prevention is very necessary to avoid any danger and unforeseen damage that can have a negative effect on smooth operations or goal achievement. The best laid plans, electronic security systems with backup electricity supply and speedy armed response times, safety training with the best properly maintained and accessible equipment and quick well trained emergency ambulance response, trained and well equipped search and rescue teams with planned access to emergency water, food and first-aid medicine, all requiring trust at its central component. The importance of communication becomes clear when self doubt sets in, when trained security or emergency personnel need to ask for reassurance and backup.
Heartless as it may seem, the cost of security and emergency should relate in some type of benefit calculation to what or who is being protected or rescued. Insurance policies premiums are significantly reduced if expensive prevention equipment and contracts are in place. In much the same way a society must pay up front, with highly trained and prepared personnel, proper design and building codes, to limit the loss of lives and rebuilding cost as a result of a natural or man-made disaster. Uncertainty as to the preparedness or effectiveness of security and emergency prevention or reaction plans must be dealt with immediately by trial runs and investing to fix the weak points.
Everyone involved or connected in any way, with the prevention or reaction plan, should have an input in formulating the response plans and know their own role. A frontline guard must never lose sight of their assigned post or communication with their command centre. A rescue worker must never lose essential equipment or supplies that would place them in a position to be rescued. The frontline of security and emergency operations must always be adequately trained, staffed and tooled to confront and address all foreseeable threats with the necessary backup coming from the back, not the side, keeping the front perimeter secured and safe.
Communication with and transportation to more secure areas must fundamentally be planned in spider-web format, have many routes, understanding and anticipating that many threats can occur at the same time. Having a security and emergency prevention or reaction plan that assigns multiple command, supply and treatment points, each full able to replace another is the best one can do.
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