Emergency and incident planning defines who does what, in what order, when something goes wrong at your facility. It covers the physical security dimension of response: lockdown and controlled egress, communication, access for responders, assembly and accountability, and recovery.
The measure of a good plan is not its length. It is whether an ordinary employee, under stress, at an inconvenient hour, can act correctly on it.
A plan is worthless if it lives in a binder nobody opens. Practical planning means:
This is planning from the security and facility side: the doors, the systems, the access, and the building. It complements rather than replaces the work of your emergency management, safety, HR, and legal teams, and for regulated obligations it should sit alongside their programs rather than pretending to substitute for them.
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Either, and the best results are usually collaborative. Paul brings the physical security and facility perspective and the structure; your team brings operational reality. A plan written entirely by an outsider tends not to fit how the building actually runs.
We address the physical security dimension: access control, egress, environmental design, panic and duress provisions, and how the building supports your response. Workplace violence obligations in California are broader than physical security and involve HR, training, and recordkeeping. We work alongside those programs and do not certify or guarantee compliance with any regulation.
At least annually, and immediately after any of these: an actual incident or near miss, a building change, a significant staffing or leadership change, or a change in the systems the plan depends on. A plan that references a door, a phone tree, or a person that no longer exists is worse than no plan, because people trust it.
Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design: lighting, sightlines, access, and layout that deter crime by design.
01 / ASSESSEvidence-led evaluation of your site, systems, and procedures against the threats you actually face.
Tell him what you are protecting and what prompted the question. He will tell you honestly what the work involves and whether he is the right person for it.