Safety and Security Plan | INSARAG Guidelines

Write down the status and any relevant remarks for each item as appropriate.

Damage situation, kind, place, coverage

Information about Hazmat available, kind, amount (FEAT)

Weather and weather forecast

Medical situation

Facts about crime, terrorism, riots in the operational area

Special cultural information, religion

Special local driving regulations, driving style of locals

Landmines

Discuss/plan safety and security tactic with CoO/CMa

Write down the status and any relevant remarks for each item as appropriate.

Check own material on completeness and functionality

Protection of BoO against intrusion from outside

Sufficient illumination of BoO

Organise security patrols

Address, phone number, contact person: police

Fire protection (smoke detector fire extinguisher)

Address, phone number, contact person: Fire brigade

Organise medical supply

Address, phone number, contact person: ambulance service, hospitals, medical doctors

Explore partners for safety and security from LEMA, UCC (UN, EU), other teams, NGO, population, media

Weather forecast and resulting possible dangerous scenarios

Topography of operation area and possible resulting dangers (rivers, hillsides)

Danger resulting from buildings around

Fix and sign Assembly point

Extraordinary smell

Discolouration of surfaces/plants

Conspicuous vegetation, local fall of leaves

Conspicuous behaviour of animals, many cadavers, concentrated on a place or from a single animal species

Abnormal cumulative sickness symptoms of local population

Suspicious persons/groups

Military installations, chemical plants, storehouses, refrigerated warehouses

Check possible endangering by riots, crime

Assess safe places, embassies, consulates

Elaborate safety and security plan

Elaborate security briefing

Elaborate evacuation plan

Instruct relief units in special hazmat situations

Install and communicate your personnel checking system

Check your decon system in entrance-/exit area is operable and is used

Check team members relating to stress symptoms

Check sufficient rest period for all team members

Write down the status and any relevant remarks for each item as appropriate.

Check the planned route with security information/authorities available

Check condition of the cars (water, oil, gasoline, electricity, tire, safety equipment, communication tools, nothing on board that could cause trouble e.g. drugs)

Check condition of the driver

Communication modalities have to be checked, who reports when

Landmines

Areas which may not be entered

Checkpoints, special behaviour

Escorted by police/driving in a convoy

Write down the status and any relevant remarks for each item as appropriate.

Check for possible dangers such as: breathing toxins, diffusion, fear reaction, fall, radioactive/nuclear dangers, biological dangers, chemical dangers, breakdown, drowning, illness, collapse, explosion and/or electricity

Correct wearing of sufficient PPE

Control system for first responders, who are where

Endangerment by topography

Code of behaviour in dangerous situations

Endangerment by buildings, debris, aftershocks, environment

Determine and communicate kind of marking/barrier on scene

Extraordinary smell

Discolouration of surfaces/plants

Conspicuous vegetation, local fall of leaves

Conspicuous behaviour of animals, many cadavers, concentrated on a place or from a single animal species

Abnormal cumulative sickness symptoms of local population

Suspicious persons/groups

Military installations, chemical plants, storehouses, refrigerated warehouses

Fix decon-site

Check safety and security concepts inclusive evacuation concepts with incident commander and relief unit

Check if safety and security regulations are still effective and if they are still followed

Write down the status and any relevant remarks for each item as appropriate.

Check safety of way back, area, traffic, riots

Complete SSO equipment available, packed