This comprehensive training course consists of two modules which can be booked as a 10-Day Training event, or as individual, 5-Day training courses.

Module 1 - Security Management, Planning & Asset Protection

Module 2 - Major Emergency Management & Initial Response (MEMIR)

Module 3 - Security Management, Planning & Asset Protection

Those existing Security professionals wishing to benefit and take their professional development to the highest levels within the security profession and those who may have responsibility for the subject but who have not had sufficient time to develop the necessary skills. Whether your organization is public or private, international or national, on a large or modest scale, industrial, commercial or government-based. If you are responsible for the Security of your premises, personnel, and visitors, then this Advanced Security Management course is perfect for you. This training course is suitable for a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit:

• Security Supervisors and Managers
• HSSE & Fire Personnel
• Facility or Building Managers

Module 2 - Major Emergency Management & Initial Response (MEMIR)

The Major Emergency Management Initial Response (MEMIR) training course is directed towards individuals who are either designated as overseeing, are members of, or provide support to an emergency management team in an emergency. This course is not limited to but suitable for a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit:

• Health, Safety & Security Environment (HSSE) Professionals
• Fire, Safety & Security Professionals
• Designated members of Emergency Response and Crisis Management Teams
• Operations Personnel

This training course covers critical aspects of security management including the critical advanced elements of scope, procedures, and practices. It provides an enhanced definition of what the discipline is all about and explains the value and cost-benefit analysis it brings to the organization. It investigates the work of the security professional and the imperative and essential contributions they make to keep assets protected from a wide range of threats. Uncovering core methodologies so equipping delegates with the ability to think swiftly and critically, a much sought-after skill for today’s security professionals. This training course will feature:

• An in-depth view of the Roles & Responsibilities of the Security Manager
• Threat, Vulnerability, Risk & Impact
• Security Design, Risk Analysis & Surveying
• Security Operations Management
• Twelve Key Principles of Security Manpower Management

This very popular training course has now been updated and revised. Now more than ever it provides knowledge and understanding of the key factors of preparing for, responding to, and maintaining control throughout the development or escalation of a Major Emergency. The delegates will learn how to swiftly manage a large amount of emergency-related information, how to activate proven contingency plans from the initial alarm to stand-down and the all-important recovery phase begins.

Module 2 - Major Emergency Management & Initial Response (MEMIR)

This training course provides the delegate with answers and checklists so that when facing a Major Emergency, you may still maintain your service, keep all your stakeholders and your emergency response team fully informed, updated and so protecting your good reputation and image. This training course will feature:

• How to rapidly implement your ‘validated’ Emergency Response Plans
• Comprehensive checklists that make crucial decision-making processes easier
• How to deliver accurate information, at the right time, with the right message
• How to turn the Emergency to your advantage
• Guidelines on how you and your team will always be prepared for the next event

By the end of this training course, participants will be able to:

• Develop the capacity to create an organizational culture of Security.
• Identify all organizational vulnerabilities and various criminal threats.
• Excel in manpower management, motivation and leadership skills.
• Fully understand the concepts of risk management, physical premises security, business continuity, emergency response, and contingency planning.
• Gain knowledge of counter-measures for fraudulent activities, data protection, and cybersecurity.

Module 2 - Major Emergency Management & Initial Response (MEMIR)

The objective of Major Emergency Training is to provide personnel with knowledge, experience and techniques in Major Emergency Management so that Emergency Command Teams can react effectively to maintain protection to all personnel, environment and assets. By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

• Maintain command, control and provide strategic leadership
• Exercise Team Management skills during high-stress situations
• Delegate duties to your emergency response team and personnel
• Rapidly process, evaluate and disseminate information from all sources
• Utilise improved communication skills when dealing with stakeholders

This training course will utilize a variety of proven adult learning techniques to ensure maximum understanding, comprehension, and retention of the information presented. This includes a comprehensive e-manual, PowerPoint presentation, handouts, exercises, selected case studies, and videos.

Day One: Roles, Responsibilities and Key Issues of Security Management

• Strategic and Operation Management
• Effective Security Management Styles
• Necessary understanding to identify, address and manage risk
• Crime Management and Prevention
• Manpower Management – 12 key principles
• Achieving organizational goals, targets, and objectives

Day Two: The Importance of Security Planning

• Essential legislation, legal obligations, using minimum force
• Creating an organizational culture of Security
• Customer relations - Reputation of the Security Function
• Planning and Managing Security Projects
• Key Principles of Emergency Response Teams, the role of Security
• On-Scene Incident Management

Day Three: Security Surveying - Threats to Assets

• Understanding Loss
• Key Point Identification
• Security, Risk and Vulnerability Analysis
• When and how to conduct an effective Security Survey
• Intellectual Property, Data Protection, and Cyber Security
• Security Survey Report, making Effective Recommendations

Day Four: Principals of Asset Protection – Physical Security

• Perimeter Security design principles
• Buildings Security design principles and Access Control
• Communication Strategies and Security Control Centres
• Managing Investigations & Interviewing techniques
• Special Risks – Key issues of Terrorism
• Key Elements of Evacuation Planning

Day Five: Security Operations Management

• Managing Guarding Operations
• Crisis Management Plans, Procedures, and Implementation
• Business Continuity Plans
• Mutual Aid – who else can or should be involved?
• Dealing with Social Media
• Personnel Security and protection of “at-risk” individuals

Day One: Developing Major Emergency Response Techniques for the 24/7 World

• Consider the full range of potential emergencies facing your industry
• Understand all the elements which are commonly encountered in a Major Emergency
• Who is the Emergency Response Manager and what should be involved in the Emergency Response program?
• Develop the execution of decision-making processes between all your stakeholders
• Apply co-ordinated planning, training, exercising and team development
• The Auditing Process - Self-Evaluation questions and Syndicate questions

Day Two: Implementing Coordinated Command and Control Techniques

• Managing the Emergency Response, Incident Command Systems (ICS)
• Emergency Communications Centre, facilities and Information Management
• On-scene management, consider the leadership and communication issues
• Exercise: A rapidly escalating incident, what should you consider?
• Business Continuity Management (BCM) Identifying essential core functions
• Loss of essential services, what are your recovery priorities?

Day Three: Communications, Protecting & Enhancing the Company’s Reputation

• Understanding the implications and impact of Social Media
• The Toolkit – best practice examples in protecting your Reputation
• Media Management Guidelines and the Communications Checklist
• Workshop - what should be in your Communications (Media) Plan?
• The rapidly developing situation leading to information overload
• Workshop - organizing and running a live Press Conference

Day Four: Human & Environmental Aspects of a Major Emergency Response

• How to manage stress in yourself and your team
• Alerting and Warning all stakeholders
• Actions: Missing or injured personnel and/or multiple casualties
• Loss of key personnel, loss of muster or refuge points
• Evacuation (or containment)
• Environmental concerns, loss of containment and effects
• Case Study followed by role-playing exercise: Handling a Major Emergency

Day Five: Exercises: Plans that Have not Been Validated are Just Paper

• Case Studies, when it all goes wrong, what lessons can we learn?
• Exercise Design for Emergency Response Teams
• Types of exercise, benefits, advantages and each potential disadvantages
• The Essential 17 Point de-brief Agenda
• Final Report, implementing the key recommendations, closing the loop
• Develop an action plan of learning from incidents, drills, and exercises