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Stay Safe – Weapons and firearms attack

… you are alerted to a firearms or weapons attack, stay calm, RUN or HIDE, and only when it is safe TELL the police … RUN HIDE TELL … RUN Consider your safest options. Escape if you can. Is there a safe route? RUN, if not, HIDE. Can you get there without exposing yourself to greater …
Keywords: Run Hide Tell , Evacuation , Terrorist threat , Firearms , Weapons of Terrorism , Attack , Attack Methodology

Security lighting

… effectiveness – different lights have varying set-up and running costs (some lights are more suitable for constant … with few shadows and costs only a few pounds a year to run – even when left on throughout the night. A local …
Keywords: Fertiliser

Good housekeeping

… to a minimum, ensuring that there is little opportunity to hide devices. Lock unoccupied offices, rooms, function areas …
Keywords: Good housekeeping , Security , Suspicious Item , Suspicious Behaviour , public spaces , Safety , Securing and checking , Election

Incident procedures

… you are better protected from it. Think about what you can hide behind. Pick something substantial and keep away from … deemed safe. Try and keep eyewitnesses on hand so they can tell police what they saw. … it. What you do will depend on many factors, but you must TELL someone. If safe to do so, you can approach a person …
Keywords: Bomb threat , Suspicious Item , HOT principle , Suspicious Behaviour , Terrorist threat , Public Safety , Suspicious activity

Advice for security managers during a heightened threat level

… to firearms and weapons attacks and the importance of Run Hide Tell. understand evacuation, invacuation and lockdown … and are based on a range of factors including current intelligence, recent events and what is known about terrorist …
Keywords: Threat , SCAN , Physical Security , Personal Security , Perimeter , Risk Management , Counter Terrorism Support , Terrorism threat levels , Guidance , Venues and Public Spaces , Business Continuity , Security Managers , Building

Security guidance for elections

… that need to be made both by those planning and those running for elections. … Officers If you are a Returning Officer, or are helping run elections for your local authority, we recommend that …
Keywords: Election , Cyber Security , Politics , Venues , Election security

SCaN for all staff

… or identify suspicious activity Notify - who should you tell and what should you tell them The SCaN For All Staff film forms part of the …
Keywords: NPSA , Protective Security , Business , SCAN , Training , Staff training

Secure hazardous materials to help prevent terrorism

There are protocols to follow about how you must store precursor chemicals (including hydrogen peroxide or ammonium nitrate), toxins and radioactive materials on your premises.
Keywords: CBRN , Threat , Substances , Attack , Security , Radiological , Chemical , Site security

Counting venues

Please note that premises used for counting ballot papers may well be used for other purposes until shortly before counting commences. It is imperative, therefore, that a thorough search be made as near as possible to the arrival of the first ballot box.
Keywords: Venues , Election , Security , Counting , Event Security , Safety , Identity

NaCTSO's Fertiliser Security 5 point plan

A plan for fertiliser security

NaCTSO, in cooperation with AIC, have created a 5 point plan to follow whenever securing fertiliser:

1. Wherever possible use a Fertiliser Industry Assurance Scheme (FIAS) approved supplier.

2.…

Keywords: Fertiliser