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Venues and Public Spaces (VaPS) guidance

… Venues and Public Spaces (VaPS) guidance …
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Law and liability

… There are legal and commercial reasons why venues should plan to deter terrorist and criminal acts, or …
Keywords: PALs , PALs Guidance , publicly accessible places , publicly accessible locations

Outdoor Learning and Educational visits in England and Wales

… consider within your planning: Possible safe areas or venues, near where you intend to be, that you could use as … an emergency shelter How to minimise waiting time at busy venues, and where to wait and gather for head counts and …
Keywords: Outdoor Education Advisers’ Panel , OEAP , Guidance , Advice , Training , Outdoor learning and educational visits , England and Wales , School , Venues and Public Spaces , Child safety , Public Safety , Public events

Bomb threats

… alarm to others Be used by those planning to target other venues Elicit copycat incidents Adversely affect the …
Keywords: Bomb threat , Emergency Planning , Terrorist threat , Venues and Public Spaces , Venues , public spaces

CCTV

… to assist those with responsibility for the security of Venues & Public Spaces (VaPS) and small and medium-sized … licences and licence holders. 6. Incident response Not all Venues & Public Spaces and SMEs will have an efficient, …
Keywords: CCTV , publicly accessible places , Hostile Reconnaissance , Security , Cyber , PALs Guidance , PALs , publicly accessible locations

Evacuation, invacuation, lockdown, protected spaces

… generic advice for all Publicly Accessible Locations: venues, buildings and events.     The responsibility for …
Keywords: Evacuation , Incident Management , Emergency Services , Response , publicly accessible places , PALs Guidance , PALs , publicly accessible locations

Threat level and building response plans

Introduction

The main threats to national security are terrorism, espionage, and cyber attacks. Understanding the threat facing us is key to ensuring protective security measures and mitigations are proportionate, effective and responsive.

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Keywords: PALs , Threat , Security , Risk , PALs Guidance , publicly accessible locations

Managing risk and business continuity

… complements such good practice. This guide recognises that Venues and Public Spaces differ in many ways, including … security and contingency plans need developing   For some Venues and Public Spaces, simple good practice, coupled with … factored in as appropriate. The security manager at most Venues and Public Spaces should already have responsibility …
Keywords: Risk Management , Risk , Incident Management , Business Continuity , Emergency Planning , Venues and Public Spaces

Search planning

1. Introduction

Search measures can help reduce the likelihood of threats entering your site and help detect threats that may already be on your site. Visible search measures may also serve as a deterrent to those with hostile intent.

The…

Keywords: Search planning , publicly accessible places , Security , Security measures , Suspicious Behaviour , PALs Guidance , PALs , publicly accessible locations

Access control

1. Introduction

It is important to ensure that a site is kept secure while remaining accessible to your visitors or customers. There will be areas in a site or venue that, for various reasons, should be kept closed to the public. The public and…

Keywords: Access control , Hostile Reconnaissance , Security Culture , publicly accessible places , PALs Guidance , PALs , publicly accessible locations