Five layers.
Safety is not one thing you buy. It is five layers, and each one buys the next one time. Walk down the page and watch them light.
Deter
Make it obvious this place is ready. Lighting, sightlines, visible controls, posture and presence. Most trouble goes where it is easiest; the first layer makes sure that is not here.
We doSite walk, perimeter and entry review, visitor-management recommendations.
Detect
See it early, from where you are. Cameras that are watched, alarms that mean something, staff who know what unusual looks like and have a way to say so.
We doCamera and alarm coverage review, reporting pathways, threat-assessment team setup.
Delay
Buy the minutes that matter. Controlled entries, locked classrooms and offices, interior doors that hold, a building that slows a threat long enough for people to move and responders to arrive.
We doAccess-control and door-hardware review, secure-entry design, lockdown procedures.
Respond
Everyone knows their job. A plan people have actually practiced. Who calls, who moves, who locks, who talks to the responders, and how it all gets communicated in the first ninety seconds.
We doEmergency operations plans, drills and tabletop exercises, staff training, law-enforcement coordination.
Recover
Get back to normal, on purpose. Reunification, communication with families and the public, support for the people involved, and an honest look at what to change.
We doReunification planning, after-action review, continuity planning.
