Attachment A - Security Planning Information

  1. Keeping staff, supplies and residents safe at a POD will be very important
  2. Local Law Enforcement should be engaged in the SNS planning process.
  3. Each individual POD location shall have a written security plan.
  4. This plan should address the following:

i.  Potential risk areas (e.g. Large number of access points to PODs)

  1. Analysis of the surrounding area (e.g., providing adequate onsite or nearby parking near high-flow streets or freeways).
  2. Specific physical security measures and measures to effectively safeguard personnel at the POD
  3. Security measures to mitigate risk (e.g., reducing the number of access points to the POD)
  4. POD layout (e.g., allowing a controlled patient flow)
  5. Procedures for managing disorderly persons or crowds, traffic into and out of the facility, and parking
  6. Traffic plans for each POD (the mix of roads, streets, and highways at each will differ)
  7. Number of security-support team members needed per shift per POD
  8. Communications resources and plans for security team members
  9. Security management structure (chain of command)
  10. The following Items MUST be included in the WRITTEN security plan based on requirements in the Technical Assistance Review Tool:
  11. Written security and vulnerability assessments for each facility
  12. Location and facility strengths and weakness
  13. Plans for interior and exterior physical security
  14. Security sweep prior to SNS arrival
  15. Establish command center
  16. Establish sufficient number of Law Enforcement Officer assignments
  17. Establish shifts
  18. Crowd and traffic control
  19. Determine if specialized units necessary (canine, Explosive Ordinance Disposal (Bomb Squad), tactical, traffic, etc.)
  20. Determine if additional physical barriers are necessary and identify a source
  21. Determine if additional lighting is necessary and identify a source
  22. Access Control/Identification Plans
  23. Established staging areas for personnel & vehicles
  24. Incoming and outgoing vehicular traffic control
  25. Determine proper identification for workers
  26. Communications Plans
  27. Provide radios to ensure communication and coordination between Law Enforcement Organizations
  28. Determine radio channels
  29. Security Breach Plans
  30. North Carolina recognizes that these written plans are likely to be considered secure documents by the law enforcement agency writing them. Each local SNS plan should include information on the following:
  31. What law enforcement agencies have jurisdiction within the area covered by the plan
  32. For each POD, who the contact is for the security plan
  33. Any pertinent general information related to law enforcement in the area