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.
a. This plan should address the following:
i. Potential risk areas (e.g. Large number of access points to PODs)
ii. Analysis of the surrounding area (e.g., providing adequate onsite or
nearby parking near high-flow streets or freeways).
iii. Specific physical security measures and measures to effectively
safeguard personnel at the POD
iv. Security measures to mitigate risk (e.g., reducing the number of access
points to the POD)
v. POD layout (e.g., allowing a controlled patient flow)
vi. Procedures for managing disorderly persons or crowds, traffic into and
out of the facility, and parking
vii. Traffic plans for each POD (the mix of roads, streets, and highways at
each will differ)
viii. Number of security-support team members needed per shift per POD
ix. Communications resources and plans for security team members
x. Security management structure (chain of command)
b. The following Items MUST be included in the WRITTEN security plan based
on requirements in the Technical Assistance Review Tool:
i. Written security and vulnerability assessments for each facility
1. Location and facility strengths and weakness
ii. Plans for interior and exterior physical security
1. Security sweep prior to SNS arrival
2. Establish command center
3. Establish sufficient number of Law Enforcement Officer
assignments
4. Establish shifts
5. Crowd and traffic control
6. Determine if specialized units necessary (canine, Explosive
Ordinance Disposal (Bomb Squad), tactical, traffic, etc.)
7. Determine if additional physical barriers are necessary and
identify a source
8. Determine if additional lighting is necessary and identify a
source
iii. Access Control/Identification Plans
1. Established staging areas for personnel & vehicles
2. Incoming and outgoing vehicular traffic control
3. Determine proper identification for workers
iv. Communications Plans
1. Provide radios to ensure communication and coordination
between Law Enforcement Organizations
2. Determine radio channels
v. Security Breach Plans
4. 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:
a. What law enforcement agencies have jurisdiction within the area covered by
the plan
b. For each POD, who the contact is for the security plan
c. Any pertinent general information related to law enforcement in the area