How Effective is Your Safety Team?

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How Effective is Your Safety Team?

Use this assessment to find out.
posted 12/21/2009

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Do you have a safety team that can take charge during any emergency situation?

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Have team members undergone a thorough screening, including a criminal background check?

	Yes
	No

Are team members trained to handle communication, evacuation, first aid, and emergency response?

	Yes
	No

Has your team discussed worst-case scenarios and developed responses to them?

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Has your team consulted area experts, such as police, paramedics, and firefighters, to determine how your organizations can work best with one another?

	Yes
	No

Is your team trained to help evacuate the church?

	Yes
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Does your team practice evacuation on a regular basis with staff, volunteers, and members?

	Yes
	No

Does your team include medical professionals who are responsible for providing first aid and calling for medical assistance in the event of an emergency?

	Yes
	No

Do you train safety team members to look for an emergency medical identification card on the injured or ill person to alert you to any known medical problems or allergies?

	Yes
	No

Does your safety team maintain a fully stocked first-aid kit?

	Yes
	No

Does the team have gloves readily available to protect them from blood and other potentially harmful bodily fluids?

	Yes
	No

Are members of your safety team trained in basic first aid, CPR, and AED use (if you have AEDs)?

	Yes
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Does your emergency response plan address the possibility of violent attacks?

	Yes
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Does your disaster response team regularly participate in drills to review and practice what you intend to do during and after an emergency?

	Yes
	No

Do you regularly communicate with your congregation about what to do in the event of an emergency? (Location of emergency exits, lockdown procedures, how you’ll protect children in Sunday school, etc.?)

	Yes
	No

Has your ministry invested in security equipment that would enable staff and the safety team to limit access to specific areas of the building, such as the children’s wing?

	Yes
	No

Does your ministry have security cameras, panic buttons, silent alarms, or other types of security equipment to help ensure the safety of your members?

	Yes
	No

Are armed security personnel current or former law enforcement agents?

	Yes
	No

Are they licensed to carry a weapon in your state?

	Yes
	No

Do you require team members who carry firearms to receive regular, formal weapons training?

	Yes
	No

Do your security team members follow a set of written guidelines as to how much force may be used against a person in a given situation?

	Yes
	No

Have team members been trained how to resolve conflict without weapons?

	Yes
	No

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