Effective Fire, Safety and Security Management Workshop for Safety

Program Overview:

Successful safety and security management can hardly be achieved without prior appreciation of likely threats to the objects of protection. In spite of detailed safety/crime preventive measures, criminal acts still succeed, fire out breaks become reality. Security/safety managers are therefore required to understand why preventive measures have failed and what could be done to forestall future safety/security lapses in their various organizations. This workshop is therefore designed for safety/security managers to X-ray the security/safety situation in their work environment. They will learn the process of crafting strategies that meet the safety/security challenges of their organizations.

For whom:

Chief security officers (C.S.O.’s), Security managers, Supervisors, Safety managers, Facility managers, Administrative managers and others who find the course relevant

Learning objectives:

At the end of the program, participants will be able to:

• identify the enormous, but vital role played by safety/security in the day-to-day running of businesses;
• develop policies and strategies for effective management of safety/security in their various organizations;
• develop policies and strategies for effective preventive measures for the control and management of fire outbreak and even when it does occur, the effects reduce to the barest minimum;
• develop policies and strategies for effective management of fire, safety and security emergencies in their organizations; and
• acquire skills to implement strategic safety/security initiatives in their various organizations.

Course outline:

Day 1: Understanding the vital role of safety/security in the day-to-day running of businesses.

• Organizational safety/security appraisal
  • Preventive security threat analysis
  • Post mortem security threat analysis
• Optimizing access control and management
  • Material protection and pilferage prevention
  • Searching and recovering of goods
  • Access control especially in banking environment
  • Gate, vehicles/visitors

Day 2: Psychology and management fire outbreak & Security Emergencies

• Effective fire prevention, detection, control and management
  • Management of fire outbreak and control
  • Fire extinguishing agents: Types and uses
• Effective management of Security emergencies
• Effective communication system in managing organizational safety/security
  • Modern security communication gadgets and their uses
  • Effective interpersonal relations skills

Day 3: The role of leadership in effective

• Safety/security management
  • Leadership style
  • Leadership motivation
  • Managing people for desired result

• Executive protection
  • (V.I.P) Type of security
• Report writing

Training Methodology

Lectures, discussions, exercises, case studies, audio-visual aids will be used to reinforce these teaching/learning methods.