Industrial Security Plan
Introduction
Industrial security refers to caring for all employees, credentials and impermanent and permanent assets in an industry. In a broader sense, industrial security means the safeguarding from all kinds of risks, losses and intimidation, from sources within or without. Competition in the industries has driven the development of control systems which are currently on the push to integrate both accessibility and security. The main reason why industrial security is advocated is for the best interest of everyone in the organization including maintenance staff, merchants, site staff, and everyone in general. Security measures keep changing with technology and so it is up to an industry to keep up with the pace. From the industry point of view, security is viewed in four basic categories which are preventative, protective, detective and punitive security. This paper discusses the role of industrial security officers, OSHA and EPA, and the emergency response as well as business continuity and recovery from disaster.
Roles and Responsibilities of Industrial Safety and Security Officers
There are several roles and responsibilities associated with the industrial safety and security officers. First and foremost, they are concerned with the checking of incoming and outgoing materials and business persons through the scrutiny of identity cards of the incoming visitors, and the issuance of gate passes and collection of issued gate passes where such systems exist and where none exist, the safety and security officer should initiate the introduction of the same to the factory authorities (Sharma, 2005). Secondly, most factories hire the services of these security officers for night and day watch and more often than not they are involved in the night patrols within the factory under proper supervision.
In addition Sharma (2005) outlines that the security officers should be involved in searching the employees be it in routine or as surprise checks, where they exist and where none exist, such a scheme should be kept in mind and introduced diplomatically at the right time. Furthermore, in organizations with storage of cash and valuable materials, the safety and security officers should ensure the safety and the well being of the cash and the valuable materials in the organization and during transportation to the financial institutions (Sharma, 2005). To ensure total strength of the security officers, personal leaves, checking staff for incoming and outgoing vehicles, loading and unloading materials, and relief for meals and proper system of rotation must be taken into account to promote efficiency.
OSHA and EPA Regulations and Applications to Industries
In the 1970’s there was a slowdown in the productivity growth in the U.S. and many possible explanations for the slowdown had been proposed. In this regard, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) as well as the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) were regulations by the government to regulate productivity (Sharma, 2005). The primary responsibility of regulation lay with the states which varied in both regulatory standards set and the enforcement on compliance. Due to public dissatisfaction OSHA was meant for setting standards on a national level while using large force of federal compliance officers and EPA was given the mandate to force the state to prepare a plan for State Implementation Plans (SIPs) meant to achieve reduction in pollution (Sharma, 2005). EPA was also required to establish a permit system for all effluent discharges, designed to meet certain water quality standard.
Emergency response: NIMs and ICS protocols and manmade and naturals disasters in industry setting
NIMs-National Incident Management System-was founded in the year 2003 as a system to provide constant national move toward Federal State and Local governments to work in actual fact and efficiently together to get ready for, react to and recuperate from home incidents, regardless of cause, size or complexity (Kirkwood, 2011). The Incident Command System (ICS) defines the working characteristics, interactive managing and mechanism, and construction of occurrence management and disaster response associations engaged throughout the life cycle of an incident. ICS is used in management of simple minor incidents to major calamities like the hurricane.
In the industrial sector, ICS provides tools for head-to-toe compliance like the helmet shields for all Express Mail Service (EMS) personnel, passport or personnel accountability tags for all EMS personnel and vehicles, ICS vest kits for all EMS units (command, medical, triage, treatment and transportation) and larger kits for EMS supervisor and chief officer units (Operations, Plans, Safety and logistics) and finally the initial accident command boards for all EMS units and larger command boards and accountability boards for all EMS supervisor and chief officer units (Kirkwood, 2011).
Business continuity and recovery from disaster (BC/DR)
Disaster recovery is where one assumes business after a disruptive event say, earthquakes while business continuity is ensuring the industry continuity in making money both natural calamities to staff illnesses (Slater, 2010). In the industry, BC/DR should entail how employees will communicate, where they will go and how they will keep doing their jobs with details depending on company complexity (Slater, 2010).
References
Kirkwood S. (2011). NIMs and ICS: From Compliance to Competence. Retrieved from http://www.emsworld.com/print/EMS-World/NIMS-and-ICS–From-Compliance-to-Competence/1$7052 last updated on 12-01-2011.
Sharma C., (2005). Industrial Security Management. New Age International Publishers. New Delphi: India.
Slater D. (2010). Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Planning: The Basics.Retrieved on 03-04-2011 from http://www.csoonline.com/article/204450/business-continuity-and-disaster-recovery-planning-the-basics?page=1 last updated on 07-01-2010.
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