Coordinate all of the activities related to personnel and facility security such as access control, crowd and traffic control, and law enforcement interface.
Update Secondary Person Responsible:
Documents/Tools:
• Incident Action Plan
• Hospital emergency operations plan
• Hospital organization chart
• Hospital telephone directory
• Radio/satellite phone
• Facility blueprints and maps
1. Receive appointment and briefing from the Operations Section Chief. Obtain packet containing Security Branch Job Action Sheets.
2. Read this entire Job Action Sheet and review incident management team chart (HICS Form 207). Put on position identification.
3. Notify your usual supervisor of your HICS assignment.
4. Document all key activities, actions, and decisions in an Operational Log (HICS Form 214) on a continual basis.
5. Determine need for and appropriately appoint Security Branch Unit Leaders, distribute corresponding Job Action Sheets and position identification. Complete the Branch
Assignment List (HICS Form 204).
5. Establish Security Command Post.
6. Identify and secure all facility pedestrian and traffic points of entry, as appropriate.
7. Consider need for the following, and report findings to the Operations Section Chief:
• Emergency lockdown
• Security/bomb sweep of designated areas
• Providing urgent security-related information to all personnel
• Need for security personnel to use personal protective equipment
• Removing unauthorized persons from restricted areas
• Security of the HCC, triage, patient care, morgue, and other sensitive or strategic areas from unauthorized access
• Rerouting of ambulance entry and exit
• Security posts in any operational decontamination area
• Patrol of parking and shipping areas for suspicious activity
• Traffic Control
8. Brief the Security Branch on current situation, incident objectives and strategy; outline Branch action plan and designate time for next briefing.
9. Ensure Branch personnel comply with safety policies and procedures and proper use of personal protective equipment, if applicable.
10. Coordinate immediate security personnel needs from current staff, surrounding resources (police, sheriff, or other security forces), and communicate need for additional
external resources through Operations Section Chief to the Liaison Officer.
11. Assist in maximizing capability of the Branch to meet work demands. Assess problems and needs in Branch area; coordinate resource management.
12. Participate in briefings and meetings as requested.
Document all communications (internal and external) on an Incident Message Form (HICS Form 213). Provide a copy of the Incident Message Form to the Documentation Unit.
Ongoing Duties:
1. Meet regularly with Operations Section Chief for status reports, and relay important information to Branch staff.
2. Communicate the need and take actions to secure unsafe areas; post non-entry signs.
3. Ensure Security Branch staff identify and report all hazards and unsafe conditions.
4. Ensure patient valuables are secure; initiate chain of custody procedures as necessary.
5. Coordinate activities with local, state, and federal law enforcement, as appropriate; coordinate with the Liaison Officer and the Law Enforcement Interface Unit Leader.
6. Confer with Public Information Officer to establish areas for the media.
7. Ensure vehicular and pedestrian traffic control measures are working effectively.
8. Consider security protection for the following, as indicated based on the nature/severity of the incident:
• Food
• Water
• Medical resources
• Blood resources
• Pharmaceutical resources
• Personnel and visitors
9. Ensure proper equipment needs are met and equipment is operational prior to each operational period.
10. Develop and submit a Branch action plan to the Operations Section Chief when requested.
11. Advise the Operations Section Chief immediately of any operational issue you are not able to correct or resolve.
