A Comprehensive Program for Managing Safe Travel at Your Organization
For most organizations, safety and security issues are generally about avoiding workplace accidents or preventing minor thefts. But it is quite different when you are sending staff to countries or regions where serious injury or death is a very real threat.
With the growing number of murders and kidnappings of employees traveling to the Middle East, Africa, South America, and Southeast Asia, companies with overseas travelers are on notice that they must have a method to safely return their employees.
Using a multi-phase process, Crisis Management Associates (CMA) can assist your organization in developing and implementing a comprehensive Travel Safety and Security program. This program will enable your company to prevent or minimize potentially life threatening incidents, respond effectively if they do occur, and recover from the incident and return to normal operations.
► Identify and Evaluate Risks and Vulnerabilities
A comprehensive risk assessment and vulnerability analysis conducted by CMA experts will identify your traveler’s exposures to life threatening incidents. We will look at all aspects of the location, travelers, and the purpose of the travel to ensure the development of appropriate risk reduction strategies.
► Evaluating Travel Safety and Emergency Response Elements
Our staff members are well versed in travel safety planning, and include experts in security, emergency medical, and international travel among others. Our multi-disciplinary team will conduct a review of existing travel safety elements to determine whether the location has appropriate plans in place to deal with potentially life threatening incidents.
► Planning for Emergencies
CMA staff will develop comprehensive emergency response plans for the travel. Plans will be customized to the travelers and the location. Furthermore, because staff performance is critical to the success of emergency response, the customization of these plans includes working through roles and responsibilities of management and employees before an incident occurs.
► Training
Ongoing training is an essential part of ensuring your staff is prepared to manage any emergency that may arise from the travel. From preparing travelers for the trip, to coaching crisis management team personnel in responding to an actual incident, CMA can provide on-site training to prepare your staff. This training will prepare them to implement proactive intervention strategies to mitigate risk and deal efficiently and effectively with any emergency.
► Exercises / Drills
Presenting challenges from real world events, our team can develop and present tabletop drills and full-scale exercises to enhance your staff’s preparedness for emergencies.
► Emergency Response Team
CMAs Emergency Response Team is on call 24 hours a day, 365 days a year to provide emergency assistance. With a highly trained multi-functional team, CMA can assist your organization with the total management of an incident. From arranging for specific crisis response actions to dealing with employee and family issues, we are prepared to aid in the restoration of normalcy to the workplace.
► Crisis Communications Assistance
Your company’s future may depend upon its reputation. The message sent to employees, the public, and other stakeholders by your handling of a crisis may reflect on how you manage your company. Without effective execution of internal and external communications, even a well-managed crisis response may be cast in a negative light. CMA experts can help your organization ensure the most appropriate message is sent to your key audiences.
Prevention planning is a prudent use of your company’s resources, so please do not wait until a catastrophe occurs to find out you may not be prepared. Our staff of professional consultants is ready to help you prepare and prevent, rather than react and regret. Contact Crisis Management Associates today for assistance with planning your travel safety and security, or to learn other ways we can assist you.
What Our Clients Say about Our Travel Safety and Security Work
“The assessment that (CMA) provided to us was helpful and offered the information that we needed to make the right decision regarding the proposed travel.” Firmwide Director of Administration |
