3.5 Working Effectively with External Response Forces

This WINS International Best Practice Guide explains how to build and maintain effective relationships between onsite guard forces at a nuclear facility and the facility’s external response forces.

The guide addresses the strategic context for guarding and armed response and explains how the design basis threat dictates response capabilities. It also provides step-by-step guidance for how to work effectively with the external response force.

A special section (Appendix C) provides a generic memorandum of understanding that can help organisations establish or enhance the cooperation between their onsite guard force and the external response force.