3.7 Effective Management and Deployment of Armed Guard Forces

This WINS International Best Practice Guide explains how to effectively manage and deploy armed guard forces at a nuclear site.

The guide is directed at senior management, security managers and offsite response force commanders who are involved in recruiting, equipping, deploying and managing people responsible for guarding nuclear materials.

The guide describes three deployment models for protecting nuclear material, vital areas and critical infrastructures at a nuclear site. These include the static/fixed model, the mobile model and the hybrid model. The guide also explains how to develop and implement a deployment model and provides numerous best practices for doing so.