If we are sending staff to work outside our home country, we often get them booked in the best hotel in town, which is usually the same hotel as all other foreigners stay in. We have seen a number of terror attacks on hotels; such as the mass shooting at the Radisson Blu hotel in Mali in 2015, or the attacks on the Tunisia and Ivory Coast resorts where terrorists want to target locations with lots of foreigners. Should we consider sending our staff to lower profile hotels? asks the business continuity consultant and trainer, Charlie Maclean-Bristol.
In a blog, he also asks if we should start briefing staff on how to react if they are caught up in an attack or an explosion. “I, until now, thought this would just alarm staff, especially as the risk is low but perhaps it is time we should do so. The UK have some good online training and guidance under the banner run-hide–tell.”
For the blog in full visit http://www.b-c-training.com/.
For that official UK advice on what to do if facing an ‘active shooter’, visit http://www.met.police.uk/staysafe/. Or the NACTSO (National Counter Terrorism Security Office) website https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/stay-safe-film.
