Ensuring the safety and security of the public, the monument and its collections

The fields of safety and security require that the people in charge of an institution have sufficient knowledge of the issues to be able to manage and control them. A clear understanding of the risks, obligations and responsibilities involved should enable them to prepare for and deal with them calmly.

Agent de sécurité dans le château de Villers-Cotterêt

  • EG-02

  • 9.30am - 5.30pm

  • 2 days

  • Please contact us for a quote
  • Owners, directors and managers of public and private heritage sites
    Safety and security manager
    Operations manager
    Private owner
  • Please contact us for more information at cmn.institut@monuments-nationaux.fr

  • Face-to-face training

  • - Minimum knowledge of administrative organisation in the fields of heritage, culture and tourism - Online module to be completed before the face-to-face training

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Objectives - Target skills

  • Acquire general knowledge of the subjects to be an autonomous and relevant interlocutor with partner authorities, emergency services and service providers.
  • Determine your level of requirements in terms of safety, security and health at work and translate them for your teams (management levers)
  • Implement steering tools and exercise control
  • Be familiar with the broad outlines of current legislation and the issue of sharing personal responsibilities.

Detailed programme

MANAGING A SITE WITH HIGH TRAFFIC: THE EXAMPLE OF THE TRIUMPH ARCH [Online module to be taken before the face-to-face session].

ENVIRONMENT AND GENERAL PRINCIPLES

  • Scope of safety and security domains
  • The main players
  • The legal framework and the concept of responsibility

CONDUCTING AN ANALYSIS

  • Typology, classification of risks and identification of vulnerabilities
  • The body of documentation
  • Case study: determining your level of safety and security

FIRE PREVENTION IN ESTABLISHMENTS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

  • ERP regulations: definitions, key concepts, essential knowledge
  • Classification of establishments and management of visitor flows
  • The safety register and periodic inspections
  • Exceptional events and demonstrations

SECURITY - INTENTIONAL THREATS

  • Definitions and security strategies
  • Threats (theft, deliberate damage, terrorist risks, attacks on queues, uncontrolled gatherings, etc.)
  • Human and technical security resources and protection of freedoms

BONUS [On line]: The example of the backup plan for the Hôtel de Sully documentation library

Methods & Procedures

TEACHING METHODS AND TOOLS

  • Case studies
  • Diagnostic model
  • Work on examples of prevention plans, instructions, etc.

ASSESSMENT METHODS

  • Knowledge multiple-choice questions

Speaker

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Christophe VARENNES

Consultant specialising in the safety and security of heritage sites, former administrator of the Château and ramparts of Carcassonne (11)

"A former senior officer in the Paris fire brigade, I was in charge of large units and the planning and management of complex operational situations. "