Has church leadership formally discussed safety, security, and emergency preparedness?

Are clergy, staff, ministry leaders, and volunteers clear about their responsibilities?

Is there a respectful process for reporting concerning behavior or unsafe conditions?

Do plans account for worship services, children’s activities, counseling, outreach, and special events?

Are visitor welcome practices balanced with appropriate awareness and communication?

Can the church communicate urgent information to staff, volunteers, and congregants?

Are evacuation, shelter-in-place, accountability, and medical responsibilities coordinated?

Do plans account for children, older adults, people with disabilities, and others who may need assistance?

Have responsible personnel discussed or practiced approved procedures within the past year?

Has the church received an internal or independent review that respects its mission and ministry environment?

Has church leadership clearly distinguished the responsibilities and authority of security-team members and ushers?

Do new security-team members and ushers receive role-specific orientation before serving independently?

Are they trained to recognize and appropriately report concerning behavior, unsafe conditions, or developing problems?

Does training address respectful communication, conflict management, de-escalation, and the limits of each role?

Do responsible team members understand approved emergency communication and notification procedures?

Are evacuation, shelter-in-place, accountability, and assistance responsibilities included in their training?

Does training address active-threat or other violent-crisis responsibilities without assigning duties beyond a person’s authority or qualification?

Do designated team members receive appropriate first-aid, CPR/AED, bleeding-control, or other medical training?

Do training exercises account for worship services, children’s activities, counseling, outreach, and special events?

Are training, qualifications, exercises, and refresher instruction documented and reviewed periodically?

Do clergy, employees, and ministry leaders receive security and emergency orientation appropriate to their responsibilities?

Do staff members know how and to whom they should report concerning behavior, threats, hazards, or policy violations?

Are staff members trained to manage visitors, access concerns, and unusual activity within the limits of their roles?

Does training address responsibilities involving children, older adults, people with disabilities, and others who may need assistance?

Do staff members understand evacuation, shelter-in-place, accountability, and emergency-communication expectations?

Does staff training address workplace violence, domestic concerns that may reach the church, and active-threat awareness?

Do staff members know how to summon medical help and locate approved first-aid or AED resources?

Are staff members taught how to support security personnel and professional responders without interfering or exceeding their authority?

Have staff members participated in a discussion, tabletop exercise, or other appropriate crisis-preparedness activity?

Is staff training refreshed when roles, facilities, ministries, policies, or identified risks change?

Does the church maintain a current, leadership-approved security and emergency plan?

Do written policies clearly define responsibilities for clergy, staff, security personnel, ushers, ministry leaders, and volunteers?

Do policies establish how safety concerns, threats, emergencies, and policy violations should be reported and communicated?

Is there a written policy identifying who, if anyone, may serve in an armed security role and what authorization, qualifications, legal review, and insurance requirements apply?

Do policies address firearms or other weapons carried by members, visitors, employees, volunteers, or outside security personnel in accordance with applicable law?

Do policies address de-escalation, limits of authority, use-of-force responsibilities, and coordination with law enforcement?

Are active-threat, workplace-violence, evacuation, shelter-in-place, accountability, and reunification responsibilities addressed at an appropriate level?

Do plans address medical emergencies, first-aid and AED resources, trained-person coverage, and coordination with emergency medical responders?

Do policies account for worship, children’s ministries, counseling, outreach, special events, shared facilities, and people who may require assistance?

Are policies reviewed after exercises, incidents, leadership changes, facility changes, or updates in law and professional guidance?