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SIA New Member Profile: Paratus Consultants Group

Security Industry Association

New Security Industry Association (SIA) member Paratus Consultants Group is a full-service safety and security, risk reduction, mitigation and emergency preparedness consulting firm. This helps to reduce the overall risk for the client. They get not only a security assessment, but a safety and operations assessment as well.

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Four Questions About the Covid-19 Pandemic

Emergency Planning

This means that coordination between national, regional and local authorities needs to be strong and extensive. On the other hand, local authorities should not be abandoned as they struggle to bring the disease under control. Authorities and politicians must work hard to build up a relationship of trust with the public.

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Common Misconceptions about Disaster

Emergency Planning

Whereas it is not possible to stop earthquakes, it is possible to construct anti-seismic buildings and to organize human activities in such a way as to minimize the risk of death. Activism is much more common than fatalism (this is the so-called "therapeutic community"). Reality: Survivors rapidly get to work on the clear-up.

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A Resilience Charter

Emergency Planning

Disaster’ refers to an event that causes damage, destruction, interruption of services and important activities, and possibly casualties. Security’ involves protection against major threats, such as terrorist activity. Civil protection must be developed at the local authority level, coordinated regionally and harmonised nationally.