Answer the following questions, adding your points together.  Then check your preparedness score below. For each YES answer, give yourself one. Zero for each NO answer.

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1. Does your church have a written Fire/Earthquake and evacuation plan?

2. Does your church have a trained security team?

3. Does your church have a plan in case of a disruptive/dangerous person entering your church?

4. Do you have a plan for handling someone under the influence of drugs, alcohol or suffering from a mental disorder?

5. Do you monitor your parking areas during your church service times?

6. Have you have a plan for vandalism and theft management (surveillance cameras, night watchman, etc.)?

7. Do you have trained security personnel for any non-church gatherings on your campus?

8. Do you have First Aid/CPR/Disaster kits placed at appropriate locations and have them checked regularly?

9. Do you have trained personnel and plans for handling and transport of money?  

10. Do you have a true “secure” area for storage of money and valuables?

11. Do you have trained and certified emergency CPR/First Aid responders with plans and equipment available on your campus during events?

12. Do you have an AED in your Sanctuary?

13. Is your Administration/Church Office buildings designed to thwart dangerous individuals?

14. Do you have an emergency electronic response system for your children's and youth buildings?

15. Do you have a wrench attached to your main gas shut off valve?

16. Do you have security personnel inside your Sanctuary during services?

17. Do you have a plan for an armed incursion into your church?

18. Do you have a plan for extracting a subject from the pews without the use of dangerous techniques?

19. Do your security personnel (or ushers) know what "reasonable force" means?

20. Do you have an early warning system for warning of dangerous individuals entering your campus?