Drills

In order to fullfill your legal duty to perform quarterly drills, you can:

join us in our upcoming ISPS-events, that are organized in cooperation with authorities and partners or
perform your own. Find some inspiration below.

Organization and performance of port facility security duties

Drill 1 – role and structure of the security organisation
Drill 2 – understanding of tasks and responsibilities
Drill 3 – compliance with obligatory tasks and responsibilities
Drill 4 – incident reporting
Drill 5 – deployment of external security organization on level 2 or 3

Communication and raising the alarm

Drill 6 – PFSO accessibility
Drill 7 – suspicious object/package at the security guardhouse/reception
Drill 8 – bomb warning
Drill 9 – familiarity with communication equipment
Drill 10 – tune security procedures with SSO
Drill 11 – test alarms or sirens
Drill 12 – pamphlet exercise

Access to the port facility

Drill 13 – identication systems check
Drill 14 – check perimeter
Drill 15 – suspicious, unknown load
Drill 16 – procedures for access control
Drill 17 – unauthorized access with false identity
Drill 18 – register of visitors present
Drill 19 – undocumented goods
Drill 20 – access points close of for level 2 or 3
Drill 21 – unauthorized access – unnoticed
Drill 22 – sensitive information leakage
Drill 23 – open gates and entrances
Drill 24 – simulate escalated security level

Restricted areas within the port facility

Drill 25 – test measures and procedures
Drill 26 – test detection equipment and alarms
Drill 27 – marking of restricted areas

Monitoring the security of the port facility

Drill 28 – patrol rounds
Drill 29 – CCTV
Drill 30 – suspicious vehicle – photographs
Drill 31 – CCTV at escalated security level
Drill 32 – lighting
Drill 33 – equipment defect or incorrect operation

Handling of cargo

Drill 34 – cargo inspections check
Drill 35 – inventory check including location of dangerous goods/substances
Drill 36 – control procedure for goods at escalated security level
Drill 37 – freight storage areas check at escalated security level

Delivery of ship’s stores

Drill 38 – check procedure for delivering supplies at security level 1
Drill 39 – escort delivery (if applicable)
Drill 40 – check procedure for delivering supplies at escalated security level

Handling of unaccompanied baggage

Drill 41 – handling and screening of unaccompanied luggage
Drill 42 – delivery of unaccompanied package

Training, drills and exercises on port facility security

Drill 43 – attend your local Ports PFSO meeting or a Port Security Center event
Drill 44 – organise a training course or information session, e.g. the Security Awareness training Port Security Center offers, or a training in Predictive Profiling or Evaluating truthfulness and credibility training

Ferry services

Drill 45 – permissible weapon
Drill 46 – unaccompanied baggage found
Drill 47 – missing passenger
Drill 48 – birthday present
Drill 49 – baby food

Source: Exercitium. European handbook of maritime security exercises and drills

Fire drills

Visitation

Source: Wees voorbereid op het Onverwachte – Handboek voor Security Training – Jan van Twillert CPP CSP RSE