Gas leak incidents - Genetec Mission Control™ 3.0.6.0

Genetec Mission Control™ Administrator Guide 3.0.6.0

Product
Genetec Mission Control™
Content type
Guides > Administrator guides
Version
3.0
Release
3.0.6.0
Language
English
Last updated
2022-10-26

You can configure incidents in Genetec Mission Control™ to handle threats like gas leaks, alert the operators to a possible accident, and provide guidelines for handling the situation.

Actions to take when a gas leak is detected

Threats like gas leaks must be handled efficiently to avoid injury to people nearby. With a preconfigured plan of action for such threats, operators can respond more efficiently. The action items for most emergency situations, such as bomb threats or gas leaks, include most of the same steps.

A Gas leak incident resolution process must include the following steps
  • Arm the incident zone.
  • Verify the incident through video feed.
  • If no fire is detected, dispatch security personnel to escort people out.
  • If there is a leak or fire in a public place, activate a system-wide notification.

Considerations for Gas leak incident configuration

When you set up a Gas leak incident, you must configure the following incident details:
Identity
Define the incident. Select an icon and color scheme that will immediately capture your operator's attention in the Incident monitoring task in Security Desk.
Properties
Set the initial priority of the incident. In this example, it is set to Medium until the threat is validated.

Select the option to allow operators to manually trigger the incident. This enables the operators to trigger the incident on the map in Security Desk when needed.

Select the retention period for incident details. You might need to save details of this incident for analysis later.

Set the maximum response time within which you want the operators to take action. You need your operators to respond immediately to this threat. Select the option to notify the Supervisors and incident recipients when this response time is not respected.

Set the maximum resolution time for the incident and select the option to notify the Supervisors and incident recipients when this response time is not respected.

Recipients
This is a serious threat. Supervisors and Administrators need to be notified.
Triggers
Depending on your system setup, you can use a combination of events as system triggers for this incident. If you have sensors to detect gas leak, you can use the event data from the sensors as a trigger for the incident. In the Incident configuration task, click the Triggers tab and select the event generated by the sensor.

Operators must also be able to trigger the incident manually when the threat is raised by people on the floor. To prepare for the possibility, you must enable the manual trigger option in the Incident configuration task. Click the Properties tab and select Allow manual trigger.

User procedure
After the incident is triggered, the operators must execute a threat assessment based on established procedures and validate the threat. In this scenario, incident procedures must give the operator options depending on the situation in real-time. You can configure multiple options using dynamic SOPs.
Automation
The configuration for your incident automation workflow must automate selected system activities to free up the operator's time to focus on the immediate threat. You can design your automation workflow to adapt to the situation in real-time and direct incident resolution activities accordingly.
Threat levels
For serious threats like a Gas leak incident, you might need to set up system wide or location based threat levels.
Document management
Emergency procedures such as Gas leak incidents need to follow established procedures. You can link procedural documents, emergency contact lists and so on to the incident from the Document management page in the Incident configuration task in Config Tool.

Threat level configuration for Gas leak incidents

For a Gas leak scenario, you can set up threat levels similar to Bomb threat incidents. The requirements are similar:
  • Arm the zone where the threat is detected.
  • Unlock the door to evacuate personnel.
  • If the gas leak is in a public place, make a system-wide announcement.

User procedure for Gas leak incidents

Gas leak user procedures must be flexible enough to address a various possibilities. You enable that using dynamic user procedures.

You can configure the procedure steps on the User procedure page in the Incident configuration task by selecting User procedure mode > Dynamic.

Here is an example dynamic user procedure for a gas leak scenario:

Document management for Gas leak incidents

Governments have specific guidelines for emergency procedures to handle various threats. You can associate incident-specific documents from the Document management section in the Incident configuration task. These documents can be links to external sites, the internal network, or PDF documents associated with the incident.

During gas leak incidents, these documents are immediately accessible to operators from the Incident Monitoring task in Security Desk.

In this example, there is a link to a topic on the Canadian government website that provides guidelines for managing hazardous spills or leaks. The link is specific to the Gas leak incident and will be displayed in the Incident monitoring task in Security Desk for the selected user group only. In this case, the operators.