Business Safety Plan Checklist

Sheriff Dart recommends businesses complete and implement a Business Safety Plan to be used during any emergency to assist law enforcement and first responders upon arrival. As a service to all Cook County business owners, you will find below, in PDF form, the complete template for the Plan and a “Build Your Bag” checklist. These items will help in the event of a security-related incident or other emergency.
The Cook County Sheriff’s Business Safety Plan can be given to law enforcement personnel immediately upon their arrival on the scene. This will greatly assist police, firefighters and other first responders in knowing precisely what your facility presents in terms of layout, points of access, hazards, equipment and other important information – including personnel photos and numbers.
We urge you to complete these documents, make them familiar to all appropriate management and, of course, have them at the ready should a need arise. Thank you.
“Build Your Bag”
Duffle Bag / Backpack / Gym Bag
Master Keys
Have access to all areas of all the buildings
Blue Prints of Building
Map of Building
Your building should be separated into zones for searching purposes
List of Emergency Codes
Code Black, Code Blue, Code Red, Code Orange
Paper Photos of Every Employee
Employees could be a hostage, suspect, victim
Paper Photos Designating Every Room in the Building
This would enable a closer look by law enforcement into the building
Box of Glow Sticks
Flashlight
Cellphone With Extra Charged Battery
Whistle
Able to alert searching personnel (Example: Natural disaster hits and you are barricaded in somewhere)
Laser Pointer
Pens
Notepad
First Aid Kit
Five Knit Incident Vests
Labeled Team Leader, HR Leader, Logistics Leader etc. to identify incident leaders for your business
Waterproof Document Holder
All paper documents secured to ensure no water damages the documents including photos
Click Here for Business Safety Plan Workbook