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Specific Readiness Level To Determine Next Steps
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Kidnapping and/or credible threats specifically or generally targeting members of the team or close associates of the team | Heightened kidnapping threat exists in the vicinity focused on western citizens or close associates citizens The kidnapping threat impedes the ministry activity of the team | Heightened kidnapping threat exists in the vicinity not focused on western citizensThe kidnapping threat impedes the ministry activity of the team | Generalized kidnapping threat exists in the region |
Steps to Reduce Probability and Consequences
- Practice situational awareness (Color Codes for Situational Awareness) and communicate routinely with the team leader
- Limit travel to high-risk areas
- If westerners are being targeted and one kidnapping occurs within close proximity of team facilities, then the Reliant Crisis Manager Management Team will perform a new International Risk Assessment. If there are no specific threats on westerners, then a risk assessment is mandated after two kidnappings within close proximity of team facilities over a period of 6 months.
- Review Captivity Strategies
Applicable Corporate Policies
- Reference the Kidnapping, Hostage-Taking, and Extortion
- Reliant will seek professional assistance from hostage negotiators and prioritize the safe return of personnel
- Family of the hostage will be relocated as soon as possible
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- ICMT will decide when and how to coordinate with government agencies
- Evacuations may be authorized and mandated at either the local, Self-Evacuation, or Reliant level.
- Know your Places of Refuge
- Confidentiality During Crisis Events
Crisis Resolution Protocol
- Determine the location and status of all other personnel
- As soon as you are able, begin documenting all events. Eventually, move all documentation to the Tracking Log created by Reliant and shared with you in the one-drive team crisis management plan folder. The Tracking log will allow you to continue to document details and will also serve as a way to communicate those new updates to all parties involvedand gathering information
- Contact Reliant to report the incident: Crisis Reporting for International Incident
- Reliant will reach out to receive more details for their internal crisis report. Eventually, Reliant will share a communication tracking log that will serve as a way for team leaders and Shared Crisis Authority and Responsibility in Reliant Partnerships to all view communication updates between Reliant and the field team memberContact Reliant to report the incident: Crisis Reporting for International Incident
- The Team Leader will assign personnel to discover the basic facts of any potential kidnapping, identify the last known location of the victims, establish a time frame for when they were noted as missing, confirm their routes of travel leading up to the incident and locations they might have visited en route. These personnel should locate and contact any witnesses that might have observed the abduction.
- Contact local law enforcement to report the incident if approved by the International Crisis Manager, (The Smart Traveler Enrollment Program (STEP) app has local "911" numbers you can call- See Helpful International Risk Management Resources)
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- Evacuate any family members as soon as possible, preferably with a designated escort
- Shelter-in-Place, preferably in a common location, until the CMT ICMT provides further instructions
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