Roles & responsibilities

Fill in names and backups. Review quarterly.

Incident commander (primary authority on site)

Field	Assignment
Primary	[e.g. Lead elder on duty]
Backup	[e.g. Second elder / security lead]
May declare Code Red/Blue	☐ Yes
May call All clear	☐ Yes — only after threat resolved

Responsibilities:

Decide Red vs. Blue (fire/smoke → usually Red; threat inside → usually Blue).
Ensure 911 is called when required — the alarm does not dial 911.
Assign someone to account for children / nursery / classrooms immediately.
Authorize all clear — no one else without IC approval (backup assumes command if IC unavailable).

Security / facilities lead

Field	Assignment
Primary	[name]
Backup	[name]

Responsibilities:

Know Arnold Alert — app, fobs, Alert Desk.
Confirm system is armed before services (default: armed).
Help verify building zones before all clear.
Run monthly Alert Check (speaker test) when building is empty.

Nursery / children’s ministry lead

Field	Assignment
Primary	[name]
Backup	[name]

Responsibilities:

Code Red: evacuate per nursery plan; bring roster; reunify only with authorized guardians.
Code Blue: lock nursery suite; silence; keep children calm; no opening for unknown persons.

Worship / teaching lead (pulpit)

Field	Assignment
Primary	[name]

Responsibilities:

On campus code: stop service; brief calm direction matching Red or Blue.
Do not contradict the active code type.
Defer to incident commander for all clear.

Office / front desk

Field	Assignment
Primary	[name]

Responsibilities:

Monitor phones; call 911 if not already done.
Do not use ext 9090 (PA) for lockdown or evacuate.
Desk phones may ring before speaker-test horns; press 0 to delay horns during tests only.

All staff (general)

Arnold Alert on phone Home Screen — alarm.arnoldcoc.org.
Know your Alert PIN scope.
Alert Fobs: arm before carry (Fob Arm — 3 hours).
Report to your area lead; do not call all clear unless you are IC/backup.