Security Evacuations

We help organisations prepare for sudden increases in risk, ensuring you can protect your employees and their families during dangerous situations.

Why choose us?

Meticulous planning and a proven track record

With extensive experience in planning and executing exfiltration and evacuation operations, we’ve supported clients in some of the world’s most challenging environments.

  • In April 2015, we worked with a European embassy in Kathmandu to extract trekkers from remote areas of Nepal following a major earthquake, using both vehicles and helicopters.
  • In September 2021, we planned and executed the exfiltration of family members of an international NGO from Afghanistan amidst escalating risks.

Our diligent planning and rigorous approach to risk management minimise the inherent risks of evacuation operations, ensuring safety throughout the process.

And yes, we’ve quite literally written the book on security evacuations.

Training

Build competence

Planning Security Evacuations

Build the skills to effectively plan and execute security evacuations in various situations with our interactive and immersive workshop. Learn the essentials of developing evacuation plans for air, sea and land, as well as for a domestic relocation.

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Decision Making for Security Evacuations

Develop your capability to make informed decisions in high-stress situations with our engaging and practical Decision Making for Security Evacuations workshop. Learn how to use different frameworks to determine the optimal time to evacuate people from a crisis location, ensuring their safety and minimising risks.

3 hours · Learn more

Executing Security Evacuations

Develop your capability to coordinate and execute security evacuations with our hands-on Executing Security Evacuations workshop. Learn how to safely manage evacuations by air, land, and sea while ensuring the security of evacuees in high-pressure situations.

3 hours · Learn more

Customised training

If you'd like to focus on a specific aspect of security evacuations, we can customise a training workshop to meet your unique requirements.

Exercises

Build experience

Evacuation Execution Exercise

Stress-test your evacuation plans with a realistic, scenario-based exercise.

  • We simulate real-world conditions and incorporate contingencies to evaluate your plan’s effectiveness.
  • After the exercise, we deliver a comprehensive debrief and a detailed report with actionable recommendations to strengthen your plan.

Customised Exercises

Need a tailored approach? We can design and deliver customised evacuation exercises that prepare your team to execute specific plans under realistic conditions.

Consulting

Build solid foundations

Evacuation Planning

We develop context-specific evacuation plans that are robust and actionable when you need them most.

  • Our planning processes are meticulous and ensure readiness for a wide range of scenarios.
  • For certain locations, we also offer ready-made evacuation solutions (see below).

Evacuation Decision Making

Timely decisions are critical during escalating risks.

  • We create decision-making frameworks to help you respond quickly and effectively, avoiding delays that could endanger your people.

Evacuation Execution

When it’s time to act, we provide impartial guidance to navigate the process and avoid common pitfalls. If required, we can manage the entire evacuation operation on your behalf.

Country Evacuation Plans

Save time and money

We offer comprehensive contingency plans for high-risk regions, including South Korea and Taiwan.

  • These plans include procedures, decision-support tools, operational plans, contingency frameworks, briefing templates, and other essential materials.
  • Designed for adaptability, the plans require minimal effort to tailor to your organisation’s specific context.

Learn more here.

Operations

Getting the job done

We specialise in planning and executing evacuations for employees and their families in locations with active threats.

  • Our focus is on discreet, client-specific evacuations, avoiding mass operations.
  • Even if you have an existing provider, our insights and tailored approach can add significant value.

With a proven track record of extracting individuals from high-risk situations, we apply methodical planning and granular risk management to ensure safety throughout the operation.

"Grant led the successful evacuation of thirty of our employee family members from Afghanistan in the midst of conflict and uncertainty in Aug-Sept 2021. Grant seamlessly created and mobilized a powerful local and global network to get our people to safety. He was a reassuring voice of expertise for family members and organizational leaders at a dangerous time when we faced unique risks unlike anything we'd faced before. With Grant as our trusted advisor, we kept the wellbeing of our families at the core of our evacuation effort by land and air. All thirty individuals reached safety through Grant's leadership and influence, including many children under the age of five. We are grateful."

—Board Member of International NGO

Related Publications

The Security Evacuation Handbook Vol I - Fundamentals & Planning

Volume I of the The Security Evacuation Handbook introduces you to the subject of security evacuations and walks you through the process of planning an evacuation.

USD $28.95

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The Security Evacuation Handbook Vol II - Decision Making & Execution

Volume I of the The Security Evacuation Handbook focuses on decision-making and execution of security evacuations.

USD $28.95

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