WBBSE Madhyamik Vocational Security flashcards

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PSARA 2005

The Private Security Agencies (Regulation) Act, 2005, a central law under which state governments license private security agencies and regulate the training and deployment of guards in India.

Citizen's arrest limit

A private guard may detain a person only when a non-bailable, cognizable offence is committed in his presence, and must hand the person to police immediately without interrogation.

Three checks of access

Identify the person, verify their authorisation for that area, and record the movement in the register. All three are needed before entry is allowed.

Tailgating

An unauthorised person following an authorised person through a door or turnstile without separate authentication. Prevented by one-person-per-swipe rules and guard observation.

Visitor pass contents

Name, organisation, purpose of visit, host name, date, time in, time out, and the issuing guard's signature. Collected back on exit and logged if missing.

Material gate pass

A document authorising goods to leave or enter the premises, carrying the issuing department's and approving authority's signatures, checked by the guard against actual quantity.

Defence in depth

A security design using multiple independent layers, such as perimeter, building envelope, internal zones and vault, so that failure of one layer does not defeat the whole system.

Two-person rule

A control requiring two authorised persons to be present together for entry to or handling of high-value assets such as strong rooms, cash, or armouries.

Key register

A record in which every key issued or returned is signed for with date and time, so that custody of each key is always traceable to a named person.

Suspicious object drill

Do not touch the object, isolate the area, note its description and time, inform the control room and police, and avoid using radio close to a suspected device.

Clocking checkpoint

A physical key station or RFID tag on a patrol route that the guard must activate, creating a timed record that the point was actually visited.

Patrol randomisation

Varying route and timing within a beat so that an observer cannot predict the guard's position, while still covering every checkpoint in each round.

Observation report rule

Record what, where, when, who and how many, in factual terms. Opinions, guesses and conclusions are excluded from the log entry.

Fire triangle

The three elements needed for fire: fuel, oxygen and heat. Removing any one of them extinguishes the fire. The fire tetrahedron adds the chemical chain reaction.

PASS technique

The extinguisher method: Pull the pin, Aim at the base of the fire, Squeeze the handle, Sweep side to side until the fire is out.

Class E fire

A fire involving live electrical equipment. It is fought with CO2 or dry powder extinguishers, never with water, and the power should be isolated first.

Fire evacuation rule

On alarm, evacuate by staircases, never lifts, go to the designated assembly point, and conduct a head-count against employee and visitor registers.

DRABC assessment

The primary first-aid check: Danger to self and casualty, Response, Airway, Breathing, Circulation. Each step is completed before moving to the next.

Adult CPR ratio

Chest compressions about five to six centimetres deep at 100 to 120 per minute, given as 30 compressions followed by 2 rescue breaths when the responder is trained.

Recovery position

A side-lying position for an unconscious casualty who is breathing, which keeps the airway open and prevents choking on vomit while help is awaited.

Burn first aid

Cool the burn with clean running water for about twenty minutes, remove jewellery, cover loosely, do not burst blisters, and never apply oil or toothpaste.

Hierarchy of controls

The order of risk reduction: eliminate the hazard, substitute it, use engineering controls, then administrative controls, with PPE as the last defence.

Manual handling rule

Keep the load close to the body, bend the knees rather than the back, avoid twisting while lifting, and seek help for loads beyond safe individual capacity.

Radio discipline

Listen before transmitting, use call signs, keep messages brief, say over to end a transmission and out to close the exchange.

Incident report contents

Date, time, location, persons involved, what happened, action taken, witnesses, and the reporting guard's name and signature, written factually and chronologically.

Occurrence book

The permanent post record of events and actions, written in ink with times, signed, and never erased. It may be produced as evidence in court.

Private defence limits

A guard may use only proportionate force to repel an immediate unlawful attack, and must stop as soon as the threat ends. It is not punishment.

Guard's legal status

A private security guard is a citizen with delegated property-protection duties, not a police officer, and has no powers of investigation or custodial interrogation.

Service recovery at gate

Listen without arguing, apologise for the inconvenience, explain the rule briefly, and offer an alternative such as calling the visitor's host or supervisor.

Grooming standard

Pressed uniform, polished shoes, visible ID card, neat hair, clean hands and fresh breath. It creates the first impression of the agency and the client.

Shift handover entry

A signed log recording relief time, keys and equipment counted, pending issues, and instructions received, made jointly by the outgoing and incoming guard.

PSARA agency licence

The permit a state Controlling Authority issues to a security agency, without which it cannot legally supply guards. Applying for it is the entry route to security entrepreneurship.