Countdown to teamwork. (special response team at the Kennedy Space Center)

Security Management, March, 1989 by Jenkins, C. Gordon

COUNTDOWN TO TEAMWORK

TEAMWORK IS AN ESSENTIAL part of any security organization and one of the key elements in a successful systems approach to security services. Nowhere is teamwork's importance more evident than in special emergency response forces. The names applied to emergency response forces vary -- special weapons and tactics (SWAT) team, emergency response team (ERT), and tactical neutralization team (TNT), for example. The common denominator for all these groups, however, is the emphasis on the team.

These special response teams are reserved for special and demanding missions. They are the last line of defense for the organizations they protect. The men and women who comprise these teams must tackle problems that have reached the worstcase...

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