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How to make SOP for security of apartment & housing society?

Well, I made plenty of searches to establish new SOP for our apartment as I was given a task to do so being an Executive Committee Member

After hours of search, I could able to locate a open google drive access which was shared generously for good intention. It is basically from Mumbai and bit old and in very details based on the police dept advice. Here is the link which I shortened using bitly (no harm) - https://bit.ly/2RYe6qB

It gives me the basic kick start with skeleton and we did a brainstorm for 30 minutes to get key issues & requirement and modified as below in English & Tamil ( Elaborated than English with Dos & Don'ts for Security office), You can include / replace your apartment name 

If you want to get in your regional language, check google. I used a website called Tamil India Typing. Here you can type the Tamil word in English like Sekyurity for செக்யூரிட்டி , Vidhimuraipadiyana for விதிமுறைப்படியான. You can find such translating website for your regional language at your ease.

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SAFETY & SECURITY: STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE

This rule applies to all who enters in the Apartment campus

Owners/Tenants

1.    Install respective gate & security management app, recommended by Association office, security may not be responsible for allowing/refusing your guests/visitors entry/approval.


2.    Do not argue with security staffs when they do their job as per SOP/policy/Directions given to them time to time by association, as, all such measures are driven to ensure residents’ & their family’s safety


3.    Do not create hindrance for free movement of people and vehicles in gate & any common area


4.    Avoid using Bright Head lights & blowing horn while moving inside to avoid uncomforting to pedestrians and others in the community. Inside vehicle speed is 10KM for safety of children, pedestrians as there are several narrow & dark traffic areas


5.    After morning light comes, switch off corridor light when you see it first and report maintenance team thru ledger


6.    Inform association office in case if you are going out for long time for precaution


7.    Use lift as per instruction and avoid banging of door, if you see any repeated mishandling in lift or any association properties, you are encouraged to register a complaint in Communication register. Feedback also welcome


8.    Residents, Tenants, Owners are responsible for upkeeping the rule indicated here, By law and cooperate Dos/Donts of security SOP by self and their contractors, visitors, guest, servants..etc


9.    Consumption of Alcohol, any drugs, smoking, chewing & spitting tobacco/gutka, creating nuisance in society, playing in common area,  doing antisocial things, behaving in way which may be objected are to be strictly avoided in campus

 

Guests

10.  Guests visiting shall be informed & registered through respective app to enable security for permission/verification, prior to the expected visit by flat owner. In case the owner didn’t have app, he has to visit either office to physically register


11.  Tenant’s Guests visiting shall be registered with the Security Office at Gate with In & Out time

Visitors

12.  Unaccompanied visitors are required to register at the Security Office at the time of entry & exit into the premises of VLOWA. 


13.  Unaccompanied visitors shall only be allowed access to the Flat after security has obtained permission from the occupant of the Flat via the intercom. 


14.  In case the intercom is not working, the visitor is required to remain in the Security Office area while security checks with the occupant with other options to the Flat owner to obtain permission.


15.  Visitors are subject to abide Rules indicated by security and respect common civil law in society. Flat owners, residents and/or tenants will be responsible for the conduct of their visitors while in the condominium premises. 


16.  Only real estate agents or staff with written endorsement from a Flat owner will be recognized by the Association Office Bearer and granted access into the premises. 


17.  Authorized real estate agents or staff should closely coordinate their activities with the Association Office Bearer. They shall give the Association Office Bearer prior notice of any scheduled inspection of flat by prospective buyers or tenants. 

 

Contractors, Domestic Helpers, Drivers, Real Estate Agents and Staff

18.  Contractors, domestic helpers, drivers, real estate agents and staff shall be registered with the Security Office & approved by Association Office. 


19.  Domestic helpers, Registered contractors, drivers, real estate agents and staff shall sign the logbook at the Security Office at the time of each visit.


20.  After permission has been obtained from the occupant of the Flat, contractors shall first report to the Association Office before proceeding to the Flat or commencing any work on site.


21.  For emergencies (after office hours, Sundays and public holidays), contractors shall only proceed to the Flat after permission has been obtained from the occupant of the Flat.

Deliveries

22.  All deliveries to residents must be through the knowledge of Security. The security or Association Office shall not be responsible for any package or parcel delivered at gate 


23.  No delivery person shall be allowed inside the VLOWA building without clearance from the occupant of the Flat.


24.  Small hand-carried packages shall be left at gate during Pandemic situation to avoid contacts/spreads. However, cannot take responsibility of delivery/security as it is flat owners responsibility to come & collect immediately 


25.  Deliveries of goods (except food, grocery, post/courier) are permitted only after registering in Inward entry. Deliveries to flat shall be properly coordinated with agent by the flat owner. 


26.  Delivery vans shall park at the designated area to unload deliveries. 


27.  Circulars, billings and other correspondence are to be deposited in the residents’ respective mailboxes if available, otherwise at door. 


28.  Vacating or new accommodation to this society to be strictly followed as mentioned in the by law

Vehicles

29.  Only vehicles registered with the Association Office Bearer and displaying a valid VLOWA    sticker shall be allowed entry into VLOWA premises. Till stickers made available, allow only regular vehicles 


30.  Vehicles without VLOWA stickers are required to be registered at security and shall display the Visitor’s pass on the dashboard of the vehicle when parked in the designated parking lot. 


31.  Vehicles shall only be parked in authorized, designated and marked parking lots. 


32.  Vehicles parked in unmarked areas or unauthorized parking lots, if not regularized after informing, may be clamped             and the owner of the vehicle imposed a fine. 


33.  Drivers of vehicles shall observe traffic rules and regulations when inside the VLOWA premises. The speed limit is 10 KMPH and directional signs posted/security advise  must be followed.


34.  Vehicles with drivers shall be allowed to wait in the VLOWA Gate temporarily but not exceeding 5 minutes without affecting traffic of either side. 


35.  Only one vehicle per slot is allowed. Double parking is not allowed. 


36.  Trucks and Lorries weighing more than 3.5 tons are not allowed into the VLOWA premises. Anything more than that will be allowed with prior permission from association office thru Incoming ledger 


37.  Repair works, maintenance and tune up of vehicles within the VLOWA premises are not allowed without permission & information to security. 


38.  Drivers of vehicles parked in VLOWA are prohibited from gambling, drinking liquor, loitering or indulging in unsocial behaviour and sleeping inside parked vehicles.

 

Resident/Tenant Information Sheet

39.  Flat owners, residents and tenants will be required to submit to the Association Office Bearer an information sheet regarding their contact details, principal residents, employees, registered vehicles and authorized signatories for permit purposes. 


40.  The Resident Information Sheet should be updated by the Flat owner, resident and/or     tenant from time to time.


41.  Owners should submit the Tenant verification form as prescribed to association office for police verification and a copy will be submitted to gate for scrutiny

Key responsibilities of Securities

42.  Wear clean, neat uniform, shoes, whistle, cap and be presentable in gate. Wear mask during pandemic


43.  Display all contact numbers inside the security cabin of emergency, Ambulance, EB office, Police and association office bearers to lodge complaint in case of urgency & emergency

44.  Enforce all residing and non-residing owners while coming to visit their flat to register in Security app and enforce security checks, common area discipline/law indicated in Dos/Donts for securities in regional language

45.  Main gate to be closed all the time and to be opened only when the vehicle comes

46.  Ensure all movements are registered in respective register and submit to association office for review, everyday at convenient time fixed by Welfare association office.

47.  During pandemic situation like covid-19, restrict people without mask to roam inside community and don’t allow anyone inside. In such a way, follow all government guideline with respect to any such disease’s protocol announced

48.  All security related issues, problems to be recorded in the communication register. Other staff residents should also record such issues in communication register

49.  Material, visitors/guests In & out should be entered in respective register

50.  Spitting is restricted, punishable offense if repeatedly violated your warning message. Tresspassing /Jumping over the compound wall is an offence, indicate such incident with reference

51.  Register power cut and power resume time. Switch on, switch off the common lights in time

52.  Inform if you find any suspicious people activities anywhere inside and outside the apartment campus

53.  Stop all hand deliveries in gate during pandemic to avoid spread and instruct owners to come & collect. Deliveries thru van can be permitted after registration with guideline, parking space..etc

54.  Patrol the premises on cyclic basis, register in communication register in case of issue and communicate to any of the EC member

55.  If you come across in noticing the misuse of lift and other association properties, warn them and register a complaint if they violate it repeatedly

56.  Don’t allow anyone to disturb, play, make noise, public nuisance, smoke, consuming liquor in common area

57.  Avoid watching videos, mobile phones, listening to music thru head phones as it will spoil the fundamental of security job

58.  Avoid involving in unnecessary talking with people, roaming around, bribe, antisocial activities, real estate business of this apartment properties like renting,

59.  Security shall immediately inform any of the EC Member in case of emergency

 

NOTE

60.  Please read as Builder in place of Welfare association wherever indicated above, till the apartment is handed over to association

61.  When there is no procedure from Builder for anything, this procedure applies as guideline document

62.  In case of any confusion, practical complications in this SOP or if the SOP is not implemented for any reason, association has the rights to involve & implement in all area for the safety and security of the residents

63.  Violation of this procedure is punishable by association as per by law or as per Indian penal code or combination of both

 

President                                                Secretary


Add Guest register form & Contractors/Vendors/Suppliers Register form along with this procedure at your convenience as it is to be apartment specific


How do I spread awareness about corona virus in Apartment Community, Association, Flats, residential colony? A standby Bylaw for Apartments association

I am living in an apartment in Chennai outskirt. The followings are the key instructions given by the People for People (Residents requested Association of the
apartment to implement)

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Corona- phase 3 will start which is communal spreading.

Communal spreading can be eliminated with self-hygiene & enforcing precautionary measures in community as per WHO, our Honourable Prime Minister. If we are well community is well and vice versa

Hence request you to take urgent precautionary measures at our apartment & help for safe community as below

1. Buy an infrared thermometer to measure the temperature of labours, visitors, residents

2. Buy sufficient stocks of bleach, disinfectant liquid & spraying tool (for quick application in less time & reduce fatigue of housekeeping persons)

3. Don’t allow any labour who has cold, cough. Better to postpone construction activity to avoid communal spreading as it is force majeure

4. Please issue sanitizer mask, hand gloves(washable) to all securities, housekeeping maids, lakeside staffs, technicians as they are highly vulnerable of communal spreading and frequently they have to disinfect those items


5. Please instruct housekeeping team to disinfect handrails of steps, lifts, door handles, knobs, buttons in every 4 hours & Floor cleaning daily. Depute 1 sincere & dedicated maid at each block

6. Please keep all assess door open to all blocks which enables all residents & visitors to avoid touching & communal spreading

7. Please close the Gym, Swimming pool, Theatre, Community hall & all communal gathering places till further notice as we may not be able to monitor & restrict.


8. Please issue sanitizer, soap & water facility at gate to security to keep up their personal hygiene when they keep in touch with couriers, documents, parcels…etc

9. Soap & water facility or any kind of disinfectant at gate to increase resident’s & visitor’s personal hygiene at entry level

10. Instruct security to not to allow any unknown visitors, if unavoidable instruct them to park the vehicle outside, apply sanitizer, go by walk & meet. Guests must be pre-approved otherwise may be stopped at gate

11.Instruct housekeeping to clean children play area games tools by morning & evening to avoid infection & communal spreading

12.Instruct all employed in permanent & temporary, visitors to not to chew & spit anywhere in society and violation may be disqualification of contract/expel as it is serious fact of communal spreading. This is to be monitored by respective supervisors, contract owners, securities, residents

13.Instruct to disinfect the chair available in D block every 4 hours and keep it sunlight


14.Please make print out of below communication for our lakeside residents and display in both stair cases, security, other notice boards & wherever people gathers


And the followings are the awareness message to the residents of the apartment to not to create panic but awareness and hence we may start with few common & positive points


Attention Residents of our apartment
General
As you know, Novel Corona virus - Covid-19 has landed in India from other countries and it is about to take next phase which is communal spreading. This is spreading across the virus all over the society without realising or knowing that he/she has been infected. It can go wild to the society like Italy where death toll is around 3405 & increasing (as on 20th March) comparatively less in population while comparing with China where death toll is around 3248  & declining.

We can eliminate drastically by following strict personal hygiene & discipline rather anything else

Statistics shows that elders of age group 50+ need more attention. Others are safer but let us not take a chance to risk ours health to an unknown exposure. It is expected to spread 70% of the World population but we can restrict in India, Tamilnadu and our community with our own effort.

We have loved ones in each of our family or in this community and we have to take bare minimum responsibility towards our society, work environment to keep our community safe, hence we must adhere it desperately. No outsiders or no enforcements can bring 100% solution , only we must do it.

Though our apartment is thin populated, we are largely exposed to communal spreading as everyone of the household/visitors/delivery agents/housekeeping maids is commuting to various parts of country/state/city/village. We can eliminate 100% by adherence of goodwill rules & whole hearted cooperation with positive thinking & mindset

Here are the points to not to panic but create awareness

 Indian food are cooked well and no risk. Take all kind of vegetables, have sufficient stock which can be stored for a while as we do not know what restriction will be enforced by government

·        All whatsapp medicines are not proven. Hence intake at your own risk one by one in different days with sufficient break to increase the body immunity naturally
·        Have personnel hygiene at NO 1 in place. Wear full covered dresses. Keep your shoes, slippers outside flat. Your dresses, body may have viruses and never sit, touch anything. Go to wash room, store dress in bathrooms in a bag till you wash and wash your face, hands, legs thoroughly.

·        Have 1 metre(3-4 foot) of safe distance while interaction, keep your guest, family members safe by protecting yourself with handkerchief, tissue, elbow while coughing, sneezing

·        If you are not frequent traveller, your risk is 50% reduced. If you are traveller, ensure you don’t have symptoms of cough, cold, fever of any kind and follow personnel hygiene

Apartment specific
1.  Restrain yourself if you are infected with any type of cold, cough or fever. Report your neighbours & whatsapp group if you find any to create awareness
2.  Avoid touching hand rails while climbing. If you have to use lifts, have personnel sanitizer and use it before & after touching door handles, knobs and buttons.
3. Strictly avoid door delivery of courier, food as they are highly possible transmitting and we may not be able to ensure their adherence of personnel hygiene in our own community. If unavoidable condition, instruct the delivery agent to deliver at gate and you may collect it after spraying disinfectant
4.  Avoid going to gym & conducting events at your home, community hall as we may not take risk and we can lock all common place till further notice
5.  Avoid allowing children to play area. You may allow in the evening after 5PM upto 6PM with strict parental guidance & assistance with calculative risks
6. Apply disinfectant in your flat floor and household items at regular interval
7. Avoid touching vehicles/objects inside community, if you touched it while boarding, wash your hands before touching your face.
8. Avoid exchange/sharing of physical items (especially mobile phones which is highly transmitting) during this tough time though we know each other.
9. Have sufficient stock of disinfectant, bleaching, soap in your home as it is life saving
10. Avoid spitting anywhere in community and if you find any, report to security
11. Call our office number for any kind of help
12. Don't believe any rumours, add the whatsapp no 9013151515 as My Government for Covid-19 & take advice, information
Regards
Our Apartment Families &  Management