The fundamental purpose of any contingency plan is to provide a clear and actionable guide for response during a non-routine event. To be effective, the plan must, at its core, explicitly detail the specific actions and steps that need to be taken (what is to be done) and clearly assign the roles and responsibilities for carrying out those actions to specific individuals or teams (who is to do it). Without these two essential elements, a document is merely a statement of intent rather than an operational plan, as it lacks direction and accountability.

A. a threat procedure and a safety procedure.

These are specific types of procedures that may be included within a plan, not the two universal, foundational elements of all contingency plans.

B. a procedure for reporting and a procedure for training.

Reporting and training are critical supporting processes for the implementation and maintenance of a plan, but they are not the core content of the plan itself.

D. local assistance and response.

Coordination with local assistance is a specific task within a plan, and "response" is the overall action the plan facilitates, not a key structural element of the plan document.

1. ASIS International. (2012). Protection of Assets (POA)

Security Management. Alexandria

VA. The section on Crisis Management Planning emphasizes that an effective plan must outline "the actions to be taken by the organization" and define the "roles and responsibilities of the crisis management team and its members." This directly corresponds to "what is to be done" and "who is to do it." (Specific content found in the Crisis Management volume).

2. Fischer

R. J.

Halibozek

E.

& Walters

D. C. (2019). Introduction to security (10th ed.). Butterworth-Heinemann. In discussions on emergency planning

the text highlights that plans must contain specific procedures (the "what") and an organizational structure with clearly assigned duties (the "who") to ensure a coordinated and effective response. (Chapter 14

Emergency Planning).

3. ASIS International. (2009). Business Continuity Guideline: A Practical Approach for Emergency Preparedness

Crisis Management

and Disaster Recovery (ASIS GDL BC-2009). This guideline details the necessary components of response plans

consistently stressing the documentation of specific procedures and the assignment of roles and responsibilities as central to the plan's structure. (Section 5.4

Plan Development and Implementation).