No. This is an advisory, planning, and training program. It does not include security staffing, armed protection, emergency dispatch, or continuous monitoring.

The partnership can help your existing team review its practices, prioritize improvements, and work through instruction and exercises. Leadership retains responsibility for staffing, decisions, and implementation.

Yes. The partnership includes creating a church emergency plan, policy, or procedure. We work with your leaders to identify the document your church needs and tailor it to your campus and agreed priorities. Your written agreement defines the document and scope before work begins. Your leaders review, approve, and implement the completed document.

The included on-site session is up to three hours for up to 12 attendees. Possible focuses include safety-team foundations and communication, active-threat awareness and response, or de-escalation and situational awareness. We select the topic with your leaders based on your priorities. This is one agreed session, rather than all PSS courses combined.

Choose a leadership contact to coordinate scheduling, provide campus information, and help develop and review your written plan, policy, or procedure. Your selected team members attend the on-site session; designated leaders participate in two virtual consultations and two virtual tabletop exercises, each up to 60 minutes. Online learning is self-paced. Between sessions, your church assigns responsibilities, communicates procedures, and implements agreed improvements. The time needed for that work depends on your starting point and priorities, which we discuss during the consultation.

A single training day helps build knowledge. This partnership also includes assessment, creation of a written emergency plan, policy, or procedure, year-long online access, scheduled leadership consultations and tabletop exercises, and an annual improvement report. Those follow-up opportunities help your leaders practice decisions, identify gaps, and review progress as your church implements improvements.

No. American Red Cross certification courses are available separately. We can discuss the appropriate course and quote for your team.

The 12-month partnership is $4,995 per church location. The installment option is $1,500 down, followed by 10 monthly payments of $317.73 and one final monthly payment of $317.70, totaling $4,995. Your written agreement confirms travel arrangements, any applicable travel charges, enrollment coverage, and final scope.

The included Palmetto SafeChurch annual church license provides access to the online training library for your church’s pastors, ministry leaders, staff, and volunteers. It is church-wide access for the covered church location, rather than access limited to the 12 attendees at the on-site session. Participants train online at their own pace using the enrollment instructions PSS provides. The license is included in your $4,995 partnership price; you do not need to purchase it separately. The written agreement confirms the access dates and enrollment and license terms.

PSS is based in Lugoff, South Carolina. Share your church’s location during the consultation so we can confirm on-site availability, travel arrangements, and any applicable travel charges in your written proposal.

In a complimentary 30-minute conversation, we will discuss your church’s priorities, answer your questions, and determine whether the partnership fits your needs. If it is a fit, the next step is a written proposal confirming the scope and terms.

The standard engagement covers one church location. Additional campuses and travel requirements are separately scoped before an agreement.

No program can guarantee an incident will not occur. SafeChurch 360° supports preparedness through recommendations, instruction, and exercises. It does not replace emergency services or the church’s responsibilities.