Field notes from a head of safety & security
Practical answers to the questions we get asked by schools, security companies and facilities teams, written from the work rather than from marketing.
ISO 23601 evacuation plans: what an inspector actually checks (2026)
A practical checklist of what a fire inspector or insurer looks for on an emergency evacuation plan under ISO 23601: layout, symbols, "You are here", routes, legend and title block, from a head of safety and security.
WolfMap StudioHow to make a fire evacuation map for a school or office in one day
Step by step: from the architect's floor plan to printed, compliant evacuation maps for every corridor. What to draw, which symbols to use, how to orient each map, and how to keep them current.
WolfGuardGuard patrols that cannot be proven did not happen: how to evidence patrols
Why paper patrol logs fail audits and client disputes, and how checkpoint tags, timestamps and photo evidence make a patrol defensible.
WolfShiftFair overtime allocation for security and shift staff: a method that ends the arguments
How to allocate overtime fairly across a team, by the numbers and from full history, so nobody is favoured and every decision can be shown.
WolfGuardSecurity guard management software in Kuwait and the GCC: what to look for in 2026
A buyer's guide for security managers in Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar, Bahrain and Oman: Arabic, Civil ID scanning, KNET payment, offline gates, and pricing that fits a local security company.