Municipal Risk Readiness:
Strategies for Safety, Continuity, and Protection
Municipal leaders face evolving risks that demand proactive strategies and expert guidance. This resource hub equips you with actionable insights and tools to strengthen your organization’s resilience.
Explore curated content on four high-priority topics, designed to help you protect your people, maintain essential services, and mitigate exposure. Let Hylant be your trusted advisor in navigating today’s municipal risk landscape.
Key Resources for Navigating Municipal Risk
Active Shooter Preparedness
Learn essential strategies for preparing your organization to prevent and respond to active shooter incidents. Discover how to develop a proactive safety plan, collaborate with local authorities, and contribute to a culture of vigilance and resilience that prioritizes the safety and well-being of every individual.
Business Continuity
Explore practical approaches to ensure your municipality can continue delivering critical services during unexpected events. From natural disasters to cyberattacks, this section outlines continuity planning steps that safeguard operations.
Download the Continuity Toolkit
Save the Sample Plan Template
Risk Transfer
Learn how to better protect your municipality by using smart risk transfer techniques. This section explains how insurance policies and well-crafted contract language can help reduce liability and limit financial exposure.
Get the Plan Advantage Resource Guide
Risk Management Tools
This section highlights tools municipalities can use to put risk strategies into action. From checklists and templates to sample policies and assessment guides, these resources help you apply what you’ve learned and strengthen internal processes.
Beyond Barriers: Mental Health as a Key to Preventing Workplace Violence
While physical security measures like securing buildings, hiring safety personnel, and training employees to "Run. Hide. Fight." are essential in active shooter and workplace violence preparedness, they’re only part of the solution. Hylant urges municipal leaders to look into the mental health of their workforce as a proactive strategy to reduce long-term risks.
The rise in antidepressant prescriptions, which surged by 63.5% after March 2020, underscores the growing mental health challenges facing employees. Early intervention and awareness of warning signs are critical. Training leadership teams in mental health literacy and de-escalation techniques, and actively engaging with employee assistance program (EAP) resources, can help organizations foster a safer, more resilient workplace culture.
Business Continuity Planning: A Strategy for Everyday Resilience
Business continuity planning isn’t just about preparing for disasters. It’s a powerful tool for improving everyday operations. Hylant recently supported a client through a tabletop exercise that covered impact analysis, risk assessment, recovery planning, and more. While the client didn’t face a major crisis like a fire or cyberattack, a smaller operational disruption could have led to significant product loss. Thanks to the proactive mindset developed during planning, their team responded quickly and effectively, minimizing potential impact and protecting the bottom line.
This kind of planning fosters a culture of readiness and clarity. By viewing each department’s role both individually and collectively, prioritizing people, and implementing tools like cost tracking and resource assignment sheets, municipalities can make faster, smarter decisions. The ripple effects of this mindset extend beyond emergencies, enhancing communication, accountability, and operational efficiency every day.
Risk Transfer: More Than Just Insurance
Effective risk transfer goes far beyond purchasing an insurance policy. Municipalities can protect themselves by strategically shifting risk through contracts, outsourcing, and ensuring proper coverage levels. Tools like waivers, hold harmless agreements, and insurance clauses must be aligned across certificates and contracts to ensure consistent protection. It’s also essential to include all contractors, subcontractors, suppliers, and vendors in your risk transfer strategy.
Hylant helps municipalities take a more holistic approach by facilitating strategic discussions around leadership, technology, and consulting needs. This ensures that your risk transfer plan is not only compliant but also tailored to your operations, reducing exposure and strengthening resilience across all functions.
*Note: Every state provides very specific protections for the services provided by municipalities. However, immunity can only be provided in the absence of willful or negligent conduct.
Contact an Expert
While many of our risk control services are included as part of our standard client support, certain specialized services may incur an additional fee. Your Risk Advisor will always discuss any fee-based services with you in advance to ensure transparency and alignment with your needs. The resources provided on this page are intended for informational purposes only and do not constitute legal, safety, or insurance advice. Organizations should consult directly with qualified professionals to address their specific risk management needs. Hylant makes no guarantees regarding outcomes based on the use of these materials. All content is subject to change and may be updated without notice.