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Safety planning support for schools and public agencies
We help Georgia schools, counties, and cities keep their safety plans current, documented, and practiced, with a written record of every review and exercise.
Why this matters now
Georgia's 2025 school safety law, House Bill 268, requires every public school to adopt a behavioral threat assessment plan and to update its school safety plan to include it. The state provides a model protocol and training. Each school still has to fit that protocol to its own buildings, staff, and community, and keep the records to show it.
Counties and cities carry similar responsibilities for their own facilities and public events. Plans age quickly when staff change, buildings are renovated, or events grow.
Outside help is most useful for the work in between: reviewing what exists, writing down how it actually works, and testing it with the people who would use it.
Planning for a city or town? See City safety planning.
What we provide
- Safety plan reviews. A section-by-section review against state requirements and federal guidance, with a written list of gaps.
- Threat assessment plan documentation. Roles, referral steps, and record-keeping built around the state's model protocol.
- Drills and tabletop exercises. Scenario-based sessions with a written after-action report and a corrective action list.
- Emergency action plans for county and city buildings, written to federal workplace requirements.
- Event safety plans for festivals, fairs, and public gatherings.
- Staff and volunteer training on emergency procedures and situational awareness.
How we work with agencies
We quote fixed-scope projects or bill $100 per hour, and we work within your purchasing process, including quotes, purchase orders, and vendor registration.
Every engagement ends with a written deliverable your team keeps: a gap list, an updated plan, or an after-action report.
Where our role ends
We support plans, processes, and exercises. Assessments of individual students remain with each school's own threat assessment team, along with the protected records those assessments involve.
Capability statement
The details procurement offices ask for, in one place. A printable copy is available on request.
High Ground Risk Advisory LLC
Blue Ridge, Georgia- Primary NAICS code
- 541690, Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services
- Secondary NAICS code
- 611430, Professional and Management Development Training
- Unique Entity ID (SAM.gov)
- Registration in progress
- CAGE code
- Registration in progress
- Business type
- Small business, limited liability company
- Service area
- North Georgia, with statewide travel available
- Point of contact
- William Watkins, Founder
- Email and phone
- williamwatkins320@yahoo.com
(706) 851-3947
Core competencies
- Physical security and vulnerability assessments
- Emergency action and safety plan writing
- Threat assessment plan documentation
- Tabletop exercises and after-action reporting
- Travel and geopolitical risk briefings
Differentiators
- Vendor-neutral: no product sales or commissions
- Local to Fannin County, on site within days
- Background in international relations and security studies
- Methods built on ASIS International standards and CISA guidance
Planning a review or an exercise?
Tell us your timeline and what you need to have on file, and we will send a scoped quote.