Crisis Response
Armed Close-Protection Details
Armed protective details for principals under real threat — heads of state, ministers, executives, and their families. Experienced operators, low profile, working to a standard your own security can plug into.
- Armed close-protection details led by experienced operators
- Threat and vulnerability assessment per principal
- Low-profile and overt posture options
- Family and residence coverage
- Coordination with your existing security and police
Advance Work & Secure Movement
Most attacks happen on the move. We run the advance work — routes, venues, timings, contingencies — so every movement is planned rather than improvised.
- Route planning and reconnaissance
- Motorcade formation and drills
- Venue advance and arrival/departure control
- Counter-surveillance awareness
- Emergency and evacuation contingencies
Residential, Venue & Event Security
Securing the places a principal returns to and the events they cannot avoid — layered access control, staff vetting posture, and a plan for the day it goes wrong.
- Residential security surveys and hardening
- Layered access control and screening
- Event and conference security planning
- Guard force supervision and standards
- Incident and evacuation planning
Rapid Protection Stand-Up
When a threat escalates without warning, we can put a credible protection element around a principal quickly — and train your own people to take it over.
- Fast deployment of a protection element
- Immediate threat triage and posture
- Vetting and integration of local personnel
- Handover and train-up of your own detail
- Sustainment planning beyond the surge
Strategic Counsel in a Crisis
A trusted strategic advisor at a governor’s or minister’s side when a crisis hits — prison riots, gang sieges, political unrest. We help leadership see the whole board: options, second-order consequences, and the decisions only they can make.
- Strategic counsel to governors, ministers, and senior officials
- Crisis decision framing — options and consequences
- Reading the security picture honestly
- Discreet, confidential, and senior-level
- Available through the length of the crisis
Inter-Agency & Political Coordination
Crises fail in the seams between agencies. We help leadership set who commands what, where information flows, and how police, military, and civil authorities work off one picture.
- Command and control architecture in a crisis
- Police, military and civil agency deconfliction
- Single common operating picture
- Liaison with foreign partners and donors
- Decision logs and accountability trail
Media & Public Messaging
What leadership says in the first hours shapes the rest of the crisis. We advise on messaging that is honest, holds up later, and does not hand the initiative to the other side.
- First-hours messaging and holding lines
- Spokesperson preparation and briefings
- Managing rumour and misinformation
- Coordinating message across agencies
- Post-crisis public accounting
Contingency & Continuity Planning
The best time to plan is before. We work with leadership on the scenarios that would actually threaten the state — and the plans, thresholds, and exercises that make a response possible.
- Scenario development for credible threats
- Contingency plans with clear thresholds
- Continuity of government planning
- Tabletop exercises with senior officials
- Plan review after every real event
Advisor to the Field Commander
A seasoned operator alongside your general or field commander when it counts — focused on the tactical picture. We advise on force employment, tempo, and options on the ground so the command makes sound calls in a fast-moving situation.
- Tactical advising to generals and field commanders
- On-the-ground read of a developing situation
- Clear, direct recommendations under time pressure
- Advises — your command always decides
- Reachback to Martel specialists as needed
Course-of-Action Analysis
Under pressure, options narrow to the first idea in the room. We widen them again — laying out realistic courses of action, what each costs, and how each can fail.
- Structured course-of-action development
- Risk, cost and failure analysis for each option
- Wargaming against a thinking adversary
- Decision points and triggers identified
- Written record of the reasoning
Operational Tempo & Coordination
Sustaining an operation past the first 48 hours is its own discipline. We advise on rotation, logistics, and the battle rhythm that keeps a force effective instead of exhausted.
- Battle rhythm and staff cycle
- Force rotation and fatigue management
- Logistics and sustainment through the operation
- Cross-unit coordination and handovers
- Maintaining reporting discipline
Specialist Reachback
Your advisor is one call away from the rest of the network — explosives, maritime, aviation, negotiation. Specialist expertise reaches the commander without another procurement cycle.
- Access to the wider Martel specialist network
- Explosives, maritime and aviation expertise
- Hostage and negotiation advice
- Technical and intelligence support
- Surge of additional advisors if needed
How an Engagement Comes Together
Make Contact
Reach out — in an active crisis or ahead of one. We move fast and everything is handled in confidence.
Rapid Assessment
We size up the situation, the threat, and what you need — protection, strategic counsel, or a tactical advisor at the commander's side.
Deploy
The right people are on the ground or on call fast. No relocation on your end. All logistics coordinated by Martel.
After-Action Report
When it settles, a written debrief with what happened, what worked, and how to be readier for the next one.
Let's See If We're the Right Fit
Whether it's happening now or you want to be ready, start with a straight conversation about what you need. We'll tell you honestly whether we're the right fit and get you a quote.
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