Whynacht Security & Survival is a proudly Nova Scotian company that has been applying its unique, effective and proven approach to the providing of protection and peace of mind for thousands of clients since 1983.

From security, fire protection, life safety, and loss prevention solutions to courses and seminars teaching the mindset and skills of self-reliance required for empowerment and peace of mind in an uncertain world, we are the one choice.

Our aim is to make this the most complete, informative, and entertaining security and survival related site on the web. The magnitude of this task means that our web site is still under development so you will find that some pages will be incomplete until we finish the fine-tuning. We apologize for any inconvenience. Updates and additions will be more frequent after all pages on our site map are officially launched. In the meantime, if you have any questions that aren't addressed here, feel free to contact us.

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ABOUT US:

Randy L. Whynacht

A native of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, educated at Dalhousie University, the Canadian Emergency Preparedness College, and a variety of training venues too numerous to mention, Randy L. Whynacht has been a professional security consultant since 1981, a survival/self-reliance instructor since 1983, and has been training and rehabilitating dogs since 1994.

He established Whynacht Security & Survival’s “Central Dispatch” in Lunenburg in 1984, expanding the facility to ultimately provide emergency dispatch services for Lunenburg, Mahone Bay, Chester, Chester Basin, and Hubbards Fire Departments as well as the Lunenburg-Mahone Bay Police Service. During that time he was involved with the Lunenburg-Mahone Bay Police Service and the Mahone Bay and Area Lion's Club in designing, establishing, and operating the "Seniors' Check-In Programme" (SCIP),  an automated daily safety-call system for senior citizens that later grew to encompass the Town of Bridgewater and most areas served by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Lunenburg and Queens Counties. Randy retired from the police/fire dispatch business in 2001 to focus on expansions into other areas of the security and loss prevention industry as well as the training and rehabilitation of dogs, a subject for which he and Diana have a passionate interest.

He held the position of Emergency Measures Coordinator for the Municipality of the District of Lunenburg from 1988 to 1994 during which time he performed a threat and readiness assessment on the Municipality and its emergency response infrastructure, wrote its emergency operations plan and oversaw training of emergency agencies in its use, and acted as emergency planning consultant to LaHave Manor Home for Special Care, Harbour View Haven Home for Special Care, Rosedale Home for Special Care, Fishermen’s Memorial Hospital, and South Shore Regional Hospital in updating and exercising their internal emergency response plans and guidelines. The emergency response plan he wrote for the Municipality of the District of Lunenburg during this phase in his career came to be recommended by the Province of Nova Scotia to other municipalities as a template for creating their own plans and later was adopted by the United Nations for the same purpose in the process of creating stability in struggling countries around the world.

Because of his unique position and training as an Emergency Measures Coordinator and a professional in the field of emergency communications systems and procedures, Randy was integrally involved in introduction of the provincial Nova Scotia 911 emergency reporting system.

He later held the position of Communications Officer with the Town of Lunenburg Emergency Measures Organization, and was a Vice Chairman with the Lunenburg County Crime Prevention Board.

His community involvement includes six years as a Troop Scouter with Scouts Canada leading scout troops in the City of Halifax and Lunenburg County. Randy also coached the art of the épée for the South Shore Duellists Fencing Club where he created, organized, and sponsored the annual “March Hare Recreational Fencing Tournament” from 1995 to 2001. For many years he was Hunter Safety Chairman, Chief Instructor for courses in hunter safety and survival, and instructor in the junior shooting programme for the Lunenburg Rod & Gun Club, where he is still active as a Range Safety Officer.

Diana Whynacht

A native of Wrocław, Poland, Diana grew up in Bridgewater, Nova Scotia and was educated at Dalhousie University. A professional consultant to Whynacht Security & Survival in surveillance technology and IT security since 2003, Diana has been training and rehabilitating dogs since 2002.

Exceptionally talented, Diana speaks three languages and embarked on her university career with a twenty thousand dollar scholarship. Her areas of expertise include evidence collection and analysis for security and video surveillance systems, IT security measures, as well as design, maintenance, support, and software selection for our company computer network, web sites and e-mail systems.

Diana is a gifted dog behaviourist.  

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