CHAPTER 4

EMERGENCY

DEFINITION
Sudden,

unexpected, or impending
situation that may cause injury, loss of
life, damage to the property, and/or
interference with the normal activities of a
person or firm and which, therefore,
requires immediate attention and remedial
action.

TYPES OF EMERGENCY
1.
Fire
2.
Explosion
3. blackout/electrical/power failure
4. Accident release of hazardous
substance/pollutant
5. Natural disaster/event
6. Bomb threat
7. Hysteria
8. Drowning

EMERGENCY
PREPAREDNESS RESPONSE
(ERP)

CONTAIN OF ERP
1.

Planning

2.

Practicing

3.

Evaluating

4.

Adjusting

1.PLANNING
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1.PLANNING
Planning must contains:
1. Types of emergency
2. Determine emergency response
procedure
3. Determine the shut down
procedure of critical plant
operation
4. Procedures for after emergency
evacuation situation

1.PLANNING
5.

Identify roles and responsibilities

ERP team
6. Determine procedure for
emergency
7. Means of communication

2. PRACTICING
To ensure the success of this program,
the company should:
a)require the broad participation of
employees;
b)maintain ongoing promotion and
training;
c)carry out simulations and evaluation
exercises to test emergency plans;
d)disseminate information on other
incidents

3.EVALUATING
An

annual evaluation of the

effectiveness of the Emergency
Preparedness Plan undertaken will
include performance measures,
using the previous years quarterly
reports; recommendation from the
corporate governance;

3.EVALUATING
This

evaluation will include statistical trends.

ensure the success of this program, the company
should:
a)require the broad participation of employees;
b)maintain ongoing promotion and training;
c) carry out simulations and evaluation exercises

to test emergency plans;

d)disseminate information on other incidents

4. ADJUSTING
After evaluating performance, the
emergency preparedness and
respond can adjust ERP plan based
on weakness show at performance
measure.

EMERGENCY PLANNING
STRATERGY

1.EMERGENCY PLANNING POLICY

Every

organization should have a policy

reflecting its commitment to emergency
response planning. The policy is usually
signed by the senior most people within
the organization.

EXAMPLE OF EMERGENCY
PLANNING POLICY

2.EMERGENCY PLANNING TEAM

The Emergency Planning Team is

responsible for the development and
administration of the emergency response
plan

PLANNING TEAM
The team:
a) Emergency Planning Coordinator Responsible for overseeing the development
and maintenance of the plan

b)

Emergency Planning Committee - ensure that

the plan accurately reflects the needs of the
organization

3.LEGISLATION & CODE OF

PRACTICE
LEGISLATION
identify

all federal, provincial and

municipal regulations which apply to their
operation and contact regulatory agencies
to identify requirements and obtain
advice.

3.LEGISLATION & CODE OF

PRACTICE
CODE
In

OF PRACTICE

addition, some types of industries are

required to follow procedures
recommended in codes of practice. These
industry associations must be contacted to
identify appropriate codes.

4.RISK ASSESSMENT
The risk assessment is the basis for the
emergency plan although this
information is not physically part of the
plan. Keep the results of this process on
file.

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ACTION REQUIRE (RISK

ASSESMENT)

Identify Hazard

Evaluate Risk

Evaluate consequences

5.PLANNING ANALYSIS

The risk assessment has demonstrated which

hazards represent the most serious risks and
should therefore receive planning priority.

The next step is review each hazard

(beginning with the highest risk) to assemble
the information that will become the
emergency response plan.

6.DEVELOP PROCESS
The

completed planning analysis provides

a complete listing of all the actions
necessary for any emergency - essentially
a number of hazard-specific emergency
plans.

STAGE PROCESS
1)

Developing procedures for

each action

2)

Separating procedures into those that

pertain to all emergencies (Generic
emergency plan) and those
that apply to specific hazards
(Contingency plans).

EXAMPLE

7. ASSESSMENT PROCEDURE
A rapid yet thorough situation
assessment is essential to ensure that
appropriate and sufficient resources
are brought to bear on the
emergency.

PLANNING TIPS

8. ACTIVATION
Regardless of the location of the
emergency, the procedure should indicate
where to call in an emergency and who is
responsible for receiving the information.

In

most situations this will require access

to a 24 hour telephone number or radio
location.

TIPS

9. EVACUATION PROCEDURE
A safe and rapid evacuation
to ensure that casualties are
during an emergency.

Evacuation

is necessary
avoided

routes and procedures should

be established in the plan and
implemented through signage and training
around the workplace.

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10. RESOURCE MOBILIZATION

After an initial assessment of the need for
personnel and equipment has been made
and key personnel have been alerted,
resources need to be assembled in a
coordinated manner

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11.REPORTING
During a typical emergency response,
reports will have to be made to both
internal and external parties to aid in the
response operation or, as in some cases,
are a legislated requirement.