Emergency Response Plan (ERP)

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 Training Outline
• Regulatory Requirements
• Definitions
• Responsibilities
• Site Personnel Orientation
• ERT Orientation and Training
• ERT Members Requirements
• Supervising Rescue Operations

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 Regulatory Requirements

• Applicable Regulations
• Risk Assessments done
• Written policies and procedures implemented
• Emergency exit routes provided and marked
• Emergency lighting of workplace and exit
routes

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 Regulatory Requirements cont.
• Supervisors must inform workers about risk
• Scheduled emergency fire drills
• Inventory of substances that endanger
firefighters and rescuers
• Provide emergency wash facilities
(Hand wash and eye wash facility)
• Train workers in fire prevention
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 Regulatory Requirements cont.
• Toxic Gases
– Provide emergency ventilation
– Provide shutdown and containment
• Emergency rescue - qualified workers
• Provide Personal Protective Equipments
(PPE’s)
• Maintenance of equipment required at
workplace
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 Regulatory Requirements cont.
• Maintain effective communications with
emergency rescue team and evacuation
personnel
• Any worker assigned to firefighting to be
physically fit and trained for firefighting
• Provide rescue for workers entering a confined
space

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 Regulatory Requirements
• Written evacuation procedures must include:
– Notification of workers about an emergency
– Evacuation of all workers
– Notification of the fire department
– Notification of adjacent safe workplaces
– Notification of assembly point

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 Definitions
• Emergency
– A present or imminent event
– Requires prompt coordination or special
regulation

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 Definitions cont.

• Incident Commander
– The incident commander is the person responsible
for all aspects of an emergency response;
including quickly developing incident objectives,
managing all incident operations, application of
resources as well as responsibility for all persons
involved.

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 Definitions cont.
• Emergency Controller
– The Emergency Controller is the person whom
facilitates the safe and orderly implementation of
the emergency procedures, including the
evacuation of the site personnel.

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 Definitions cont.
• FAT
- First Aid Team which is a group of pepole
trained to administer emergency medical
treatment

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 Definitions cont.
• DCT
- Damage Control Team which is a group of pepole
trained to administer repairs in an emergency to
minimize damages and losses
• SRT
- Spill Response Team is a group of pepole trained to
administer hazmat spills

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 Definitions cont.
• ERT
- Emergency Response Team is a group of
trained people whom respond to any
emergency, injuries, fire, spill, natural disaster or
an interruption of business operations

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 Responsibilities

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 Responsibilities
• GEMS
• Incident Commander
• Emergency Controller
• Mustering Point Checker
• Site Personnel
• Fire Fighting Team (FFT)
• First Aid Team (FAT)
• Damage Control Team (DCT)
• Spill Response Team (SRT)
• HSE department team

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 GEMS Responsibilities
• Ensure:
– emergency risk assessments are conducted and
documented
– emergency evacuation and rescue program is
maintained
– all facilities have accessible exit routes
– exit routes - marked and have emergency lighting
as required

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 GEMS Responsibilities
• Ensure:
– local emergency response plans are in place
– workers are trained in fire prevention, emergency
evacuation and rescue
– an incident commander is appointed
– Establish policy to designate emergency response
team

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 Responsibilities - Incident Commander
• Assign emergency response team
• Ensure emergency plan is posted clearly
• Assign responsibilities of the emergency response
team
• Ensure emergency evacuation and rescue of all
personal properly completed
• Site specific emergency procedure
• Emergency hazard identification and risk assessment
• Communication
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 Responsibilities - Incident Commander cont.
• Activate the Emergency Response team
• Activate additional response contractors and local resources
• Evaluate the Severity, Potential Impact, Safety Concerns, and Response
Requirements based on the initial information provided by the First
Person On-Scene (emergency controller)
• Confirm safety aspects at site, including need for personal protective
equipment, sources of ignition, and potential need for evacuation
• Communicate and provide incident briefings to company superiors, as
appropriate
• Coordinate/complete additional internal and external notifications
• Communicate with Emergency Response Team, as the situation
demands
• Direct response an cleanup operations
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 Responsibilities – Emergency Controller

• Identify need for emergency response

• Review and update risk assessments
• Compile and maintain documentation
• Designate workers to assist disabled individuals
• Ensure evacuation routes and floor plans are
available
• Template for site specific emergency plans

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 Responsibilities – Emergency Controller cont.
• Emergency policies, procedures and work
arrangements
• Understand and follow emergency procedures
• Training - fire prevention, emergency evacuation and
rescue
• Know emergency response and rescue hazards
• Know how to request emergency evacuation and
rescue
• Be aware of additional resources available
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 Responsibilities – Mustering Point Checker
• Updates the ERT board on daily basis
according to the shifts schedule
• Ensures staff are complying to POB plan
• Assembly point head counting
• Updates the incident commander with the
assembly point head counting result

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 Responsibilities – First Aid Team
• Provide immediate, lifesaving, medical care before the further medical
achieved i.e. (CPR, bleeding stoppage, etc.)
• Manage the incident and ensure the continuing safety of themselves,
bystanders and the casualty
• Assess casualties and find out the nature & cause of their injuries
• Arrange for further medical help or other emergency services to attend
If trained, priorities casualties based upon medical need
• Provide appropriate first aid treatment as trained
• Make notes/observations of casualties
• Fill out any paperwork as required
• Provide a handover when further medical needed

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 Responsibilities – Damage Control Team

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 Responsibilities – Spill Response Team.

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 Responsibilities – Fire Fighting Team.
• Upon hearing the plant fire alarm activation, the Fire fighting
team (FFT) shall immediately proceed to the Fire Command
Center
• At the Fire Command Center, the firefighting team shall
update their attendance on the emergency head count check
list for Company Emergency Response Team and shall
immediately done the fire retardant coverall, full face
respirator and simultaneously check prepare the
fire extinguisher & gas detector
• Upon fully gowned, the fire fighting team shall assemble at
the fire command center awaiting for Site incident
commander further instructions
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 Responsibilities – Firefighting Team cont.
• When fire situation is reported during office hours, Fire case is
confirmed, reported fire is incipient:
-all fire fighters shall proceed to the control point together with the Site
Incident Commander utilizing the available fire extinguishing media i.e.
CO2, Foam, etc. and carry with them gas detector and walkie talkie
- Meanwhile the standby fire fighting team shall prepare themselves
for possible reinforcement or backup duties by preparing new set of fire
-The process of moving to and from the fire command center to
the control point with new set of fire extinguisher and vice versa only stop
when the fire have been put out or when Civil Defense took over the
incident management and fire fighting is near to any flammable chemicals
or risky installations

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 Responsibilities – Firefighting Team cont.
• extinguisher and standby at the fire command center awaiting for
Site Incident Commander instructions.
• Upon activated by the Site Incident Commander to proceed to the
fire scene, the fire fighting team stationed at the control point shall
proceed to the fire scene utilizing the available fire extinguishing
media i.e. CO2, Foam, etc. and carrying with them gas detector and
walkie talkie
• Meanwhile the standby fire fighting team shall leave the command
center carrying a new set of fire extinguishers to the control point.
These new fire extinguishers shall be replaced with those used by
the fire fighting team.

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 Responsibilities – Firefighting Team cont.
• When fire situation is reported after office hours, Fire case is
confirmed - reported fire is incipient:
• Duty Fire fighting team based on the weekly supervisor and company
• emergency response team duty roster will fight the fire without risk to
• their life and shall report to the Fire Command Center via Walkie
Talkie
• the following information
• a) what is on fire?
b) what material is being burnt
c) the extent of the fire
• d) whether the fire location is near to any flammable chemicals or
risky installations

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 Responsibilities – Firefighting Team cont.

• When fire situation is confirmed - reported fire is uncontrolled

- If the reported fire is uncontrolled, the fire fighting team shall radioed
back to the Fire Command Center via their walkie talkie and report to
the FCC the following information before they evacuate the fire scene
using the nearest fire emergency exit to the Assembly Area.

A) what is on fire?
B) what material is being burnt?
C) the extent of the fire
D) whether the fire location

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 Responsibilities – Site Personnel
• Provide workers input into risk assessments
• Participate in instruction, training & fire drills
activity
• Follow-up standard operating procedures for
emergency evacuation and rescue
• Follow the instructions of incident
commander and emergency controller

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 Responsibilities – HSE Personnel
• Review the effectiveness of emergency
response plan and emergency fire drills
• Make recommendations on possible
corrective actions according to the workplace

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 Orientation of Workers

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 Site Personnel Orientation

• Evacuation Procedures
• Fire Prevention
• Use of Fire Extinguishers
• Reporting to First Aid Provider

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 Site Personnel Orientation
• Evacuation Procedures
– Emergency Phone Numbers
– Purpose of the Plan
– Who is in Charge
• During an emergency
• During an evacuation
– First Aid Provider
– More Information (if needed)

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 Worker Orientation
• Evacuation Procedures – continued….
– Communications
– Alarms
– Worker notification
– Outside notification

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 Worker Orientation
• Evacuation Procedures – continued
– Securing Equipment
• Immediate stop work safely
• Turn off computers if necessary
• Secure cash drawers
• Shut off kitchen appliances
• Close but do not lock doors
• Switch off vehicles engine

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 Worker Orientation
• Follow Evacuation Procedures
• Follow Evacuation routes and emergency exits
• Gather at Assembly Areas (Muster Point)
• Evacuation Roles and Responsibilities
– Incident commander
– Line Managers and Supervisors
– Emergency Wardens

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 Worker Orientation

• Fire Prevention
– Trash and litter
– Keep the workplace areas neat and clean
– Fire alarm pull stations and extinguishers
– Knows everyone how to use fire extinguishers
– Check extinguishers in your area
– Store hazardous materials in designated areas
– Keep exits free of obstructions
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 Worker Orientation
• Fire Prevention - continued
– Smoke only where permitted
– Keep equipment clean and use it properly
– Handle flammable liquids with caution
– Know location of emergency exits and procedures

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 Worker Orientation

• Use of Fire Extinguishers

– Dry chemical extinguishers
– Foam extinguishers
– Carbon dioxide extinguishers
– Water extinguishers

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 Emergency Warden
Orientation and Training

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 Emergency Warden Orientation
• General Evacuation
– Activate fire alarm
– Put on hard hat, high
visibility vest
– Get work site register for
roll call

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 Emergency Warden Orientation
• Check evacuation route(s)
– Put hand on exit door to feel for heat
– Look and smell for smoke

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 Emergency Warden Orientation
• Ensure all doors are closed
• Place “all clear” tag on doors
• Leave the building ALL
• Complete roll call S PA C E
CLEAR
• Report to designated person BEHIND
THIS
• Report anyone missing DOOR
The space behind this
door is unoccupied.
EVACUATION INSTRUCTIONS:
Guide all people in a known space to
the nearest emergency exit or
assembly area, close all windows and
doors, and
hang this sign on the outside knob for
reference by rescue agencies.

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 Special Responses
• Spill Response
– Complete this overhead once your Program is
ready

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 Summary
• Why Have a Program
• WorkSafeBC Requirements
• Definitions
• Responsibilities
• Evacuation Plan
• Specific Responses
• Emergency Warden Duties
• Supervisor Responsibilities
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