EMERGENCY

PREPAREDNESS
FOR
PERSONNEL
SAFETY
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WHAT ARE THE POTENTIAL LOSS IN AN

EMERGENCIES

 Injury
 Damage to people
 Environment
 Property
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WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO MINIMIZE

THIS POTENTIAL LOSS?

Advance planning for

emergencies.
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ULTIMATELY THE RESPONSIBILITY

OF EMERGENCY PLANNING
LIES TO WHOM?

 To the highest levels of management who

best know a facility’s resources,
operation and capability.
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WHAT THEN IS THE PART OF THE

SAFETY & HEALTH PROFESSIONAL

= Act as the Consultant.

= Guide the line management through the

process of identifying potential emergency
events.

= Developing primary and contemporary plans to

respond to them.
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FIRST CONCERN IN
EMERGENCY PLANNING

a. Safety of employees and safety of

public.
b. Ways of protecting the property
operations, and the environment.
c. Restoring business operations to
normal.
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Emergency Plans involve:

1. Organization
2. Training such as:
a. evacuation
b. firefighting
c. rescue
d. spill response
e. first-aid
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Certain Basic Elements of Emergency Plan:

 Command functions;
 Communications and alarm/detection;
 Emergency staff personnel;
 Procedures to deal with:
 natural
 technological
 nuclear hazard
 biological hazard
 evacuation
 power interruption
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DETERMINANT OF THE COMPLEXITY OF

EMERGENCY PLAN

 The type of facility and its associated

hazard.
 The availability of qualified personnel to
write and maintain the plan.
 The availability of the trends to produce
it.
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COMMON TYPE OF EMERGENCY PLAN

USED IN INDUSTRY Include:

 Action guides / checklists

 Response plan
 Emergency management plan
 Mutual aid plans
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A MUST FOR AN ORGANIZATIONS DEVELOPING

AN EMERGENCY PLAN

1. Identify and evaluate potential disasters.

2. Assess the potential harm to people,
property and environment.
3. Estimate warning time needs to mobilize the
plan.
4. Determine what changes must be made in
company operations.
5. Consider what power supplies and utilities
may be required to handle the emergency.
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TYPES OF EMERGENCIES

1. Fire and Explosion

2. Natural Calamities
a. Flood
b. Earthquake
c. Typhoon
3. Man-made Disasters
a. Civil Strife
b. Sabotage
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4. Work Accidents and Rumors

5. Shut-downs
6. Wartime Emergency
7. Hazardous Materials
8. Radioactive Materials
9. Weather-Related Emergencies
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PLAN OF ACTION
CONSIDERATIONS
 Program considerations;
 Establishing a chain of command;
 Training;
 Hazardous waste / spills emergencies;
 Shut-downs and evacuation
procedures;
 Command headquarters;
 Auxiliary power systems;
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 Emergency equipment;
 An alarm system;
 Fire brigade;
 Facility protection & security;
 Emergency medical services;
 Warden service and evacuation;
 Transportation
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JUSTIFICATION

 By weighing the cost of preparedness

against the Possibility of yearly losses
from fires, flood, and other
catastrophes.
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OUTLINE OF AN EMERGENCY
MANUALS OR HANDBOOK
1. Company policy, purpose, authority, principal
control, measures and emergency
organizational chart showing positions and
functions.
2. Some descriptions of the expected disasters
with a risks statement.
3. Map of the plant, office or store showing
equipment, medical and first aid, fire control
apparatus, shelter, command center,
evacuation routes, and assembly areas.
4. List (which may also be posted) of
cooperating agencies and how to reach them.
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5. Plant warning system

6. Central command center, including
home contacts of employees.
7. Shut-down procedures, including
security guard.
8. How to handle visitors and customers.
9. Locally related and necessary item.
10. List of requirements and resources that
would be available and where they can
be reached.
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HAZMAT TEAMS

 Consists of an organized group of

employees, designed by the employer,
who are expected to perform work to
handle and control actual or potential
leaks, or spills of hazardous
substances requiring possible close
approach to the substance.
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RECOMMENDED MINIMUM
TRAINING REQUIREMENT FOR
THE HAZMAT TEAM

 Hazardous Waste Site Workers

= 40 hrs of classroom “hands-on”
= for general workers who are on site full-
time and probably have been exposed to
a hazardous chemical or situation
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 Occasional hazardous Waste

= 24 hrs of off-site instruction followed by one
day of actual field experience
= for inspectors, engineer, monitoring
technicians or others who are not likely to be
exposed over permissible exposure limits
 Hazardous Waste Site Supervisors
= 8 hrs of specialized training after completing
the 40 hrs course
= Supervisory training covers:
1. Site safety plans
2. PPE selection
3. Health monitoring
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 Treatment, Storage and Disposal

(TSD) Facility Workers
= 24 hrs of health & safety training, new/old
employee per year
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SAMPLE EMERGENCY EXIT NOTICE

FOR GENERAL POSTING

 IN CASE OF FIRE OR OTHER EMERGENCY:

 / KEEP YOUR HEAD – avoid panic and confusion.

 / KNOW THE LOCATION OF EXITS – be sure you know the

safest way out if the building no matter where you are.

 / KNOW THE LOCATION OF NEARBY FIRE

EXTINGUISHERS – learn the proper way to use all types of
extinguishers.

 / KNOW HOW TO REPORT A FIRE OR OTHER EMERGENCY

– send in the alarm without delay; notify the CHIEF OF EXIT
DRILLS.
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 / FOLLOW EXIT INSTRUCTIONS – stay at our work place

until signaled or instructed to leave; complete all
emergency duties assigned to you and be ready to march
out rapidly according to plan.

 / WALK TO YOUR ASSIGNED EXIT – maintain order and

quiet; take each drill seriously – it may be the “real thing.”

REMEMBER – IT IS PART OF YOUR JOB TO PREVENT FIRES.

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Returning to the building

Return-to-work instructions will be

given over the loudspeaker system or
by the telephone from the
Superintendent’s office.
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BASIC GUIDELINE TO FOLLOW IN
ESTABLISHING THE CHAIN OF
COMMAND

1. Keep the chain as small as practical.

2. Appoint personnel to crisis

management positions based not on
their title but rather on their ability to
respond to a situation under extreme
stress.
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EMERGENCY TRANSPORTATION
UNIT Includes:

 Ambulance service;

 Transporting emergency service crew

and supplies;

 Moving employees to and from work as

necessary.