5. Personnel accounting methods need to be instituted. A “Safe Zone” must be determined for assembly for all employees for accountability. 6. Emergency Response Teams must be established and individual emergency duties must be established and assigned. These are specific duties they are expected to perform in potential emergency situations. All “First Responders” should be trained in First Aid and CPR. Employee’s assigned emergency duties must be trained in those requirements. 7. Training must be conducted (and documented) when the plan is first initiated, whenever it is revised, when emergency duties change, or at least annually. All new hires should be educated on the plan as part of their orientation training. 8. Performance Drills including all personnel should be performed (and documented) at least annually, to evaluate the overall effectiveness of the program. 9. Coordination with others, fire, police, ambulance, hospital. Assign reporting responsibilities, eliminating the problem of everyone assuming someone else initiated the report. This is an abbreviated guide to emergency action plans. You should read the OSHA standard (29 CFR 1910.38) and familiarize yourself with the requirements. Every application differs. This is a general guide to get you started. “Anticipate what might happen, plan what you will do in response to an emergency, and train your employees so they know what to do.”
EMERGENCY & EVACUATION During every emergency an organized effort should be made to protect personnel from further injury and to minimize property damage. Each supervisor must know what to do during an emergency in his or her area and must be certain that his or her employees understand their roles.
BUILDING EMERGENCY PLAN A specific emergency plan for each building or facility must be prepared under the direction of the Building Manager. A Building Manager must be appointed for each building or complex. Generally, the Building Manager is the person in charge of a building or facility. The Building Manager has specific responsibility for the preparation, updating, and implementation of the emergency plan for this area.