EMERGENCY ACTION PLANS

—EMERGENCY ACTION PLANS

—YAWAR HASSAN KHAN

—WHAT IS AN EMERGENCY ACTION PLAN

—An action plan to organize employee and employer action during workplace emergencies

—COMPONENTS OF AN EFFECTIVE EMERGENCY ACTION PLAN

—Ways to report fires and other emergencies

—Evacuation procedures

—Emergency escape route assignments

—Procedures to account for all employee after an emergency evacuation has been completed

—Name or job titles of personas who can be contacted for further information or explanation of duties under the plan.

—NATURAL DISASTERS

—Avalanche

—Biological

—Drought

—Sand storms

—Earth quakes

—Extreme heat / cold

—Fire

—Flood

—Hurricane

—Landslide / Madslide

—Lightning

—Snow / Ice / hail

—Tornando

— Volcanic eruption

—Tsunami

—TECHNOLOGICAL EMERGENCIES

—Aircraft crash

—Structural collapse

—Business interruption

—Communication

—Levee failure

—Explosion/fire

—Extreme air pollution

—Financial collapse

—Fuel .resource shortage

—Hazardous material release

—Power / utility failure

—Radiological / nuclear accidents

—Transportation accidents

—WHAT ARE THE STEPS IN DEVELOPING EAP

—Development of emergency action plan

—Establish authority

—Conduct employee training and plan review

—Review , coordinate and update the plan

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—Make sure EAP meets specific needs

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—Consider and list potential natural or man made emergencies

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—Develop resue and medical assistance strategies

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—Consider communication

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—Identify methods for reporting fires

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—Develop methods to alert employees

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—Identify methods to alert employees

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—Identify how and when the employees will be trained

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—Address how and when drills and retraining will be conducted

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—One policy doesn’t fit all situations

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—Designate someone who will stay to shut down critical operations during an evacuation

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—Determine specific evacuation routes and exits

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—Designate evacuation coordinates and workdens

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—Conduct EAP employee training

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—Update the EAP regularly

—THANK YOU

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