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

 Make sure EAP meets specific needs

 Consider and list potential natural or man made

emergencies

 Develop resue and medical assistance strategies

 Consider communication

 Identify methods for reporting fires

 Develop methods to alert employees

 Identify methods to alert employees

 Identify how and when the employees will be

trained

 Address how and when drills and retraining will

be conducted

 One policy doesnt fit all situations

 Designate someone who will stay to shut down

critical operations during an evacuation

 Determine specific evacuation routes and exits

 Designate evacuation coordinates and workdens

 Conduct EAP employee training

 Update the EAP regularly

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