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EMERGENCY ACTION PLANNING Not for just “Fire”

EMERGENCY ACTION PLANNING Not for just “Fire”.

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EMERGENCY ACTION PLANNING Not for just “Fire”

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  1. EMERGENCY ACTION PLANNING Not for just “Fire” An Emergency Action Plan (EAP) is a comprehensive system that describes how a facility prevents, prepares for, and responds to an emergency. While no one expects an emergency, history shows that they occur, and those that have prepared will be better able to respond.

  2. WHY YOU NEED AN EMERGENCY ACTION PLAN (EAP) • A written EAP is required by law when an employer has 11 or more full-time employees. • According to OSHA, a good EAP can reduce worker’s compensation claims. You may wish to determine the savings from just one less average claim. • An EAP is a positive step in the eyes of your employees. An Emergency Action Plan captures knowledge that can be utilized when minds are distressed

  3. An Emergency Action Plan involves everyone that touches your facility It involves your employees, visitors, contractors, site service vendors such as security, janitorial and food service. • An Emergency Action Plan continually evolves • As the safety needs of your employees, guests, and vendors evolve, the Emergency Action Plan for a facility evolves. • Evolution is accomplished by design, whereby feedback, suggestions, performance, and fresh knowledge through external sources are factored back into the plan. • An Emergency Action Plan does not remain in a constant or fixed condition. The contents are modified as conditions change and as you learn more about what you do and how you function.

  4. Your plan should have components that are tailored for your local conditions, including: • Local types of natural emergencies (weather, geological, etc), and non-natural types of emergencies • Varying interpretations by Federal and State OSHA, and your local Fire Department’s desired approach for you to handle fires, emergencies, and evacuations • Your Worker’s Compensation Insurance Provider’s feedback • The characteristics of your physical site including building and parking lot sizes and shapes, various systems, and other aspects • The socio-demographics of your personnel • The departments at your facility, and their unique environment • Operations of your local site service vendors such as Security, Janitorial, and Food Service

  5. IF YOU HAVE AN EXISTING PLAN Here are some questions to ask about your existing plan at each location: • Has your organization changed? Is your plan up to date? • Are you appointing and training replacements for positions in the EAP who have left? • Do you have confidence that people know how to perform required activities? Are your people confident? • Imagine needing to look back from some future date. Would you agree that your plan was adequate? Would others? • Have you had a drill recently? How did it go? • Are your people trained in the use of fire extinguishers or are they instructed not to use them (important difference)? • Does your plan contain all of the necessary components, such as Training, a Hazardous Communications Plan, a Fire Prevention Plan, and others? See www.osha.gov. Note: Your local Fire Marshal, your local Department of Environmental Quality, the EPA (www.epa.gov), and other government entities have additional requirements. • Is it documented?

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