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2.Emergency Response Plan Definition An integrated set of policies and procedures that allows you to prepare for, respond to and recover from emergency incidents. Emergency response procedures Response procedures are steps you can take to: • control the event; and • minimize the consequences. The procedures developed must:
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The first 72 hours after a disaster are crucial; response must begin during that time to save lives. Here are five things that the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) — the UN’s emergency coordination organization —aims to get right within, and prior to, the first 72 hours.
- Objective
- Organization
- Procedures
- Testing and Revision
The objective is a brief summary of the purpose of the plan; that is, to reduce human injury and damage to property and environment in an emergency. It also specifies those staff members who may put the plan into action. The objective identifies clearly who these staff members are since the normal chain of command cannot always be available on shor...
One individual should be appointed and trained to act as Emergency Co-ordinator as well as a "back-up" co-ordinator. However, personnel on site during an emergency are key in ensuring that prompt and efficient action is taken to minimize loss. In some cases it may be possible to recall off-duty employees to help, but the critical initial decisions ...
Many factors determine what procedures are needed in an emergency, such as: 1. Nature of emergency. 2. Degree of emergency. 3. Size of organization. 4. Capabilities of the organization in an emergency situation. 5. Immediacy of outside aid. 6. Physical layout of the premises. Common elements to be considered in all emergencies include pre-emergency...
Completing a comprehensive plan for handling emergencies is a major step toward preventing disasters. However, it is difficult to predict all of the problems that may happen unless the plan is tested. Exercises and drills may be conducted to practice all or critical portions (such as evacuation) of the plan. A thorough and immediate review after ea...
- Be ready at home—Prepare, plan and practice. It is important for individuals and families to increase their awareness, get educated, engage in preparedness conversations and stay informed.
- Be ready at work—Does your office have an emergency and evacuation plan? Have you communicated it? How do you stay in contact with local authorities to determine what to do?
- Know your community’s vulnerabilities—Understanding what types of disasters are most likely to affect your location will help inform your plan. Enter your zip code to discover the potential risks you face.
- Learn about agencies and roles—Preparedness is a shared responsibility among all U.S. government agencies. The U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) website has information about how these agencies can help you prepare effectively.
- Know your risks. Listing potential emergencies and ranking them in regards to importance and likelihood is essential to knowing what to do and what resources to invest.
- Build a team. Many emergency response plans are created in a vacuum, with no input from the end users. That’s the wrong approach to take. In today’s environment, every individual in the organization may have a role as a kind of first responder, who is expected to follow the rule, “see something, say something.”
- Make critical information quickly accessible. So many times, if you ask to see an emergency plan, someone goes to a file cabinet or shelf and pulls out a three ring binder, at least two inches thick, and hands the weighty document to you for reading.
- Update your alert and response procedures. Before the days of active shooters, terrorism, and lone offenders and the advent of social media dominating our daily lives, it used to be that an emergency plan consisted of calling 911 and waiting for the police or fire department to arrive, or pulling the fire alarm, evacuating, and waiting for the first responders to arrive.
Likewise, on September 11, 2001, emergency coordinators in Washington, DC, had to manage the response to the aircraft that crashed into the Pentagon (and the ensuing citywide chaos) by adapting and using a plan made specifically to deal with the so-called “millennium bug,” or in other words anticipated widespread computer failure. A good emergency plan makes provision for managing all the ...
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A key element of any effective disaster risk reduction strategy, preparedness can build and strengthen early warning systems, enhance public awareness and response capacities as well as improve understanding of roles and responsibilities in the event of a disaster. This 2020 Words into Action guide on Enhancing Disaster Preparedness for ...
