Evacuation Planning
Emergencies do occur in the workplace. Fires, bomb threats and medical emergencies are more frequent than is commonly acknowledged. Natural disasters or chemical emergencies may occur depending on the type of operation, environment or work. Many companies are now required by law or insurance regulations to put into place, and practice an Emergency Evacuation Procedure.
In an emergency, your employees may experience high levels of stress, may become confused or even panic. With a clearly laid out Emergency Evacuation Plan you can avoid putting your company and employees at risk.
Crisis Solutions offers customized services at developing written policies and procedures specifically for your facility, compliant with local Occupational Health and Safety guidelines, and submitted to you in hard copy and on disk. The following elements are typically covered in an emergency procedures outline:
- Critical Operations Personnel: Steps to undertake prior to evacuation
- Fire, Rescue and Medical Duties for designated personnel
- Evacuation and escape procedures for employees
- Escape route planning
- Fire suppressant, fire extinguisher, and fire alarm locations and planning
- Operating Guidelines
- Employee Training Program
- Emergency Contact Information for critical department personnel; Information and explanation of duties under the plan
- Stand-down procedures following emergency: Accounting for personnel and eand employees; Critical Incident Debriefing; Critical Incident Stress Support
- Operational Resumption Guideline
- Emergency After-Action Reporting Protocols