Title Page

  • Facility Name

  • Facility Address
  • Prepared by

  • Date prepared

Emergency Action Plan

EMERGENCY PERSONNEL NAMES AND PHONE NUMBERS

Designated Responsible Official

  • Name

  • Contact Number

Emergency Coordinator

  • Name

  • Contact Number

  • Are area/floor monitors applicable?

  • Monitor
  • Area/Floor

  • Name

  • Contact Number

  • Are assistants to physically challenged applicable?

  • Assistant
  • Name

  • Contact Number

EMERGENCY REPORTING AND EVACUATION PROCEDURES

  • Select type(s) of emergency to be reported by site personnel

  • Specify

MEDICAL EMERGENCY

  • Call medical emergency phone number

  • Select all that applies

  • Specify

  • Provide the nature of the medical emergency

  • Provide the location of the emergency (address, building, floor, etc.)

  • Provide your name and phone number from which you are calling

  • Do not move the victim unless absolutely necessary

  • Is personnel trained in CPR and First Aid available?

  • Personnel
  • Name

  • Contact Number

  • Stop the bleeding with firm pressure on the wounds.

  • Note: avoid contact with blood or other bodily fluids.

  • Clear the air passages using the Heimlich Maneuver in case of choking.

  • Is the medical emergency a case of rendering assistance to personnel exposed to hazardous materials?

  • Consult the Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS).

  • Wear the appropriate personal protective equipment.

  • Attempt first aid only if trained and qualified.

FIRE EMERGENCY

  • Is the fire alarm available?

  • Activate the nearest fire alarm.

  • Call an notify the local Fire Department.

  • Notify the site personnel about the fire emergency.

  • Select all that applies

  • Specify

  • Fight the fire only if the Fire Department has been notified.

  • Fight the fire only if the fire is small and is not spreading to other areas.

  • Fight the fire only if escaping the area is possible by backing up to the nearest exit.

  • Fight the fire only if the fire extinguisher is in working condition and personnel are trained to<br>use it.

  • Upon being notified about the fire emergency, employees must leave the building using the designated escape routes.

  • Upon being notified about the fire emergency, employees must assemble in the designated area.

  • Designated Area Location

  • Upon being notified about the fire emergency, employees must remain outside until the designated responsible official announces that it is safe to reenter.

  • The designated responsible official or emergency coordinator must disconnect utilities and equipment unless doing so jeopardizes his/her safety.

  • The designated responsible official or emergency coordinator must coordinate an orderly evacuation of personnel.

  • The designated responsible official or emergency coordinator must perform an accurate headcount of personnel reported to the designated area.

  • The designated responsible official or emergency coordinator must determine a rescue method to locate missing personnel.

  • The designated responsible official or emergency coordinator must provide the Fire Department personnel with the necessary information about the facility.

  • The designated responsible official or emergency coordinator must perform assessment and coordinate weather forecast office emergency closing procedures.

  • Area/Floor Monitors must ensure that all employees have evacuated the area/floor.

  • Area/Floor Monitors must report any problems to the emergency coordinator at the assembly area.

  • Assistants to the physically challenged should assist all physically challenged employees in an emergency evacuation.

SEVERE WEATHER AND NATURAL DISASTERS

  • Select type(s) of severe weather or natural disaster

TORNADO

  • When a warning is issued by sirens or other means, seek inside shelter.

  • Consider small interior rooms on the lowest floor and without windows.

  • Consider hallways on the lowest floor away from doors and windows.

  • Consider rooms constructed with reinforced concrete, brick, or block with no windows.

  • Stay away from outside walls and windows.

  • Use arms to protect head and neck.

  • Remain sheltered until the tornado threat is announced to be over.

EARTHQUAKE

  • Stay calm and await instructions from the designated responsible official or the emergency coordinator.

  • Keep away from overhead fixtures, windows, filing cabinets, and electrical power.

  • Assist people with disabilities in finding a safe place.

  • Evacuate as instructed by the designated responsible official or the emergency coordinator.

FLOOD

  • Where?

INDOORS

  • Be ready to evacuate as directed by the designated responsible official or the emergency coordinator.

  • Follow the recommended primary or secondary evacuation routes.

OUTDOORS

  • Climb to high ground and stay there.

  • Avoid walking or driving through flood water.

  • If car stalls, abandon it immediately and climb to a higher ground.

HURRICANE

  • When?

Once a hurricane watch has been issued

  • Stay calm and await instructions from the designated responsible official or the emergency coordinator.

  • Moor any boats securely, or move to a safe place if time allows.

  • Continue to monitor local TV and radio stations for instructions.

  • Move early out of low-lying areas or from the coast, at the request of officials.

  • Collect drinking water in appropriate containers.

  • If you are on high ground, away from the coast and plan to stay, secure the building, moving all loose items indoors and boarding up windows and openings.

Once a hurricane warning has been issued

  • Be ready to evacuate as directed by the designated responsible official or the emergency coordinator.

  • Leave areas that might be affected by storm tide or stream flooding.

During a hurricane

  • Remain indoors.

  • Consider small interior rooms on the lowest floor and without windows.

  • Consider hallways on the lowest floor away from doors and windows.

  • Consider rooms constructed with reinforced concrete, brick, or block with no windows.

BLIZZARD

  • Where?

INDOORS

  • Stay calm and await instructions from the designated responsible official or the emergency coordinator.

  • Stay indoors.

  • Is there no heat?

  • Close off unneeded rooms or areas.

  • Stuff towels or rags in cracks under doors.

  • Cover windows at night.

  • Eat and drink.

  • Food provides the body with energy and heat. Fluids prevent dehydration.

  • Wear layers of loose-fitting, light-weight, warm clothing, if available.

OUTDOORS

  • Find a dry shelter.

  • Cover all exposed parts of the body.

  • If shelter is not available, prepare a lean-to, windbreak, or snow cave for protection from the wind.

  • Build a fire for heat and to attract attention.

  • Place rocks around the fire to absorb and reflect heat.

  • Do not eat snow because it will lower your body temperature. Melt it first.

STRANDED IN A CAR OR TRUCK

  • Stay in the vehicle.

  • Run the motor about ten minutes each hour.

  • Open the windows a little for fresh air to avoid carbon monoxide poisoning.

  • Make sure the exhaust pipe is not blocked.

  • Make yourself visible to rescuers.

  • Turn on the dome light at night when running the engine.

  • Tie a colored cloth to your antenna or door.

  • Raise the hood after the snow stops falling.

  • Exercise to keep blood circulating and to keep warm.

BOMB THREAT

  • Be calm.

  • Be courteous.

  • Listen.

  • Caller's Identity Sex

  • Approximate Age

  • Origin of Call

  • Voice Characteristics

  • Specify

  • Speech

  • Specify

  • Language

  • Specify

  • Accent

  • Manner

  • Background Noises

  • Do not interrupt the caller.

  • Pretend difficulty in hearing the caller so he/she keeps talking.

  • Is the caller agreeable to further conversation?

  • Certain hour the bomb will go off

  • Time remaining until the bomb will go off

  • Which building is the bomb located?

  • Which area of the building is the bomb located?

  • What kind of bomb is it?

  • What kind of package is the bomb in?

  • How does the caller know so much about the bomb?

  • What is the caller's name and address?

  • If the building is occupied, inform the caller that detonation could cause injury or death.

  • Activate malicious call trace.

  • Hang up phone and do not answer another line.

  • Choose the same line and dial *57 (if your phone system has this capability).

  • Listen for the confirmation announcement and hang up.

  • Call security and relay information about the call.

  • Security Contact Number

  • Did the caller appear familiar with the plant or building (by his/her description of the bomb location)?

  • The message in its entirety and any other comments

  • Notify the designated responsible official or emergency coordinator immediately.

CHEMICAL SPILL

  • Spill Containment and Security Equipment Location

  • Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Location

  • Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) Location

  • Spill Type

When a Large Chemical Spill has occurred

  • Immediately notify the designated responsible official and the emergency coordinator.

  • Contain the spill with available equipment (e.g., pads, booms, absorbent powder, etc.)

  • Secure the area and alert other site personnel.

  • Do not attempt to clean the spill unless trained to do so.

  • Attend to injured personnel and call the medical emergency number, if required.

  • Call a local spill cleanup company or the Fire Department (if arrangement has been made) to perform a large chemical (e.g., mercury) spill cleanup.

  • Name of Spill Cleanup Company

  • Contact Number

  • Evacuate building as necessary

When a Small Chemical Spill has occurred

  • Notify the designated responsible official or the emergency coordinator.

  • If toxic fumes are present, secure the area (with caution tapes or cones) to prevent other personnel from entering.

  • Deal with the spill in accordance with the instructions described in the MSDS.

  • Small spills must be handled in a safe manner, while wearing the proper PPE.

  • Review the general spill cleanup procedures.

STRUCTURE CLIMBING/DESCENDING EMERGENCIES

    Structure maintained by site personnel
  • Structure Type

  • Location (address, if applicable)
  • Emergency Response Organization (if available within 30-minute response time)

  • Emergency Response Organization Contact Number

EXTENDED POWER LOSS

  • Unnecessary electrical equipment and appliances should be turned off in the event that power restoration would surge causing damage to electronics and affecting sensitive equipment.

  • Facilities with freezing temperatures should turn off and drain the fire sprinkler system in the event of a long term power loss.

  • Turn off and drain the standpipes in the event of a long term power loss.

  • Turn off and drain the potable water lines in the event of a long term power loss.

  • Turn off and drain the toilets in the even of a long term power loss.

  • Add propylene-glycol to drains to prevent traps from freezing.

  • Equipment that contain fluids that may freeze due to long term exposure to freezing temperatures should be moved to heated areas, drained of liquids, or provided with auxiliary heat sources.

  • Upon restoration of heat and power, electronic equipment should be brought up to ambient temperatures before energizing to prevent condensate from forming on circuitry.

  • Fire and potable water piping should be checked for leaks from freeze damage after the heat has been restored to the facility and water turned back on.

  • Is there personnel necessary to remain at their work areas to perform critical operations?

CRITICAL OPERATIONS

    Specially Assigned Personnel
  • Work Area

  • Name

  • Job Title

  • Description of Assignment

  • Remain on the site upon the permission of the site designated responsible official or emergency coordinator.

  • In case the emergency situation will not permit any of the personnel to remain at the facility, the designated responsible official should notify the appropriate offices to initiate backups.

  • Office Name/Location

  • Contact Number

TRAINING

  • Personnel have been trained to ensure a safe and orderly emergency evacuation of other employees.

Trained Personnel

  • Name

  • Title

  • Responsibility

  • Training Date

EMERGENCY PHONE NUMBERS

  • Fire Department

  • Paramedics

  • Ambulance

  • Police

  • Federal Protective Service

  • Security (if applicable)

  • Building Manager (if applicable)

UTILITY COMPANY EMERGENCY CONTACTS

Electric

  • Name of the Company

  • Phone Number

  • Point of Contact

Water

  • Name of the Company

  • Phone Number

  • Point of Contact

Telephone

  • Name of the Company

  • Phone Number

  • Point of Contact

SIGN OFF

  • Additional Observations

  • Designated Responsible Official Name & Signature

  • Emergency Coordinator Name & Signature

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