To prepare, he recommends referencing NFPA 1600, "the bible" when it comes to writing an
emergency action plan. As you do this, Mitchell says to be cognizant of these common gaps:
The key to building the best
emergency action plan lies in knowing where to start: conducting a vulnerability assessment or a facility walkthrough assessing its susceptibility to potential dangers.
The Incident Command System (ICS)--a key feature of the National Incident Management System--was integrated into the Missing Prisoner portion of the
Emergency Action Plan exercise.
EMERGENCY ACTION PLAN: Teesside High School headteacher Thomas Packer said they had been advised that the independent school should close for a week after three pupils contracted swine flu
In addition, only 50% of schools with an
emergency action plan practiced it at least once a year, and merely 18% of those with AEDs required annual training in proper use by all coaches.
The law, which went into effect in April 2006, incorporates most of the recommendations offered by the World Trade Center Building Code Task Force, which requires all New York City class E buildings to file an
emergency action plan (EAP) with the Fire Department in case of a variety of non-fire related threats..
According to OSHA guidelines, an
emergency action plan must be kept in writing and include:
The captain alerted air traffic control at Cardiff and a full
emergency action plan was activated.
The new Recommendations on Emergency Preparedness and Management of Sudden Cardiac Arrest in High School and College Athletic Programs stress that every school or institution that sponsors athletic events have in place a written and structured
emergency action plan. The guidelines also recommend that specified first-responders receive certified training in CPR and use of a portable defibrillator.
The strain, known as extreme drug-resistant TB or XDR-TB, was the focus of a two-day meeting of health experts in South Africa in early September, where they drafted a seven-point
emergency action plan to combat the disease.
If it has not been done so recently, the
emergency action plan for your organization should be updated to include how to respond to a potential natural disaster.
Upon completion of your assessment and risk analysis, managers can begin to develop their
emergency action plan. Members of the preparedness team are essential to the Building
Emergency Action Plan.