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Emergency Response Principles and Practice . Bratislava December 2nd 2004. Summary. The implementation process of the EU directive on safety in the Slovak Republic has been started and is on track. After attention to Notification and Safety reports, the next station is Emergency Response.
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Emergency ResponsePrinciples and Practice Bratislava December 2nd 2004
Summary The implementation process of the EU directive on safety in the Slovak Republic has been started and is on track. After attention to Notification and Safety reports, the next station is Emergency Response. Internal Emergency Response Plans are in place in larger enterprises that have more resources available for the development and implementation. External Emergency Response plans require close cooperation of ERP service organisations as fire brigades, medical aid, environmental, police and local government.
EU statement on Emergency Plans 2.6. Emergency Plans Internal Emergency Plan is for response measures to be taken inside establishments have to be drawn up by the operator and to be supplied to the local authorities to enable them to draw up External Emergency Plans. Emergency Plans have to be reviewed, revised and updated, where necessary. Important new elements require operators to consult with their personnel on Internal Emergency Plans and on the local authorities to consult with the public on External Emergency Plans. For the first time, the Seveso II Directive contains an obligation to regularly test in practice the Internal and External Emergency Plans.
Internal and External Emergency plans External Emergency Plans asks for more organisation and coordination Various ministries and other bodies might be involved High level command structure not always clear Transboundary incidents might cause unclear responsibilities .
Organisational structure Hazard/Safety Policy Local regulations Company policy Competent authority Plant Manager Auditing & Assessment Hazard analysis Safety certificate Emergency Response Planning team Emergency Response plan Emergency Response plan Emergency Response Manual Emergency Crisis Team
ER- organisation Emergency Response PlanningTeam Emergency Response Team Office hours 24/7 Fire Brigade Manager On Site command Hazard Expert Police Secretary Medical Authorities Permanent but not always available Not permanent but always available
Community Industry SMS warning system Police 24/7 Emergency Call Centre Fire brigade Crisis Room
Key understanding Act Look Think
Emergency situation Emergency recognition Risk assessment Decision making and operation Phase 1 Phase 2 Phase 3 • Operational SOP • → Decisions • → Operation • Resources • Actions • Fire fight • SOP incident identification • Information report • SOP Risk Assessment • Factfinding • Possible expansion
Example: Line of Command 24/7 Mayor Plant manager Fire Brigade commander On-site commander Plant commander Crisisteam Plant fire brigade Police Fire Brigade Plant medical care Medical Government In Plant Small scale Who’s in charge Large scale
Emergency Response Tool box CAMEO / MARPLOT/ ALOHA software GIS support Database chemicals Planning and preparation Training aid Simulation tool Emergency Response Manual Standard Operational Procedures Line of Command .
Example: ER-Manual ER - MANUAL ER MANUAL • Objective: • Effective emergency response to incidents, accidents and disasters, especially industrial or road incidents • How: • Coordination of emergency response services and available resources • Clarify responsibilities
Summary ER - MANUAL ER MANUAL Outline Emergency Response Manual 1 Check List Info Docs Standard Operational Procedures and decision flow charts ER General Document 2
Example Structure ER-Manual • Structure Emergency Response Reference manual General Information General White Book Standard Operational Procedures (SOP) What to do if ? Red Book Green Book Checklists What topics/activities? Information sheets Supporting information Yellow Book
White Book(background information you should know) white BOOK • Emergency response plan • Identified Hazards in the region of interest • Hazard zoning and risk mapping • Organizations and responsibilities • Emergency response: Line of command • Incident approach
Red Book(the structured hart of response) Red BOOK • Flowcharts • Schematic outline of emergency and actions • SOP • Standard operating procedures: guidelines for action
Green Book (Checklist to help not to forget things) Green BOOK Checklist(for example Fire)
Yellow book (everything you need to know ) Yellow BOOK • Resource Information • Safe site and evacuation recommendations • communication • Telephone numbers • Chemical data • Maps • MSDS • UN-hazard code and symbols • UN-number
And Finally:Do not forget the Community Involve community in preparation Inform community on hazard exposure Prepare a communication protocol Examples of Tools: SMS warning system Information card (cc format)