EMERGENCY management Plan

Your Master Document

Ensure that your organisational arrangements, systems, strategies and procedures relating to the response of emergencies are in order.

 

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What is your facilities Emergency Management Plan?

The Emergency Management Plan is the master document which contains the organisational arrangements, systems, strategies, and procedures relating to the response and management of emergencies in a facility.

Generally, the emergency plan is written in collaboration with facility owners, managers, occupiers, and employers alongside the Emergency Planning Committee (EPC).

At a minimum, the emergency plan must contain:

  • Emergency prevention.
  • Emergency preparedness.
  • Emergency mitigation.
  • Activities to prepare and prevent emergencies.
  • Overall arrangements for emergency response, including evacuation strategies.
  • The agreed roles of the Emergency Control Organisation (ECO) and the occupants within the facility during and after an emergency.

Structured approach

How is the Emergency Management Plan structured?

The emergency plan contains a multitude of components that altogether ensure a facility is best prepared against emergencies.

Overview

The overview of the emergency management plan contains:

  • A statement of purpose and scope.
  • Information on the structure and purpose of the Emergency Planning Committee.
  • Identify the facility it applies.
  • Description of the emergency features of the facility. 
  • Organisational arrangements of the facility.
  • A statement of the extent the emergency plan will be distributed.
  • A record for the emergency plans distribution, including where Personal Emergency Evacuation Plans (PEEPs) are held.  
  • The hours of occupancy of the facility. Note: this goes beyond the open hours of a facility, but rather the entire duration occupants are expected in the building. 
  • The validity period of the emergency plan.
  • The date of issue and any amendment dates.
Sections 1 - 6

Sections 1 – 6 of the emergency plan contain:

  • Emergency identification outcomes.
  • Emergency response procedures.
  • Evacuations diagrams.
  • The Emergency Control Organisation.
  • Training arrangements.
Section 7

Section 7 of the emergency plan contains:

  • Emergency response exercises
    • Initial testing & Implementation
    • Ongoing program
Section 8

Section 8 of the emergency plan contains:

  • Review
  • Routine servicing

 

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Are you protected under an emergency plan?

Your occupants safety largely rests on the details that are laid out in your emergency plan. Without one, occupants, ECO members and visitors will not have clear guidance on how to best respond to a wide variety of emergency situations.

At First 5 Minutes, we provide complete Australian Standard 3745:2010 compliance packages, which include consulting your EPC with the creation of the Emergency Plan. You can learn more about our compliance packages by downloading our flyer. 

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Emergency Evacuation Diagram

Emergency evacuation diagrams contain the emergency evacuation and emergency response information about a facility, including a representation of a floor or area in pictorial form.

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your compliance benchmark

Discover the intricacies of Emergency Preparedness – and exactly where your lacking in compliance

Here’s our at-a-glance look at the sections of Australian Standard 3745:2010 Planning for Emergencies in Facilities that your facility should continue to consider and stay on top of to maintain your compliance.

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Definitions

To assist with reading our fundamental guide to Emergency compliance, we’ve prepared a list of definitions for terms you may not be familiar with.

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Emergency Planning Committee

The Emergency Planning Committee is a group of individuals who are responsible for the development, implementation and maintenance of the emergency plan, emergency response procedures and related training of a facility and its occupants.

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Emergency Response Procedures

An emergency response procedure refers to the documentation containing all assigned responsibilities, actions and procedures within the emergency plan, to respond and manage emergencies.

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Emergency Control Organisation

Ensure your Chief Wardens and Wardens are prepared to take command and coordinate all aspects of an emergency. Participants will gain an in-depth understanding of emergency procedures, from assessing risk that may be present in the workplace to effectively planning for all types of emergencies.

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Emergency Preparedness Training

Training your facilities occupants will always be necessary for compliance, however the kind of training required differs based on that occupants role.

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Emergency Response Exercises

Emergency Response Exercises

Emergency Response Exercises are a site-specific exercise implemented to determine the effectiveness of emergency response procedures both when developed and on an on-going basis. These exercises are developed by the EPC in collaborations with facility owners, managers, occupiers, and employers of the facility.

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