Emergency Action Plan Training
- If there is a fire in the building would employees know what to do? Are they familiar with the system that would alert them to evacuate, shelter-in-place or lockdown? Do they know who is in charge during an emergency? Do they know who is authorized to speak with the news media? Are employees familiar with their responsibilities for building and information security? Can they carry out their assigned responsibilities during an emergency or business disruption?
- Training is essential to ensure that everyone knows what to do when there is an emergency or disruption of business operations. Everyone needs training to become familiar with protective actions for life safety (e.g., evacuation, shelter-in-place, and lockdown). The objectives of this training course include reviewing protective actions for life safety and the importance of conducting efficient evacuation drills (“fire drills” and "active threat/active shooter drills") as required by local regulations. Sheltering and lockdown drills will also be discussed. Employees should receive training to become familiar with safety, building security, information security and other loss prevention programs.
- All employees, including your emergency response, business continuity, and crisis communications teams should be trained so they are familiar with their role and responsibilities as defined withinyour emergency action plans. Team leaders should receive a higher level of training, including incident command system training, so they can lead their teams. Organizational managers should review applicable workplace duties to determine essential training requirements. The records documenting the scope of training, participants, instructor information, and duration of each trainng course should be maintained and kept up-to-date.
- If emergency response team members or other employees administer first aid, CPR, or use AEDs, they should receive training to obtain and maintain those certifications. If employees respond to hazardous materials spills, they also require training and should be trained in accordance with applicable OSHA regulations.
- Your emergency action plan provides no benefit if it is simply filed away. Training must be conducted and your emergency ation plan needs to be shared with your entire organization, agency, or company for many reasons: (1) Every employee needs to know the plan so they can follow it in case of an emergency; (2) Company leadership needs to provide whatever resources are necessary to follow it; (3) Your plan needs to be subject to review so improvements can be made on an ongoing basis; and (4) Just as physical exercise allows you to perform physical tasks with less effort, emergency procedure exercises allow the workforce to follow the plan in an actual emergency quickly and efficiently at a time when every second counts.
- Our Preparing for Emergencies course is 2 hours in length and includes a comprehensive question and answer session to address any concerns participants may have regarding the many aspects of emergency action plan responses. This presentation can be customized to be conducted in conjunction with other training courses delivered by the Emergency Response Consulting Group.
- Training includes, but is not limited to, the following information:
- Emergency Action Responsibilities
- Emergency Contact and Notification Information
- Reporting Fire, Medical, Criminal, and other Emergency Situations
- Evacuation Routes and Procedures
- Importance of Summoning Advanced Medical Care
- Accounting for Employees and Visitors after Evacuation
- Building Re-entry
- Sheltering-in-Place
- Workplace Violence/Active Threat/Active Shooter Response
- Severe Weather Hazards
- Hazardous Materials
- Bomb Threats and Suspicious Packages
- Lost Persons and Child Abductions Our Emergency Action Plan Training Course is delivered both in-person and as a virtual training course. Contact us today to host a course at your location or register for one of our upcoming remote courses!