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What happened?
How?
Emergencies businesses can experience
include:
• Natural Disasters
• Technological
• Human
Name some emergencies as a result of natural
disasters...
What about earthquakes? (replace with maps of your local
area)
(REPLACE WITH LOCAL GEOLOGICAL MAPS)
What about volcanoes?
What about floods?
What about technological emergencies?
What about human emergencies?
What is emergency management?
• Analyzing Capabilities
• Vulnerability Analysis
• Direction & Control
• Communications
• Emergency Evacuation
Procedures
• Plan Evaluation
Prevention
Areas to review:
Remember…
Historical
Geographic
Technological
Physical
Regulatory
Analyze each potential emergency from
beginning to end
Consider what could happen as a result of:
• Consider:
Cost to replace;
Cost to set up temporary replacement; and
Cost to repair.
ASSESS THE POTENTIAL BUSINESS IMPACT.
• Consider:
Business interruption;
Employees unable to report to work;
Customers unable to reach the site;
Company in violation of contracts;
Imposition of fines, penalties, and legal costs;
Interruption of supplies;
Interruption of product distribution.
ASSESS INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL RESOURCES.
• Can we respond?
Communications
Coordination
Evaluation
What will I take back with me?
Prevention
____________ & Preparation
______________
Based on the emergencies I listed above, what
prevention methods/strategies has my employer
established and implemented?
Where do we begin?
At a minimum, OR-OSHA requires the following
components to be included in your emergency
action plan:
employees who
Procedures to be followed by ______________
operations before
remain to operate critical plant _______________
they evacuate