1. EMERGENCY ACTION PLANS
YAWAR HASSAN KHAN

2. WHAT IS AN EMERGENCY ACTION
PLAN
 An action plan to organize employee and
employer action during workplace emergencies

3. COMPONENTS OF AN EFFECTIVE
EMERGENCY ACTION PLAN
 Ways to report fires and other emergencies
 Evacuation procedures
 Emergency escape route assignments
 Procedures to account for all employee after an
emergency evacuation has been completed
 Name or job titles of personas who can be
contacted for further information or explanation of
duties under the plan.

4. NATURAL DISASTERS
 Avalanche
 Biological
 Drought
 Sand storms
 Earth quakes
 Extreme heat / cold
 Fire
 Flood
 Hurricane
 Landslide / Madslide
 Lightning
 Snow / Ice / hail
 Tornando
 Volcanic eruption
 Tsunami

5. TECHNOLOGICAL
EMERGENCIES
 Aircraft crash
 Structural collapse
 Business interruption
 Communication
 Levee failure
 Explosion/fire
 Extreme air pollution
 Financial collapse
 Fuel .resource shortage
 Hazardous material release
 Power / utility failure
 Radiological / nuclear accidents
 Transportation accidents

6. WHAT ARE THE STEPS IN
DEVELOPING EAP
 Development of emergency action plan
 Establish authority
 Conduct employee training and plan review
 Review , coordinate and update the plan

7.  Make sure EAP meets specific needs

8.  Consider and list potential natural or man made
emergencies

9.  Develop resue and medical assistance strategies

10.  Consider communication

11.  Identify methods for reporting fires

12.  Develop methods to alert employees

13.  Identify methods to alert employees

14.  Identify how and when the employees will be
trained

15.  Address how and when drills and retraining will
be conducted

16.  One policy doesn’t fit all situations

17.  Designate someone who will stay to shut down
critical operations during an evacuation

18.  Determine specific evacuation routes and exits

19.  Designate evacuation coordinates and workdens

20.  Conduct EAP employee training

21.  Update the EAP regularly

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