Emergency preparedness programs community involvement

The process should start with employee communications. In its employees, a facility has an important, informal communication link with its community that is often ignored. Employees deserve to know at least as much about their facility as their neighbors, and they deserve to know it first. They should be aware through communications (if not through actual involvement) of the facility s entire emergency preparedness program, from prevention to preparation. The employees also should be familiar with the products made and their end uses. They should understand the potential hazards of the processes and materials with which they work, and how to protect themselves and the public from those hazards. 

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