Emergency response procedures

Use personal protective equipment Provide sufficient bottled air/SCBA Develop emergency response procedures Develop appropriate evacuation plans... 

In this case the training focus can be on the special needs of the process in question. The new or revised operating, maintenance, and emergency response procedures should always be reviewed with the workers expected to perform them. Each employee should have an opportunity to ask questions, familiarize himself or herself with the sequence and assure they understand the steps. 

The establislunent of emergency response procedures, both on plant sites and off (facility owner and operator actions, as well as the actions of local emergency and medical persomicl)... 

Discuss the advantages of implementing a pollution prevention procedure in an emergency response procedure. 

Warning Device Summary Use warning devices such as radiation alarms, fire alarms, intercom systems, and emergency lighting to warn of potential hazards and identify appropriate emergency response procedures. 

Program Level 1 Conduct a worst-case release scenario analysis, review accident history, ensure emergency response procedures are in place and coordinated with community officials. 

Determine the overall effectiveness of both emergency response procedures and the ERP... 

Improve the emergency response procedures, training, and drills, to help the fire brigade members respect the potential hazards of an incident and avoid unnecessary exposure, particularly when fire fighting capabilities are below par. (Plans complete by November 2001)... 

Emergency response personnel If the QRA involves consequence estimation, the team will probably need data on the emergency response procedures and capabilities. For example, how quickly could the neighborhood be evacuated, what fraction of the release would be neutralized, and can firefighters extinguish a blaze in that location Expect to commit a few staff-days of effort over the life of the project. 

Second, a facility may have to reach out to a community to share publicly available information on its operations and the associated storage and use of hazardous materials and their risks. The importance of this information is related to land use patterns and the potential for off-site risk. If a facility is remotely situated and the off-site hazards are minimal, then there is less need to inform the public. However, if a facility s property lines border directly on densely populated residential areas and there is significant off-site risk, then the need to share information is great. The facility must educate the public about the risks and associated emergency response procedures, including equipment and techniques for notification, as well as actions they should take to protect themselves. 

Implementation of emergency-response procedures based on theoretical excess risk values of 10 to 10 may be problematical. For example, if such values were used, they would be based on an anticipated increased cancer risk of 10 to 10 a policy consistent with EPA s acceptable cancer risk for lifetime exposures to known or suspect human carcinogens. However, the public health and safety risks associated with evacuation and other response measures might pose greater risks of injury or perhaps death. Thus, setting AEGL values based on uncertain theoretical cancer risk estimates might lead to response measures that increase actual or total risk for the exposed population. 

Future infectious hospital waste management plans should include procedures that will deal with emergency situations. Describe three scenarios that could use emergency response procedures. 

Procedural or operating procedures, for example, operator response to alarms, emergency response procedures, safety rules and standard procedures, training. An example is a confined space entry procedure. 

Emergency Response Procedures, as defined in your Emergency Response Plan, for major on- or off-site releases, fires, or explosions are not considered in this book. However, the interaction of EOPs with Emergency Response Procedures is discussed. 

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