Operating procedures emergency response equipment

A temporary or permanent substitution, alteration, replacement (not in kind), modification by addition or deletion of critical process equipment, applicable codes, process controls, catalysts or chemicals, feedstocks, mechanical procedures, electrical procedures, safety procedures, emergency response equipment from the present configuration of the critical process equipment, proee-dures, or operating limits. 

Other information may also benefit the PHA. Standard operating procedures for processing equipment, safe work practices, maintenance or job safety analyses, emergency response plans could be appropriate review items for some PHAs depending upon the toll. 

Operating Procedures for Fire Emergency Response Equipment... 

Improved Operating Procedures 11. Segregate process waste waters from stormwater systems. 12. Optimize the frequency of tank and equipment cleaning. 13. Prevent solids and oily wastes from entering the drainage system. 14. Establish and maintain an emergency preparedness and response plan. 

V Team Procedures The emergency response team procedures that detail the responsibilities and duties of each ERT member. Responsibilities and duties are detailed by job description, Incident Commander, fire Captain, fire brigade team member, fire equipment operator, hazardous material response specialist, and other associated emergency response members. 

Equipment used during emergency response should have operating procedures that are utilized for training emergency responders. Equipment manufacturers and sales companies are often excellent sources for these procedures. However, the nature of a particular facility, the processes, or the range of potential credible emergency situations expected often requires additional procedures that address the proper and safe use of the equipment in site-specific situations. 

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. 

Keep in mind that Emergency Operating Procedures are written for use in the "heat of battle." The user may be, and usually is, under great stress. Communications systems may be compromised or lost. Knowledge of the status of other processes may be limited or nonexistent. Power may be out or available only to some equipment or areas lighting may be poor. Confusion may be rampant, but immediate response is required there is no time to read a procedure for understanding. The EOP must help the user to make quick, safe, efficient decisions and to perform actions with high probabilities for success. Effective EOPs can also act as a confidence booster. At the same time, the EOPs must help the user access and use available information so that actions are based on actual conditions. 

Effective control of operations—the execution of activities in accordance with established procedures and designs—is essential to safety. Assuring proper execution is a fundamental management responsibility. Most accidents are the result of improper or inadequate execution and thus reflect on management effectiveness. Anticipating the possibility of occasional breakdown in primary controls, procedures and designs frequently provide secondary controls, such as PPE and emergency spill equipment and procedures. 

Know how to implement the employer s emergency response plan Possess the ability to function in an assigned role in the incident command system Know how to select and use proper specialized chemical personal protective equipment Understand hazard and risk assessment techniques Perform advance control, containment, and/or confinement operations Understand and implement decontamination Understand termination procedures... 

An SQAS questionnaire typically covers areas such as management policy, training and recruitment, safety, health and environmental procedures, safety equipment, emergency response, customer focus, equipment maintenance and inspection, operational instructions, communications, security, and site inspection (where appropriate). 

Before an accident occurs, you should contact emergency services— medical, paramedical, fire department, police, utilities, bomb disposal, and poison control—to determine their procedures for response. Operation and locations of emergency shutdown switches of equipment must be identified unless it must be operating to prevent further damage or loss. Be prepared to isolate sources of secondary accidents and injuries. As well, provide for interruption of business for sufficient periods to permit thorough investigation. 

B) Employee members of TSD facility emergency response organizations shall be trained to a level of competence in the recognition of health and safety hazards to protect themselves and other employees. This would include training in the methods used to minimize the risk from safety and health hazards in the safe use of control equipment in the selection and use of appropriate personal protective equipment in the safe operating procedures to be used at the incident scene in the techniques of coordination with other employees to minimize risks in the appropriate response to over exposure from health hazards or injury to themselves and other employees and in the recognition of subsequent symptoms which may result from over exposures. 

Safety, Health, and Environment courses for process technicians deal with items such as personal protective equipment, hazard communication, permit systems, fire extinguishers, hazardous materials and emergency response, following procedures, general safety rules, and equipment and operation hazards. Safety training is designed to keep employees safe and productive, protect the community and environment, and protect equipment and physical facilities. 

The action functional component represent all the possible predetermined response actions which should occur upon reaching apredetermined alarm/action setpoint. Response actions could include activation of audible and/or visual alarms, annunciation of specific alarm conditions and locations, hardcopy of past and present gas concentrations or environmental conditions, notification of local and remote emergency response personnel, activation of emergency safety control systemsl l through relays such as gas supply source and equipment shutoffs, HVAC system shutdown with 100% exhaust, or one-pass cleanroom air flow operations. The predetermined response actions should follow established emergency response procedures and policies of your organization and all applicable environmental, health, and safety regulations to protect both personnel and the environment and minimize the extent and effect of any hazardous situations. 

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