Outside responders, emergency response

Outside support services (for example, medical surveillance laboratory analyses training consultants emergency response to incidents, injuries, fires, and hazardous materials incident responders or experts as required by site activities). 

The persoimel at an industrial plant who me trained in tlie operation of die facility arc critical to proper emergency response. They must be taught to recognize abnormalities in operations mid to report tliem immediately. Plant operators should be taught how to respond to various types of accidents. Internal emergency squads also can be trained to contain the emergency until outside help arrives, or, if possible, to tenninate tlie emergency. It is especially important to train plant persomiel in shutdown and evacuation procedures. 

In considering the use of outside responders, the first issue is to decide what type of incidents they may be called to respond to and what role they will play when they respond. The second issue is to determine who will supply the Incident Command System (ICS) and how will facility emergency response, other employees, and all outside responding groups be integrated under the ICS. 

Full-scale exercise The purpose of a full-scale exercise is to test the effectiveness of the emergency response plan. A full-scale exercise should incorporate a high degree of realism, extensive involvement of resources and personnel, and an increased level of stress. The exercise should involve mutual aid groups, agencies, and outside responders. 24-36 months... 

Emergency response plans must also include site topography, layout, and prevailing weather conditions as well as procedures for reporting incidents. Training requirements for responding personnel are extensive. For liability and expense reasons many companies choose to simply depend on outside agencies for response help. 

Illinois EPA s Office of Emergency Response (OER) was on the site within 2 h after the explosion. They brought instruments to the site to test the air around the plantfor total volatile organic compounds (VOCs), which represent the family of chemicals of concern at a plastics plant. Results of the screening sampling provided the necessary information to choose proper protective equipment for site workers and emergency responders as well as those in a command position outside the main fire area [9]. 

Emergency response or responding to emergencies means a response effort by employees from outside the immediate release area or by other designated responders (i.e., mutual-aid groups, local fire departments, etc.) to an occurrence which results, or is likely to result, in an uncontrolled release of a hazardous substance. Responses to incidental releases of hazardous substances where the substance can be absorbed, neutralized, or otherwise controlled at the time of release by employees in the immediate release area, or by maintenance personnel are not considered to be emergency responses within the scope of this standard. Responses to releases of hazardous substances where there is no potential safety or health hazard (i.e., fire, explosion, or chemical exposure) are not considered to be emergency responses. 

The nurse and the safety director head the team and respond to each emergency. The plant receptionist is responsible for contacting outside emergency organizations, so this person is included in the emergency response team meetings. 

Emergency response can be a challenge platforms and rigs are small and congested. And the people on board have to respond with the resources they have outside help is not usually quickly available. 

SCBAs should be located on site near the chlorine storage and use areas readily accessible to the trained responders. Documented, regularly scheduled training is required to assure competency with SCBAs. A formal arrangement with an outside emergency response group will... 

An emergency release is a release that cannot be absorbed, neutrahzed, or controlled at the time of release by employees in the immediate area or by maintenance personnel. Emergency response releases are uncontrolled or likely to result in an uncontrolled release, and employees from outside the immediate area or designated responders are needed to handle the release. 

In turn, EHS will typically refer to a disaster as a natural or man-made phenomenon that results in the destruction or dysfunction of the available response infrastructure to meet the community s need for health care (ASTM F-30 Committee, 1996 Auf der Heide, 1989 Emergency Medical Services Committee, 2001 FEMA, 1992). Thus in the case of a hurricane or power outage, only a few injured people may require medical care however, because the health system infrastructure may have been destroyed, the disaster may clearly require outside assistance to meet the health care demands of the community. This type of disaster is sometimes referred to as a paralytic disaster because it has the potential to eliminate the EHS s ability to respond to any call for services, let alone extra demands for care resulting from the event. 

This section empowers the Secretary of State, by order following consultation, to place a duty on fire and rescue authorities to respond to other, specific types of emergency, as defined by order, such as flooding and terrorist incidents. The order to respond can be outside the geographic area which is the responsibility of any particular authority. 

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