Think of emergencies that could affect your business and then how you could minimize the impact they could have.

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EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN

The Emergency Response Plan helps workers and employers to prepare for, respond to, and recover from emergencies.

A plan helps to:

Prevent or reduce causalities;

• Minimize property and environmental damage;
• Lessen financial loss.

A plan contains:

• A list of the resources available;
• An outline of the responsibilities of employees and external responders;
• Training needed to deal with emergencies.

To put together an Emergency Response Plan:

• Think of the emergencies that could affect your business (e.g. flooding, chemical leaks, electrical loss, wildfire, computer systems malfunction, etc.);

• Identify ways to plan for these situations;

• Set up an emergency response team with defined roles and responsibilities;

• Make sure all other workplace personnel are clear on their responsibilities in an emergency situation;

• Make sure the plan is known by external responders such as police, fire department, hospitals and utilities;

• Provide emergency response training;

• Identify and post evacuation routes;

• Buy emergency response equipment needed for your business;

• Post names of workers trained in First Aid;

• Post emergency phone numbers;

• Develop external and internal communication plans;

• Conduct drills and exercises;

• Plan for clean up, recovery and salvage.

• Develop general procedures for an emergency, plus specific procedures for each emergency. 

• Review and update the plan based on the results of drills, changes in personnel or changes in the workplace.