Emergency Action Planning
Time 2 mins 35 secs
Time 2 mins 35 secs
Key Take-Aways:
- EAP stands for Emergency Action Plans; they facilitate employer & employee actions during workplace emergencies, especially building evacuations
- At a minimum, an EAP must:
- Outline the means of notifying employees of an emergency
- Outline evacuation procedures
- Map out emergency escape route(s)
- Identify names & job titles of person(s) to contact in an emergency
- Determine how employees will be accounted for after an emergency evacuation
- Describe procedures for critical employees
- Describe rescue & medical duties (if applicable)
- EAP planning determines whether or not employees should fight small fires with a portable fire extinguishers or simply evacuate
- Ensure you review the EAP in each workplace
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