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tive and that planned controls are
moving forward. Knowing what risks
your site may be exposed to will help
determine what preparation and response
planning is necessary. This
knowledge serves as the framework
for your site's emergency response
plan (ERP).
Emergency action and response
The backbone of your preparedness
plan is the facility's ERP. An ERP is
designed to provide the user with
guidelines
for managing the
FIGURE 2. In order to best facilitate preparedness
for natural disasters like hurricanes, chemical
manufacturers must be vigilant about assessing
their site's risks by closely following regional
weather patterns, as well as evaluating sitespecific
chemical-processing risks
be created to reduce or eliminate the
risk. The assessment should be reviewed
on a specifically determined
frequency (at least annually) to ensure
that existing controls are effecvarious
types of emergency and disaster
situations, such as fire, chemical
release, power outage, severe
weather, security threat or even an
emergency at a neighboring facility.
This document can be a standalone
procedure or policy, or may be
a compilation of related procedures
that address specific elements of
emergency management.
The ERP should be designed
to meet both regulatory and company
requirements and be readily
available to all site personnel.
Posting an electronic version on a
company website is recommended
so that access is available from almost
anywhere. However, keeping
a hard copy in a specified location,
such as a designated emergency
operations center (EOC), is necessary,
especially in the event of a
power-loss event.
Elements of an ERP may include
the following core plan components,
which provide direction for responding
to incidents regardless of nature
or severity:
* Discovery: Actions to be taken
by personnel upon notification of
potential threat (such as severe
weather) or upon discovery of an
event (such as a fire or spill) and
initial control measures
* Response: Procedures for internal
and external notification,
establishing incident command,
preliminary event assessment, establishing
response objectives, implementing
response actions and
mobilizing resources
* Sustained actions: Measures to
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