Emergency
Action & Fire Prevention Plan
This
is a sample written Emergency Action
and Fire Prevention Plan provided
only as a guide to assist in complying
with 29 CFR 1910.38, OSHA's Emergency
Action and Fire Prevention standards.
It is not intended to supersede the
requirements detailed in the standards
but only as an aid in developing your
procedures so they meet the requirements.
You need to review the standard for
particular requirements which are
applicable to your specific situation
and then tailor this program to fit
your facility.
This
material and safety and health consultation
services are provided at no cost to
owners, proprietors, and managers
of small businesses by the Illinois
Onsite Safety & Health Consultation
Program, Industrial Services Division,
Department of Commerce and Community
Affairs under a program funded largely
by the Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA), an agency of
the U.S. Department of Labor.
ONSITE SAFETY & HEALTH CONSULTATION
PROGRAM
Illinois Department of Commerce and
Economic Opportunity
Industrial Services Division
100 West Randolph, Suites 3-400
Chicago, Illinois 60601
Phone: 312-814-2337 Fax: 312-814-7238
TDD: 800-419-0667
EMPLOYEE
EMERGENCY AND FIRE PREVENTION PLANS
Emergencies will occur. The effect
of the emergency must be controlled
by means of a proper pre-emergency
plan. In order to respond to this
need, our company has developed the
following plan which all employees
are expected to follow in preventing
or responding to emergency situations
that we reasonably expect in our workplace.
EMERGENCY
ACTION PLAN
A.
SCOPE AND APPLICATION. As required
by OSHA the following Emergency Action
Plan has been developed to ensure
employee safety from fire or other
emergencies.
B.
ELEMENTS
1.
Emergency Escape Procedures.
Escape route assignments are posted
throughout the facility. A layout
of the facility clearly marked with
escape routes is posted in each
department. A copy of the layout
is attached to this policy.
If the alarm sounds or if a supervisor
orders the evacuation of the building,
remain calm, walk to the nearest
exit and leave the building immediately.
After leaving the building, proceed
to the front of the building and
meet at insert
meeting place. Do not leave
the area. Do not return into the
building. Follow your supervisor's
instructions.
In
addition to the escape routes, the
locations of fire extinguisher and
safety stations are indicated by
color coded labels. Fire extinguisher
locations are indicated by yellow
labels. Safety stations are indicated
by green labels.
2.
Employees Who Remain to Operate
Critical Plant Operations Prior
to Evacuation. As there are
no plant processes which would require
continued operation during an emergency,
all employees are expected to leave
the plant immediately when an evacuation
order is announced. No provisions
are made for employees who remain
within the plant to perform rescue,
medical or fire fighting duties.
3.
Accounting of All Employees After
an Emergency Evacuation. Within
the first 15 minutes of each shift,
the supervisor is re-sponsible for
taking attendance of the workers.
The attendance sheet should remain
with the supervisor at all times.
In the event of an evacuation, all
employees are instructed to leave
the plant, proceed to the front
of the building and meet across
the street. The daily attendance
sheets will be used to account for
the workers. In the event that a
worker is absent, the supervisor
may at his own discretion, sweep
the area for the missing employee.
Employees must not leave the area
until instructed to do so by the
supervisor.
4. Rescue and Medical Duties
for Employees. Employees are
not expected to perform any rescue
or medical duties. Therefore, there
are no provisions for training employees
in these tasks. Municipal emergency
medical and fire facilities are
used for emergency medical treatment.
Emergency phone numbers are posted
at each production area phone. At
no time should an employee be directed
to perform emergency duties which
may endanger his/her life.
5. Preferred Means of Reporting
Fires and Other Emergencies.
The preferred means of reporting
fires and other emergencies is by
phone. Emergency phone numbers are
posted at each production area phone.
In the case of telephone failure,
the authorities should be notified
in person.
6.
Persons to Contact for Further
Information. Enter
names of contact personnel.
C.
ALARM SYSTEM
1.
Employee Notification of an Emergency.
Notification of an emergency or
of an evacuation is communicated
to the employees via the plant intercom
system. Directions for the use of
the intercom system are as follows:provide
instructions
Ask
for the attention of the employees.
Speak slowly and clearly. Describe
the area in which the emergency
is located. Direct the employees
to walk out of the plant and meet
in the front of the building across
the street.
2.
Fire Brigade. We do not support
a company fire brigade. Employees
are not ex-pected to fight fires,
clean up major chemical spills or
participate in rescue procedures.
D.
EVACUATION FOR VARIOUS EMERGENCIES
1. Emergency Action Plan for Fire
or Chemical Release. In the event
of a fire or a chemical emergency,
our policy is to immediately evacuate
all employees from the section of
the building directly affected.
Additional evacuation of the building,
whether partial or complete, is
left to the discretion of the plant
manager or the shift supervisor
.
Evacuated employees must report
to the enter
reporting location. The supervisor
must take attendance to account
for all per-sonnel involved.
2.
Emergency Action Plan for Electrical
Outage. In the event of an electrical
outage, emergency lighting should
illuminate the plant. All employees
should report to the lunch room.
All employees should remain in the
lunch room unless the plant manager
or supervisor issues new instructions.
E.
TRAINING OF PERSONNEL
In
order to ensure the safe and orderly
emergency evacuation of employees,
a sufficient number of personnel
should be trained to assist in emergency
procedures. The following personnel
should be trained in the emergency
procedure: enter
titles of those employees who will
be giving special training such
as Plant Manager; Production Supervisor
; Maintenance Supervisor ; Material
Handling Personnel.
1.
Periodic Review of Emergency
Plans with Employees. A review
of the emergency plans must be completed
when the plan is first developed;
whenever the employee's responsibilities
or designated actions under the
plan change; and whenever the plan
is revised.
2.
Review of Emergency Plans with
Employees. A review of the emergency
plans must be complete with each
new employee prior to the employee
beginning his/her duties within
the plant. The supervisor is responsible
for performing the review with new
employees, both production and office.
Under no circumstances should
a new employee be allowed to begin
work without safety and evacuation
training. A copy of the Emergency
Plans will be located enter
location with the intent
that it will be available to all
workers who wish to review it.
FIRE
PREVENTION PLAN
A.
SCOPE AND APPLICATION As required
by OSHA the following Fire Prevention
Plan has been developed to prevent
or minimize the possibility of a fire
emergency.
B.
ELEMENTS
1.
Major Workplace Fire Hazards.
The following is a list of a potential
fire hazard within the plant and
their proper handling and storage
procedures. Enter
workplace hazards and procedures
here, i.e., hydraulic, lubricating
and other oils used in the plant
are stored in an area located away
from heat and sparks.
Fire
extinguishers are located throughout
the facility. In addition, the building
is equipped with a sprinkler system.
The alarm for the sprinkler system
is connected with the fire de-partment.
2.
Personnel Responsible for Maintenance
of Fire and Emergency Equip-ment.
Enter names
or position titles
3.
Personnel Responsible for Control
of Fuel Source Hazards. Fuels
are not used within the plant for
production processes. The plant
heating units are natural gas fired
and are inspected by an outside
service.
C.
HOUSEKEEPING
General
housekeeping is an everyday duty.
Plant cleanliness is stressed to
all employees, whether in the office
or on the produc-tion floor. There
are several workers from the maintenance
depart-ment who have as part of
their duties, the responsibility
for maintaining and cleaning equipment.
In addition, the foremen of the
various departments are responsible
for their respective areas. Trash,
scrap, and waste are removed during
each shift. Each worker is expected
to take the last five or ten minutes
of the shift to clean up his/her
area. Waste receptacles are located
throughout the plant.
D.
TRAINING
1.
Employee Training for Fire Hazards
of the Materials and Processes.
Employees are to be trained semi-annually.
Training sessions are to be held
in the fall and the spring. The
fire safety training sessions will
coincide with a review of material
safety procedures and the material
safety data sheets. Within a period
of two weeks following the training
sessions, a fire drill will be scheduled.
The fire drill will be unannounced
to the workers prior to its occurrence.
2. New Employee Training for
Fire Hazards of the Materials and
Processes. New employee training
of fire hazards of the materials
and processes must be completed
with each new employee prior to
the employee beginning his/her duties
with in the plant. The supervisor
is responsible for performing the
review with the new employee. Under
no circumstances should a new employee
be allowed to begin work without
training for fire hazards of the
materials and processes. A copy
of the Fire Prevention Plan will
be assigned to the first and second
shift foremen with the intent that
it will be available to all workers
who wish to review it.
