3.10 Emergency Procedures And The Arrangements For Contacting The Emergency Services

Question 1

Nebosh Learning Outcome 2016

3.10 Outline the need for emergency procedures and the arrangements for contacting emergency services

Answer 1

3.10 Emergency procedures and the arrangements for contacting emergency services
- Importance of developing emergency procedures.
What needs to be included in an emergency procedure.
- why an emergency procedure is required
- size and nature of potential accidents and the consequences if they occur
- procedures for raising the alarm
- action of the employees on site
- dealing with the media
- arrangements for contacting emergency and rescue services
- Importance of training and testing emergency procedures.

Question 2

Name the legal requirement for establishing Emergency procedure

Answer 2

Regulation 8 of the MHSWR,

Requires procedures to be established when necessary to deal with serious or imminent danger to persons at work.

Question 3

The MHSWR (1999) contains general requirements for emergency planning

What are the duties of employers?

Answer 3

Develop emergency procedures

Appoint a sufficient number of competent persons to implement the evacuation procedures

Ensure that no employee has access to any dangerous areas unless they have received adequate health and safety instruction

Make any necessary arrangements for contacting external emergency services

Question 4

Emergency procedures form an essential part of any health and safety management system.

People are likely to effectively respond to an emergency if they are?

Answer 4

• Competent and well trained
• Take part in regular and realistic practice exercised
• have clearly agreed, recorded and rehearsed plans, actions and responsibilities

Question 5

Points to consider when developing any emergency procedures

Answer 5

• Consider the potential nature of any
  emergency (i.e. power station - electricity,
  petrochemical - gas, vapours etc
• How will the alarm be raised
• How will emergency services be contacted
• Assembly points
• emergency exits
• Nominate competent people to take control
• Decide what other key people may be needed
  (Fire Marshall, Incident controller etc)
• Plan essential actions (i.e. Plant shutdown,
  isolation or making processes safe etc)
• Plan for disabled, vulnerable people etc

Question 6

Testing and training for emergencies

Answer 6

- Emergency procedure should be covered
   during induction training
- Separate training course on a regular basic for
- Use of fire equipment
- Regular refresher first-aid training
- Competency training for those with specific roles
   during emergencies
- Regularly timed fire drills