• emergency procedures, including an effective response to an emergency
• evacuation procedures
• notifying emergency service organisations at the earliest opportunity
• medical treatment and assistance
• effective communication between the person authorised to coordinate the emergency response and all people at the workplace
• testing of the emergency procedures—including the frequency of testing
• information, training and instruction to relevant workers in relation to implementing the emergency procedures.

Key processes in which RelyOn Australia have expertise and experience are:

• Audit of current emergency response arrangements in place
• Facilitating or participating in risk assessment workshops to determine and document which emergencies should be planned for and why
• Writing organisational or site based policy and procedures aligned to AS3745 -2010 Australian Standard for Planning for Emergencies in Facilities 
• Forming Emergency Planning Committees and developing their purpose and terms of reference
• Developing detailed site-specific emergency response plans

We can also train your workforce in emergency response, making sure each worker knows and understands their role in a stressful emergency situation, and have the knowledge and skills to peroform key roles such as plant isolation, fire-fighting, and first aid.

Our training programs include emergency scenario drills onsite to test plans and capability and are mappred to nationally accredited Units of Competency.

An Emergency Response Plan

• Identifies potential emergency situations
• Identifies key roles in an emergency
• Gives instruction to and process for each role holder
• Documents chain of command and communication requirements,
• Gives a blueprint for controlling the emergency situation from the start, ensuring things such as evidence protection are not overlooked
• Enables documenting of the emergency from start to finish
• Documents how to interact with emergency services on and offsite
• Presents guidelines for dealing with injured persons and their families

Useful resources

Australia

New South Wales

Queensland

South Australia

Tasmania

Victoria