Why do you have to prepare for an emergency?

90% of populations believe that an emergency will occur within the next two years but often rule out any chances of such emergencies occuring within their establishment or where they live. When disaster occurs,it often leads to confusion and decision making at that time is problematic. It often leads to REACTION instead of PROACTION. A poor decision arising from this often compounds the problem and often leads to more casualties.

Is there a regulatory requirements for emergency compliance for establishment and firms?

There needs to be a regulatory compliance for firms to put in practice so that it will safeguard employees safety and health.The Police,National Ambulance and Fire department are the main primary responders and incident commanders.The accessibility and immediate response of these responders to an emergency is a functions of necessary response training and planning for all firms and establishment. Has your company conducted any emergency drill for responding to any foreseeable risk emergencies since the last year? As incidence change in scope and risk,the response must also change to meet the demands. It is important that firms and establishment conduct regular emergency drills for responding to various likely emergencies.

Nearly 75% of the first respondents of the New York Fire Department who worked at Ground zero have developed long-term illness.(FDNY World Trade Centre Health Program). The number of survivors and first respondents death now stands at 4,343 surpassing the 2,974 deaths on the 9/11 incident(CDC World Trade Centre Health Program,03/31/21)

This calls for substantive insurance and care for the lives of persons who are involved in rescue operations during emergencies. If such arrangements are not available by law,it tends to lead to poor reaction to emergencies by these workers.There are many complaints from people referring to poor timing response to emergencies by responders.

Each firm should have an incident commander. The incident commander should not be based on position or rank.It should be based on most knowledgeable person based on the specific hazard.

Incident commanders have a duty to analyze action options plus the gains and costs associated with each action.Usually,more than one action option is available to control an emergency depending on the stage beyond which the emergency is set to be influenced.

Not only incident commanders should be trained,all employees needs training to achieve the targeted emergency rescue objectives.In times of crisis, a well defined plan is the difference between a rapid recovery,a major loss and the safety of your firm’s employees.