Elements and Performance Criteria
- Report emergencies
- Prepare for emergency situations
- Emergency resources in a facility are identified and located
- Emergency response exercises are participated in, in accordance with facility emergency procedures
- Occupants in any immediate danger from an emergency or potential emergency are alerted, in accordance with facility emergency procedures
- Respond to emergency warnings and advice
- Instructions from emergency control organisation or attending emergency services are complied with during an emergency
- Choose most appropriate course of action
- Emergencies that require occupants to shelter-in-place (no evacuation) are determined
- Shelter or refuge is assessed to determine suitability and sustainability when a shelter-in-place response is the preferred option
- Emergencies that require lockdown are determined
- Appropriate cover is assessed when lockdown is required
- Evacuate from danger area
- Work area is prepared for evacuation, in accordance with facility emergency procedures
- Area of danger is evacuated, in accordance with facility emergency procedures
- Where it is safe to do so, assistance is provided to occupants who may require it
- Evacuation procedures and instructions from emergency control organisation or emergency response personnel are followed
- Alternative pathways or methods of evacuation are identified, assessed and chosen, in accordance with facility emergency procedures, if usual means of evacuation are blocked or occupants are endangered
- Communication system is used to respond to facility emergencies, in accordance with facility procedures