Chapter 3. Responding to Emergencies

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Chapter 3 Responding to Emergencies

Lesson Objectives

1. To learn how to act in Emergency Situation

2. Follow EHS procedures

3. Plan and prepare for communication

Section 3.1 Roles and Responsibilities

Each individual has a certain role and responsibility during emergency events. It is important that everyone knows their own role and responsibilities so that everyone can act quickly and appropriately during an emergency.

Teams

There are many ways to decide each person’s role during an emergency event. 

1. Management Team

2. Health and Safety team

3. Emergency Response Team

How many teams are there to response emergency ?

1. One
2. Two
3. Three
4. Four

Write the names of Teams you learnt

1. Management Team

Managers decide the team and their members

2. Health and safety Team

Health and Safety experts help managers to make decision about Emergency procedures

3. Emergency Response Team

Team members of this team will have some responsibilities of Emergency Procedures

Which team help during emergency procedure

1. Management team
2. health and safeyt team
3. Emergency response team
4. None

Which team has health and safety experts ?

1. Health and safety team
2. Emergency response team
3. both
4. none

Emergency Response Team

The emergency response team is a group of employees that have certain responsibilities during different emergency events. 

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There can be a different team for different types of emergencies:

• Evacuation team

• Medical response team

• Lockdown team

Team Roles and Responsibilities

1. Fire Warden

The evacuation team will also have a fire warden. This person is trained to know how to respond during a fire emergency. 

Which is one of the Emergency Response Team

1. Evaluation Team
2. Support TEam
3. Lockdown team
4. None

3. First Aid Responder

The medical response team will have people that are qualified to perform first aid during a medical emergency. 

2 . Floor Monitor

Evacuation teams will also have monitors. These people check certain areas, such as hallways and stairwells to find people that need help evacuating.

Who is a Floor Monitor ?

1. Checks only room
2. Checks Stairwells
3. Both
4. None

Who is a First Aid Responder ?

1. Helps in evacuation
2. Helps in first aid
3. Helps in managing
4. All

Responsibilities of All Employees

1. Follow Instructions from leader

2. Be ready for all emergencies

3. Be quick

4. Always help others

What are the responsibilities of employees during an emergency

Actions taken during an Emergency

1. Be prepared for your role 

2. Make sure the area is safe

3. Get help when needed

Fire Emergency

1. Prevent fires by knowing how to identify and control fire hazards.

2. If there is a fire, use the correct fire extinguisher to eliminate the fire.

Fire Emergency

4. Sound the fire alarm.

5. Evacuate the room and building.

6. Follow instructions from the evacuation team.

7. Wait at a safe place for emergency help.

What you will do during an Fire Emergency?

1. Evacuate the building
2. Raise Smoke Alarm
3. Get Help
4. All

Medical Emergency

If you are qualified, you must follow your first aid training:

1. Check that the area is safe.

2. Check that the person is awake.

3. If they are not awake or the injury or illness are very severe, get help.

4. Start giving first aid.

What you will do when there is a medical emergency ?

1. Raise Smoke Alarm
2. Start First Aid kit
3. both
4. none

Lockdown Emergency

During a threatening event, such as a dangerous animal encounter or a storms, you may need to go into a shelter or safe place. 

What you will do during Lockdown Emergency ?

1. Go to dangerous Place
2. Go to Safe Place
3. Go to Doctor
4. None

Communication among Organisation

Everyone has a role and responsibilities during emergency events. They can only complete their responsibilities if these are communicated to them. Communication in an organisation is very important. Different types of information can be communicated in different ways between different people. 

1. Downward Communication 

Information shared from high position member to lower position member 

Example : Principal gives information to teachers

2. Upward Communication

Information Shared from Lower level members  to Upper level Members in an Organisation

For Example : Teachers shares information with Principal

3. Horizontal Communication

Information shared between same level of people 

For example : One teacher shares information with another teacher

Types of
Communication

If information is shared between same level of members , it is ______

1. Horizontal
2. Verbal
3. Upward
4. Downward

If communication is from higher level members to lower level , then it is _______________

1. Upward
2. Downward
3. Vertical
4. None

If communication takes place from lower level to higher level members , then it is __________

1. Upward
2. Downward
3. Both
4. None

Rashid is a manager of a company. He wants to inform fire safety rules to his employees, Which communication is used here ?

Types of Communication

1. Verbal Communication

2. Non-Verbal Communication

3. Visual Communication

1. Verbal Communication

When a person gives information by speaking to people

2. Written  Communication

The information passed to people in written form

Eg: letters, forms

3. Visual Communication

This includes pictures, maps, graphs etc, the communication through which we only see and understand

The communication done by writing letter is _________

1. Written Communication
2. Verbal Communication
3. Visual Communication
4. All

The communication done by speaking is called _______

1. Verbal
2. Written
3. Visual
4. All

The communication done by seeing something is ________

1. Written
2. Verbal
3. Visual
4. None

Write the names of types of communication you learnt

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