Emergency evacuation planning for your workplace : from chaos to life-saving solutions / Jim Burtles ; Kristen Noakes-Fry, editor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Burtles, Jim, 1935- author.

Contributor:

Noakes-Fry, Kristen, editor.

Series:

Business continuity management series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Buildings--Evacuation.

Buildings.

Emergency management.

Crisis management.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (288 p.)

Place of Publication:

Brookfield, Connecticut : Rothstein Publishing, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Global best practices for evacuating people of all ages/ health conditions from workplaces of all kinds. Based on 12 years' research, it includes book + downloadable resources with tools, templates, case studies, sample plans, forms, and checklists...

Contents:

Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Acknowledgements; Dedication; Preface; Foreword; Foreword; Foreword; Contents; Introduction: The Essentials of Emergency Evacuation Planning; 0.1 Are You Prepared?; 0.1.1 Does Your Company Have Effective Emergency Evacuation Plans and Procedures in Place?; 0.1.2 Does Your Organization Have a Formally Agreed Upon Policy Regarding Emergency Evacuation of Your Premises; 0.1.3 Could Your Company be Deemed Guilty of Negligence in Regard to Protecting the Health and Safety of Those Who Use, Visit, or Reside in Your Premises?

0.2 Summary of How the Emergency Evacuation Planning Lifecycle Works0.2.1 Phase 1 - Set up the Emergency Evacuation Planning Program..........; 0.2.2 Phase 2 - Embed EEP Into an Aware and Prepared Corporate Culture; 0.2.3 Phase 3 - Explore, Assess, and Understand the Environment; 0.2.4 Phase 4 - Agree Upon an Evacuation Strategy; 0.2.5 Phase 5 - Develop Evacuation Plans and Procedures; 0.2.6 Phase 6 - The Ongoing Program: Exercise and Maintain the EEP; 0.3 EEP is an Ongoing Process; Discussion Questions - Introduction; PHASE 1: - Set Up the Emergency Evacuation Planning Program

1.1 A Formal Methodology1.1.1 The Lifecycle Model; 1.1.2 Prerequisites; 1.2 Program Management; 1.2.1 Policy; 1.2.2 Strategy; 1.2.3 Tactics; 1.2.4 Plans; 1.2.5 Signage; 1.2.6 Program Management Viewed as a System; 1.3 Policy Development and Management Approval; 1.3.1 A Practical Approach to Developing Policy; 1.3.2 Gaining Support; 1.3.3 Terms of Reference; 1.4 Management Approval; 1.4.1 The Initial Approach; 1.4.2 Bidding for Permission; 1.4.3 The Basic Argument; 1.5 Making the Business Case; 1.5.1 Create a Strong Business Document; 1.5.2 Establish the Costs and Benefits; 1.6 Managing EEP

1.6.1 Liaison with Other Services1.6.2 Single Point of Contact; 1.6.3 Communications; 1.6.4 Security; 1.6.5 Access Control; 1.6.6 Inventory Control; 1.7 Evacuation Triggers; 1.7.1 Classes of Incidents that Warrant Evacuation; 1.7.2 Six Emergencies Likely to Warrant an Evacuation; 1.8 Coordination with Business Continuity Management; 1.8.1 Similarities and Differences Between BCM and EEP; 1.8.2 Key Differences; 1.8.3 Common Ground; 1.9 Obligations and Responsibilities; 1.9.1 Legal Obligations; Phase 1 - Key Actions; Discussion Questions - Phase 1

PHASE 2 - Embed EEP Into An Aware and Prepared Corporate Culture2.1 BCI Good Practice Guidelines; 2.1.1 What is the message?; 2.2.2 Training as an Ongoing Requirement; 2.2 Developing the Training Program; 2.3 Presenting the Training; 2.4 Publicizing Within the Company; 2.4.1 Message Strategy; 2.4.2 Conveying the Message within the Organization; 2.5 Aligning With Business Continuity; 2.5.1 What to Do When a BC Program Is in Place; 2.5.2 What to Do When No BC Program is in Place; 2.5.3 What to Do If You Decide to Take on BC; Phase 2 - Key Actions; Discussion Questions - Phase 2

PHASE 3 - Developing, an Understanding of the Environment

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781931332859

1931332851

9781931332675

1931332673