Emergency Preparedness

In this emergency preparedness training, your workers will learn how to be prepared and correctly respond during an emergency. This training defines the different types of emergencies and emphasizes the importance of preparation. This emergency preparedness training will help your workers react appropriately during an emergency. They will learn methods of warning others, the different types of alarms, and the different responses for many types of emergencies. "Emergency Preparedness Training" is required for all workers.

All workers.

• Understanding Emergencies
  • Defining workplace emergencies
  • Types of emergencies
• Preparation
  • The importance of preparation
  • Emergency Preparedness Program information
  • Warning others
• Response
  • Responding to specific situations
  • Medical emergencies
  • Severe weather emergencies
  • Earthquake emergencies
  • Fire emergencies
  • Chemical spill emergencies
  • Hurricane and flood emergencies

• Recognize an emergency.
  • Define an emergency.
  • Differentiate weather and non-weather emergencies.
• Be prepared for an emergency.
  • Agree that knowing how to react is the key to being prepared for an emergency.
  • List topics covered in an Emergency Preparedness Program.
  • List methods of warning others.
  • Agree that different alarm sounds may have different meanings.
• Properly respond to emergencies.
  • Recognize that response procedures vary according to the type of emergency.
  • Choose proper procedures to follow in the event of a medical emergency.
  • Select the first thing to do in the event of an earthquake.
  • Recognize varying fire response procedures.
  • Recall that you have time to prepare for most floods.