Emergency Response Plan Checklist

Use this Emergency Response Plan Checklist to develop emergency plans, assign responsibilities, and ensure readiness for handling emergencies effectively.

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Emergency Response Plan Checklist

Use this Emergency Response Plan Checklist to develop emergency plans, assign responsibilities, and ensure readiness for handling emergencies effectively.

1. Who is responsible for implementing the plan?

2. Is an emergency response standard developed?

3. Has a site emergency plan been developed?

4. Are emergency access routes identified?

5. Is the location of first aid stations/boxes and fire extinguishers indicated?

6. Are job offices and storage facilities (e.g., blankets and special rescue equipment storage) shown?

7. Is specialized PPE equipment on site, and is its location indicated?

8. Are sufficient medical aid supplies (e.g., splints, stretchers) available on-site, and is their location indicated?

9. Is other firefighting equipment (e.g., standpipes, Siamese connections, and hydrants) located?

10. Is the main power supply to shut off the project located?

11. Are the locations of emergency phones identified, and is there a posted emergency phone list?

12. Is the nearest hospital or medical center identified, and is there a prepared route map?

13. Are worker evacuation routes and assembly areas identified?

14. Have local fire, police, and ambulance services been contacted, and have they been provided with the site plan and list of potential emergencies?

15. Are services to the project (both above ground and underground) located?

16. Have onsite traffic routes been developed?

17. Is the location of outside materials storage and fabricating areas identified?

18. Are cranes, man/material hoists, and unloading docks located?

19. Is the location of flammable/combustible materials and cylinder storage identified?

20. Are garbage dumpsters and recycling bins located?

21. Has the Hazard Identification and Emergency Response checklist been completed?

22. Is the possibility of “high angle level” rescue identified?

23. Have emergency response procedures been developed for items identified in the hazard assessment?

24. Do all trades on site keep daily personnel lists, and is there a method to check names against personnel gathered in the assembly area in the event of a major emergency?

25. Are the requirements for written notices included (e.g., what’s required, when, completed by whom, and who it goes to), and are legal obligations considered?

26. Are the emergency response team and alternates identified and posted?

27. Is specialized training provided for emergency response team members?

28. Is there a designated contact person to call necessary emergency services and MLITSD, MECP, etc.?

29. Is a member of the emergency response team selected to meet and direct emergency services vehicles to the accident scene?

30. Is a team member selected to deal with the media, MLITSD, MECP, etc.?

31. Is all required rescue equipment/materials readily available on site?

32. Is there a provision for an emergency traffic control person who is properly trained?

33. Are provisions made for cordoning off the accident scene to protect workers?

34. Is there someone on the emergency response team designated to document where the injured worker has been taken (e.g., hospital, medical center)?

35. Is there a method set out for communicating the plan?