HFSY217 Organize Emerg Preparedness-2024 (SU2), Singapore

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this unit, you are expected to:

•  Understand the emergency planning organisation
• Explain the roles and functions of the emergency planning team
• Understand the establishment of the emergency action teams
•  Explain the roles and functions of respective emergency action teams and appointments
• Understand the planning parameters and ERP formulation requirements
• Explain the required ERP procedures
• Understand the local legal requirements for company emergency response team (CERT)
•  Explain the roles and functions of CERT appointment holders
•  Understand the roles and functions of the incident management team (IMT)
• Explain the joint operation procedure
• Understand the establishment of emergency control points, facilities and equipment
• Explain the establishment of critical emergency support facilities
• Understand how an organisation can go about organising for emergency preparedness

Emergency Structure & Functions…

Introduction

• Organizational Architecture:
  – Unique to Each Enterprise
•  Formal Description of Organization Architecture & Elements
  – Collective Working of the Formal Organization Structure,

Control Systems, Work Processes, Incentive Systems, Programs, Organization Culture, and the People Towards the Organization/Business Objectives

• Business Objectives
•  Business Functions
• Business Processes
• Organization Structure
• Data & Information
• Software (Business Applications)
• Hardware (ICT Infrastructure)
• Placement (Location within the Organization)

Introduction

•  Organizational Architecture

Introduction

• Executive Structure & Functional Teams…

Personnel with Emergency Responsibilities

• Board of Directors
  – Business Owners, Policies Makers, Top Executives
• Business Management
  – Executive Authority
• Business Operations
  – Operation Authority
•  Safety & Health
• Admin/Finance
• Logistics
• Marketing
• Public Relations
• WSH Steering Committee
  – Emergency Management Policy & Direction
• Policy Guidance
•  Decision Authority
• WSH Management Committee
  – Emergency Planning Group
• Incident Management Group
  – Manage the Emergency
• Emergency Actions Group
  – Coordinate, Direct & Act
• Emergency Planning Teams
  – Coordinate between Depts
  – Organization Arrangements
• CERT, EWTs, AAT, FAT…

Emergency Structure & Functions

• Organizing for Safety & Fire Safety

• Key Appointments & Positions

• Company Emergency Response Team (CERT)

• Organisation-Authority Joint Operations

Response Plan

• Key Aspects for FSM & Planning Committee
  – What are the principal considerations?
  – What are the critical planning parameters?
  – What are the constraints & limitations?
  – What are the provisions & supports required?
  – Who to formulate & approve the ERP?
  – How to designate emergency roles & tasks?
  – Where are your response control points?
• Incident Command Post (ICP), Staging Point (SP), Resource Point (RP),
• Assembly Area (AA), Evacuation Control Point (ECP), Traffic Marshaling Point (TMP), First Aid Point (FAP)…
• Emergency Response Planning include Planning for

– Evacuation

•  Need to Establish Evacuation Warden Team (Fire Warden Team)
• Need to Establish Assembly Area Team (AA Team)
  – Respond to the Problem (Rescue, First Aid, CPR-AED, Fire, Spill)
• Need to Establish Company Emergency Response Team (CERT)
  – Manage Incident Issues & Impacts
•  Need to Establish Incident Management Team (IMT)

• Planning Scope
  – Scenario Planning
  – Evacuation Planning
  – Intervention Planning
  – Support Planning
• Principal Considerations
  – Scenario: Likely Consequence, Scale & Extent
  – Influencing Factors: Manpower, Equipment

Emergency Management

What are required to support…?

Emergency Management
• Control Zones (Emergency Work Zones)
– Hot Zone
– Warm Zone
– Cold Zone

Emergency Control Points, Support

Facilities, Equipment & Systems

•  Emergency Control Points
  – Facilitate workflow, forward planning, issue resolution
  – Designated locations within, or in close proximity to the building/premise where emergency action teams gather establish control
•  Emergency Control Points
  – Conducting Evacuation or In-Place Protection
•  Evacuation-Warden Point (EWP)
• Traffic Warden Point (TWP)
• n-Place Protection (IPP) Room
•  Emergency Assembly Area (EAA)
•  First Aid Point (FAP)
•  Ambulance Point (AP)
•  People-with-Disability (PWD) Holding Area
• Emergency Control Points
  – Conducting Intervention or On-scene Control Zones
• Hot, Warm, Cold Zones (HZ, WZ, CZ)
• Outer Cordon Entry/Exit Control Point
•  Inner Cordon Entry/Exit Control Point
• Rendezvous Point (RV)
•  Staging Point (SP) or Hot Zone Entry/Exit Control Point
•  Decontamination Point (Decon)
• Field/Forward Command Post (FCP)
•  Medical Triage Point (Triage)
• Body Holding Area (BHA)
• Emergency Control Points
  – Conducting Incident Management
• Fire Command Centre (FCC)
• Emergency Control Centre (ECC) or Emergency Operation Centre
  (EOC)
•  Incident Command Post (ICP) or Incident Headquarters (IHQ)
• Resource Point (RP)
•  Incident Information Centre (IIC)
•  Media Centre (Media)
• Rehabilitation Point (REHAB)
• Vehicle Marshalling Area (VMA)
• Civil Resource Marshalling Area (CRMA)
• Crisis Management Centre (CMC)
•  Disaster Site Medical Command (DSMC)
•  Evacuation Refuge Centre (ERC)
• Emergency Support Facilities
  – Fire Command Centre (FCC)
  – Emergency Control Centre (ECC) or Emergency Operation Centre (EOC);
  – Incident Command Post (ICP) or Incident Headquarters (IHQ)
  – Incident Information Centre (IIC)
  – Media Centre (Media)
  – Crisis Management Centre (CMC)
  – Safe Havens or IPP Rooms
• Emergency Support Equipment & Systems
  – Emergency Communication Equipment & Systems
  – Meteorological Equipment & Systems
  – Emergency Power Supply & Generation Systems
• Summary
• Emergency Structure & Functions
  – Preparedness Planning Team
  – Emergency Action Teams
• Incident Management Team
• Incident Support Teams
• Intervention/Emergency Response Team
•  Evacuation Teams…
• Emergency Control Points, Support Facilities, Equipment & Systems
  – Critical Control Points: ICP, SP…