Emergency Response Plans

Emergency Response Plan Activation

Any staff member can activate the emergency response plan by notifying the most senior manager available of the situation.

Wardens

The person responsible for directing a response to an emergency is the manager, and if the manager is not present then the assistant manager is to direct the response.

Assembly Area

If an emergency occurs where cell phone reception is available then management is to use it to co-ordinate a response which includes checking on the safety of all staff and families living on farm or expected to be on farm, arranging assistance for those who need it, and providing direction to keep all people on farm safe. 

In an emergency where cell phone communications are typically lost such as an earthquake all staff are to meet at the assembly area which is 9 McPhee Rd. This is so everyone's safety can be accounted for and plans made in case anyone is missing.

General Emergency Management 

Earthquake, flood, injury, chemical incident.

Staff are to contact the manager in an emergency and the manager is responsible for implementing the emergency response plan. If the manager isn't available then the staff are to implement the plan as follows.

1. Before approaching the scene - is there any further danger? Don't put any further people in harms way. 

2. Is anyone injured? Conduct First Aid and call emergency services if necessary.

3. Is everyone accounted for? It may be necessary to search for people if the cell towers are over loaded.

4. Once the above actions have been taken and risk to people has passed, note down actions that have been implemented and when they were taken.

5. Check the stock - do they have feed, water and are the fences secure?

6. Check the staff housing - does everyone have a habitable space?

7. Are roads passable?

Fires

1. Don't enter a building on fire. Prevent others from entering also.

2. Account for safety of all staff.

3. Administer first aid for burns if necessary.

4. Small fires may be extinguished by a fire extinguisher. Evacuate if the fire is not out once the extinguisher is depleted.

5. Don't use water on electrical or chemical fires.

6. Call emergency services and make a copy of the chemical inventory available for the specific building so they know the level of toxicity, accelerant or explosive hazard present.

7. Keep clear of smoke, particularly where hazardous substances are stored.

8. Make a record of which actions have been taken and when.

Overdue Worker

There is a risk that workers in difficulty such as entrapped or injured may be left out overnight which can turn a survivable accident into a potentially fatal situation.

Management or colleagues are to know where lone workers are expected to be working.

1. All staff are to note when personal or take-home vehicles are still at work at the end of the day and check in with their owners by phone/txt or in person before leaving.

2. If contact cannot be made remotely then go to where they are expected to be working and check on them before leaving work yourself.

3. Notify management if a worker cannot be found or is in difficulty.