2.15 Was the use of terminology consistent with external agencies, especially the Department of Fire and Emergency Services? This is particularly important regarding role titles in order to prevent confusion regarding who is the incident controller. 3. Resources 3.1 Were emergency responder resources sufficient and adequate? Consider personal protective equipment (PPE), back-up crews, communications, leak control equipment, firefighting equipment, water, medical equipment, gas detection equipment. 3.2 Were external resources used in the exercise such as mutual aid, emergency services? The site operator needs to be able to maintain an awareness of external resources and capabilities which it might rely upon. 3.3 Did the incident management team have access to necessary resources and information? Consider communications, manifests, technical drawings, maps, emergency plans, plant operating conditions, location of personnel, gas detector readings. 3.4 Did resources function as required (e.g. alarms, detectors, cameras)? 4. Communications 4.1 Were off-site stakeholders promptly alerted? 4.2 Were effective lines of communication established and maintained? Consideration needs to be given to: internet access location and coverage provided by mobile phone towers effective range of communication equipment use and awareness of emergency channels use of communications equipment in hazardous areas. 4.3 Was the required information communicated as planned? Pre-determined message content is important to consider in terms of clarity, conciseness and content. 5. Post-exercise actions 5.1 Was a debrief session undertaken with exercise participants? 5.2 Is an exercise review session to be held for site management, relevant exercise participants and observers? 5.3 Are resulting exercise action items to be allocated to responsible persons and tracked to ensure completion? A suitable system to track items should be in place. 6. Important exercise considerations 6.1 Did the exercise involve stakeholders such as neighbouring facilities and emergency services? Note that emergency services (if involved) are to be engaged at the level of command that would apply for the scale of incident involved. 6.2 Did the exercise include joint arrangements such as the provision of mutual aid and the engagement of off-site resources? 6.3 Were off-site health professionals involved in the exercise? Consider if local hospitals are aware of how to treat chemically affected patients based on the chemicals on-site.
2.15 Was the use of terminology consistent with external agencies, especially the Department of Fire and Emergency Services? This is particularly important regarding role titles in order to prevent confusion regarding who is the incident controller. 3. Resources 3.1 Were emergency responder resources sufficient and adequate? Consider personal protective equipment (PPE), back-up crews, communications, leak control equipment, firefighting equipment, water, medical equipment, gas detection equipment. 3.2 Were external resources used in the exercise such as mutual aid, emergency services? The site operator needs to be able to maintain an awareness of external resources and capabilities which it might rely upon. 3.3 Did the incident management team have access to necessary resources and information? Consider communications, manifests, technical drawings, maps, emergency plans, plant operating conditions, location of personnel, gas detector readings. 3.4 Did resources function as required (e.g. alarms, detectors, cameras)? 4. Communications 4.1 Were off-site stakeholders promptly alerted? 4.2 Were effective lines of communication established and maintained? Consideration needs to be given to: internet access location and coverage provided by mobile phone towers effective range of communication equipment use and awareness of emergency channels use of communications equipment in hazardous areas. 4.3 Was the required information communicated as planned? Pre-determined message content is important to consider in terms of clarity, conciseness and content. 5. Post-exercise actions 5.1 Was a debrief session undertaken with exercise participants? 5.2 Is an exercise review session to be held for site management, relevant exercise participants and observers? 5.3 Are resulting exercise action items to be allocated to responsible persons and tracked to ensure completion? A suitable system to track items should be in place. 6. Important exercise considerations 6.1 Did the exercise involve stakeholders such as neighbouring facilities and emergency services? Note that emergency services (if involved) are to be engaged at the level of command that would apply for the scale of incident involved. 6.2 Did the exercise include joint arrangements such as the provision of mutual aid and the engagement of off-site resources? 6.3 Were off-site health professionals involved in the exercise? Consider if local hospitals are aware of how to treat chemically affected patients based on the chemicals on-site.
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