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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Report emergencies
   • Emergencies are identified and reported, in accordance with facility emergency procedures
   • Occupants in any immediate danger from an emergency or potential emergency are alerted, in accordance with facility emergency procedures
2. Prepare for emergency situations
   • Facility emergency procedures to be used by occupants are identified and followed
3. Emergency resources in a facility are identified and located
4. Emergency response exercises are participated in, in accordance with facility emergency procedures
   • Emergencies are identified and reported, in accordance with facility emergency procedures
5. Occupants in any immediate danger from an emergency or potential emergency are alerted, in accordance with facility emergency procedures
6. Respond to emergency warnings and advice
   • Emergency warnings and advice are responded to, in accordance with facility emergency procedures
7. Instructions from emergency control organisation or attending emergency services are complied with during an emergency
8. Choose most appropriate course of action
   • Emergencies that require evacuation are determined
9. Emergencies that require occupants to shelter-in-place (no evacuation) are determined
10. Shelter or refuge is assessed to determine suitability and sustainability when a shelter-in-place response is the preferred option
11. Emergencies that require lockdown are determined
12. Appropriate cover is assessed when lockdown is required
13. Evacuate from danger area
    • Need to evacuate from danger area is determined and issued under facility emergency procedures
14. Work area is prepared for evacuation, in accordance with facility emergency procedures
15. Area of danger is evacuated, in accordance with facility emergency procedures
16. Where it is safe to do so, assistance is provided to occupants who may require it
17. Evacuation procedures and instructions from emergency control organisation or emergency response personnel are followed
18. Alternative pathways or methods of evacuation are identified, assessed and chosen, in accordance with facility emergency procedures, if usual means of evacuation are blocked or occupants are endangered
19. Communication system is used to respond to facility emergencies, in accordance with facility procedures

Range Statement

Range is restricted to essential operating conditions and any other variables essential to the work environment. Non-essential conditions may be found in the Companion Volume Implementation Guide.

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