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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Conclude emergency
   • When emergency is safe and/or attending emergency services return control to building owner and/or manager ECO members are notified about when occupants can return to the facility
   • Process for occupants to return to the facility is implemented, in accordance with facility emergency response procedures
   • Reinstatement of emergency systems is reported to building owner and/or manager
   • Information for debriefing is provided and it is organised in a timely manner
   • Report is compiled for emergency planning committee and management, in accordance with facility emergency response procedures
   • Documentation is filed, in accordance with facility emergency response procedures
2. Prepare for an emergency in a facility
   • Possible emergency situations in a facility are identified
3. Information on developments and characteristics of possible facility emergency situations is gathered, assessed, analysed and applied, in accordance with the facility emergency plan
4. Emergency actions for facility emergency is identified, in accordance with the facility emergency plan
5. Undertake pre-emergency planning
   • Emergency planning committee meetings, training and exercises are attended
6. Regular exercises are conducted
7. Facility emergency response procedures are maintained and updated
8. Emergency control organisational membership information is maintained and updated
9. Take appropriate actions in an emergency
   • Emergency signals and warnings are identified or initiated
10. Action is taken to ensure emergency stations are attended and operated, in accordance with facility emergency response procedures
11. Emergency is assessed and the action plan is initiated, in accordance with facility emergency response procedures
12. Entry to affected areas is controlled, in accordance with facility emergency response procedures
13. Directions are given, decisions are made appropriate to the situation and others are kept informed
14. Evacuation progress is monitored and action taken is recorded
15. Reports of areas affected by the emergency are received or requested
16. Attending emergency services are briefed on their arrival and senior emergency services officer instructions are followed
    • When emergency is safe and/or attending emergency services return control to building owner and/or manager ECO members are notified about when occupants can return to the facility
17. Process for occupants to return to the facility is implemented, in accordance with facility emergency response procedures
18. Reinstatement of emergency systems is reported to building owner and/or manager
19. Information for debriefing is provided and it is organised in a timely manner
20. Report is compiled for emergency planning committee and management, in accordance with facility emergency response procedures
21. Documentation is filed, in accordance with facility emergency response 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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