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#1 Posted : 30 July 2007 10:20:00(UTC)
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Posted By Paul Price
Hello all . I have been tasked with drawing up a disaster management procedure as the one that was drawn up by our technical director is absolutely rubbish ( he has taken the procedure they use in India which is not suitable for the UK)> we are a pharmaceutical company so we have a wide range of chemicals Toxic/Irritants/ explosive / flammable to name a few. If someone cold let me know where I might find a procedure I would very grateful.

Regards Paul
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#2 Posted : 30 July 2007 10:47:00(UTC)
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Posted By Descarte
Are you a COMAH site and if so what tier?
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#3 Posted : 30 July 2007 11:14:00(UTC)
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Posted By Paul Price
No we are not a COMAH site as the quantities we use are under the threshold .
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#4 Posted : 30 July 2007 15:35:00(UTC)
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Posted By Robert K Lewis
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Without knowing your organisation giving indication of a definitive procedure for disasters is nigh on impossible. Your posting suggests a concentration on the process safety issues. Disaster planning needs to cover much more than this and thus needs a multi disciplinary approach from finance, IT, estates, marketing etc etc.

Bob
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#5 Posted : 30 July 2007 16:06:00(UTC)
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Posted By John Murphy
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Have you tried the Emergency Planning College? You may aslo want to try your local shire or unitary council emergency planning team for some advice or guidance

John
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#6 Posted : 30 July 2007 17:09:00(UTC)
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Posted By Descarte
Ok just to get you started,

I would start off with how you will define diferent types of emergencies, say minor (injuries), major(fatalities) and disaster(offsite fatlities) etc... and depending on your business this could also be sub typed to include safety, security and communication ie. Denial of Service attack to company website, influx of protestors into buildings or area...

You will then need to detail who will be responsible and put tegether a emergency management Team, named positions or specific employees and deputies who will be responsible for managing the emergency ie. overall responsability, safety, fire dept, coms, services, operations / specific departments

Any internal reporting and outside agencies, how to report, who, when, saying what...

Dealing with media, customers, the public etc. and having a responsible person able to communicate with press and giving press releases, who would have to approve these?

Where your disaster management team will be located, what information needs to be stored in this area, sites maps, MSDS's etc...

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