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The question is: What is the importance of maintaining an emergency response plan? What complications could arise due to not maintaining an emergency response plan? What role does risk assessment play in emergency planning? The first reply is as followed: What is the importance of maintaining an emergency response plan? It’s important to maintain a emergency response plan so organizations can be ready for any emergency or incidents that may occur at any given moment

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The question is: What is the importance of maintaining an emergency response plan? What complications could arise due to not maintaining an emergency response plan? What role does risk assessment play in emergency planning?

The first reply is as followed:

What is the importance of maintaining an emergency response plan?

It’s important to maintain a emergency response plan so organizations can be ready for any emergency or incidents that may occur at any given moment. Emergency response plans help reduce loss and increase safety for all associated.

What complications could arise due to not maintaining an emergency response plan?

If a plan is not maintained then organizations could experience loss, damages, or harm of their structure or their employees. They could also find themselves causing more harm as they would not know what to do in the case of these emergencies. It would also be likely that their resources wouldn’t be sufficient or available in the case of an emergency if no plan existed as they would likely not be aware of their inventory or tools.

What role does risk assessment play in emergency planning?

Risk assessments role in emergency planning is that the an organization assess their possibilities and likely hood for any risks they could face. Based on the risk assessment the organization can prioritize these risk to determine a action plan, also known as the emergency plan to help migrate their loss.

The second reply is as followed:

Emergency response plans are crucial because it takes away the time to think about something and immediately forces action. What I mean by that is when there is a known plan in place that has been rehearsed, the times it takes to start making decisions are brought down to near muscle memory. Processes are in place because, generally, they are the most effective in a situation. When these processes are not in place, plans have to be made “on the fly” and with little or constantly changing information. Solid risk assessment lays the groundwork for creating effective emergency plans. Risks are generally mediated with daily prevention, but when something goes wrong, knowledge of those risks and their preventative measures enables quick-precise reactions. In professions where there is an innumerable list of things that can happen, a general outline of what to do when things go wrong is extremely important. My department employs a list of tasks that should be done when there is a critical incident. These tasks are: establish communications and control, identify the “hot zone”, establish the inner perimeter, establish the outer perimeter, establish a command post, establish a staging area, and identify/request resources. I keep these on a little card that is placed in my light so I will always have it to refer to in case I am in a situation that is mentally taxing enough that I need a physical reminder of what to do. These tasks can be employed in any situation. Say there is a crash with commercial motor vehicles containing hazardous materials on the highway. Upon dispatch to the call, I would begin to think about what I need. I would already be starting my emergency response officer duties for the hazardous material before even arriving. I would get solid communication with individuals who would have better knowledge of the materials via telephone and constantly update dispatch on the radio. I would tell them that the “hot zone” is the area where the hazardous material is and designate an inner perimeter for first responders. I would then designate an outer perimeter where everyone else is kept. The command post would then be placed in an advantageous position where situation monitoring would be available for multiple agencies. Along with the command post designation, the staging area for first responders would be in a position where they can move easily to and from the scene. The identification and request of resources would be the point that is always changing throughout the situation. As new information is given, the need for people and resources may be constantly changing.