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    This article discusses the importance of emergency drills and training in companies. It states that emergencies like fires and explosions cannot be ruled out and proper preparation is needed. Emergency drills help ensure employees know what to do in case of an emergency. The article defines an emergency as an incident that threatens life, health or property and has a high probability of escalating. Companies should conduct risk assessments to examine possible hazards and prepare emergency response plans accordingly. Emergency drills help test emergency response plans and ensure employees are properly prepared.

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    Introduction

    Emergencies, such as fires and explosions, immediately threatening the health


    of the workers, cannot be ruled out in most companies. In order to minimise
    the impact, it is necessary that every person in such a situation knows exactly
    what to do. This requires repeated exercises or drills. Planning and execution
    of these exercises has to be based on the experience of real scenarios, it has to
    involve the workers, and the performance has to be evaluated. The drills have
    to be performed frequently to ensure that no one forgets the processes.

    Definitions, role and necessity of emergency drills and training

    Companies and institutions have to conduct risk assessments . Such


    assessments examine all possible hazards, analyse them carefully, and
    evaluate them according to their likelihood of causing injury and damage and
    according to the possible severity of the impact. The professionals first
    concentrate on those events that are fairly likely or very likely to occur, and
    may cause moderate to extreme harm. They identify preventive and protective
    measures.

    However, they also need to address two more aspects:

     What should be done in case prevention and protection fail?


     What should be done in those cases where an event is very unlikely but
    may cause extreme harm?

    Even if an event is unlikely, it does not mean it will never happen, and the
    company must also study these remaining risk cases. The company needs to be
    prepared (emergency preparedness) and to have mitigation measures
    implemented.

    An emergency is defined as [1]


    an incident that:

     is immediately threatening to life, health, property or environment.


     has already caused loss of life, health detriments, property damage or
    environmental damage.
     has a high probability of escalating to cause immediate danger to life,
    health, property or environment

    The World Health Organisation (WHO) defines an emergency as a state '… in


    which normal procedures are suspended and extra-ordinary measures are
    taken in order to avert the impact of a hazard on the community. Authorities
    should be prepared to effectively respond to an emergency. If not properly
    managed, some emergencies will become disasters.' According to the World
    Health Organisation, a 'disaster' is defined as: '…an occurrence where normal
    conditions of existence are disrupted and the level of suffering exceeds the
    capacity of the hazard-affected community to respond to it.' [2][3]

    Such emergency scenarios (as identified in the risk assessment) are listed in
    table 1.

    Table 1: Emergency scenarios

    Fires Explosions/implosions
     Underground mining  Dust
     Plant and surface  Chemicals
     Forrest-, bushfires  Blasting agents
     Community  Petroleum
     Vehicle  Nitrogen
    Chemical spills/leaks  Gas line explosion
     Oil spills Civil disturbances
     Ruptured gas main  Strike
     Containment of spill  Protest
     Offsite/onsite  Bomb threat
     Storage capabilities  Kidnap/extortion
    Injuries  Sabotage
     Onsite  Other threats
     Multiple Power failure
     Fatal  Electrical blackout
     Critical  Gas shortage
    Natural disasters  Water shortage
     Flooding  Communication systems failur
     Cyclone, snow storm Water in-rush
     Earthquake, volcano eruptions  Exploration drill hole
     Severe storm  Bulkheads
     Ruptured dam  Pillar failure
     Mud or land slide  Unplanned holing of old worki
     Meteorites  Tailings
    Community evacuation  Ruptured dam
     Planned  Fractured ground
     Unplanned  Water main failure

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