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DEPARTMENT EMERGENCY PLAN OVERVIEW The purpose of the Department Emergency Plan (Plan) is to ensure County employees are able to identify and respond to actual and potential risks in a timely and safe manner.These risks can be, but are not limited to,fire emergency, bomb threats, hostile parties, earthquake,flood, and other natural disasters.With the establishment of the written Plan, review by employees,formal training, and exercises,the department will be able to ensure a safer work environment for all employees. The structure of the Plan is threefold. First, it outlines procedures intended to protect employees and equipment in the event an emergency strikes. Second, it allows department staff to carry out, in an organized and pre-planned manner, a facility threat coordinator order to: 1. Search for suspicious articles or gather other information 2. Shelter-In-Place 3. Evacuate their facility to an Assembly Area Finally, it allows the department to establish some priorities and procedures for restoring minimal department services as quickly as possible if present facilities are suddenly unavailable. • The basic authority requiring employers to establish a Department Emergency Plan and Fire Prevention Plan is found in the California Administrative Code, General Industry Safety Orders(GISO),Title 8, Section(s)322o and 3221. The Plan also incorporates the objectives of the Employee Preparedness Program (EPP),found in San Joaquin County Administrative Manual, Section Zglo. IEMERGENCY PLANNING RESPONSIBILITIES It is the responsibility of each department to complete and maintain a Department Emergency Plan that can be used by employees in an emergency. If a department has staff permanently assigned to different buildings, it is the responsibility of the department to create a Plan for each separate location. The department must also develop a written policy that states all separate plans are consistent with overall departmental policies. Departments are responsible for keeping the Plan current and providing changes to the Office of Emergency Services and their respective building Facility Threat Coordinator(FTC). Responsibilities further include providing training to their personnel on the Plan.To meet these responsibilities and meet the requirements of Section II,the following shall be addressed: ADVISING EMPLOYEES OF THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES Before implementing the Plan,the employer shall designate and train a sufficient number of persons to assist in the safe and orderly evacuation of employees. 1 SJCPHS Emergency Plan—January 2019