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• Assisting personnel during a facility evacuation • Knowledge and ability to direct personnel using contingency planning strategies • Communicating with department heads to verify evacuation is completed • Responding when necessary with proper Operation Shutdown procedures ( see Addendum 3 ) • Coordinating efforts when internally trained support personnel ( i . e , fire extinguisher groups, first aid/CPR groups ) respond , when appropriate All Department/ Area Managers and/or Supervisors are responsible for: • Notifying and acting appropriately in all emergency situations • Immediately notifying outside services , via 911 , when life - threatening emergency exists • Following up to report all emergencies to either the Front Desk Receptionist and/ or ERT • Developing emergency shut- down procedures for their respective departments • Recommending employees to Emergency Coordinator for emergency plan assignments ( I . e . department emergency contact ) • Ensuring that the Plan is properly reviewed with all new personnel ( including evacuation routes and assembly areas ) , and is available for employee review at all times • Assisting emergency personnel in maintaining order and calm in event of emergency o Providing for assistance to disabled or impaired employees , when necessary • Conducting ( or assigning a designee to conduct ) a head - count of all department personnel following an evacuation • Reporting names of unaccounted for personnel ( following an evacuation ) to Emergency Coordinator immediately All employees are responsible to NOTIFY and ACT in an emergency. • In the event of a life - threatening emergency , each employees must be aware of the fact that outside emergency services are the best trained and equipped to save lives . Therefore , notification and actions must be prompt and direct using a variety of communication devices . Know where the telephones are and how to contact and communicate your concerns . • Additional notifications are to be made to key personnel within the building such as , Supervisors , Managers, the Safety Manager, and/ or Front Desk Receptionist . Also, employees are expected to take appropriate actions depending on the type of Emergency . For example , if the situation requires employees to evacuate the building , each individual is responsible for identifying the best means of progress ( pathway to an exit ) and responding by promptly walking towards and exiting the building immediately . SECTION III Emergency Procedures IN THE CASE OF LIFE -THREATENING EMERGENCIES , ALWAYS CALL 911 FIRST • If Life -Threatening Emergency occurs , first contact is with Outside Emergency Services , and advising them of the type of emergency ( i . e . medical ( injury ) , fire/ explosion , chemical spill, workplace violence , etc . ) . • If Non - Life -Threatening Emergency occurs , first contact is with Emergency Response Team / ERT, to advise them of the type of emergency as well as the location ( within the facility ) of the incident . • General Announcement/ Evacuation Alarm ( if life -threatening , this announcement should be made to all using the overhead paging system from any internal phone ) . ® ill be tasked with assessing the circurnstances, notifying Upon notification of an emergency , ERT members w other ERT members and other personnel , and activating the general evacuation procedures . The ERT Coordinator will be deemed the main contact for which all ERT members are to report . The announcement for all personnel to evacuate can /will be made by means of multiple devices o Intercom / paging system ( auditory ) announcement will be repeated three ( 3 ) times to assure that all have heard the command . If possible , the message will be conveyed in multiple languages, as necessary o Word of mouth ( auditory and visual ) - By ERT members, supervisors, co -workers directing others to exit immediately and meet at Evacuation Assemble Areas . o Flashing lights ( visual ) If means are accessible to ERT members, a visual cuing system shall be used in excessively high noise areas to notify personnel of an evacuation . In the event of a fire , additional Emergency Action Plan Page 2 of 7