Emergency Plan - Grand Strand Water and Sewer Authority

APPENDIX 11
EVACUATION PLAN
Evacuation Plan
This Evacuation / Emergency Action Plan is in place to ensure employee safety from fire,
bomb threat, chemical release, earthquake, or any other emergency which could affect our
facilities.
At the time of an emergency, employees should know what type of actions are necessary
and what their role is in carrying out the plan. In some cases where the emergency is very
grave, total and immediate evacuation of all employees is necessary. In other emergencies,
the majority of the personnel may need to be evacuated promptly while designated
personnel remain at their duty stations temporarily in order to shut down critical processes.
INCIDENT COMMAND SYSTEM:
During an evacuation for any reason, the Incident Command System (ICS) may be
implemented. The degree to which the ICS is developed will depend upon the
circumstances of the evacuation, but will typically be very simple in nature. For an
evacuation with no apparent imminent danger, the Incident Commander (typically the
senior member of management on-scene) may be the only formal ICS position that needs
to be established.
The department supervisors / foremen shall report all pertinent information to the Incident
Commander (IC), such as: the results of the building search, any personnel unaccounted
for, anything unusual observed in the building, etc.
The IC shall first ensure that the appropriate resources have been called for, such as
Police, Fire, EMS, etc., as required by the incident. The next action shall be to ensure that
ALL personnel are accounted for and safely away from the building in the designated
place of refuge. NOTE: Security may be a concern during the evacuation. It may be
necessary to assign one or more employees to barricade the entrances to the parking lot or
facility to keep others away. If necessary, employees may be posted in a position which
allows them to safely monitor the entrances to the building, and keep customers, visitors,
and other employees from getting too close to the building. DO NOT leave an entrance
open and unmonitored so that unsuspecting personnel could enter the building or facility.
REPORTING EMERGENCIES
If ANY employee witnesses a situation which poses immediate and imminent danger, they
shall immediately initiate an evacuation using whatever is the quickest and most effective
means available to them. Activating the fire alarm, announcing over the intercom, verbally
alerting nearby employees, etc.
NOTE: Safety Manager shall be immediately alerted if any facility is evacuated for any
reason.
If the situation does NOT pose immediate and imminent danger, it shall be promptly
reported to senior management, and they shall determine if an evacuation is appropriate.