Emergency and Evacuation Plans

An emergency plan is a written set of instructions that outlines what workers and others at the workplace should do in an emergency.

An emergency plan must provide for the following:

• emergency procedures, including:

− an effective response to an emergency

− evacuation procedures

− notifying emergency service organisations at the earliest opportunity

− medical treatment and assistance, and

− effective communication between the person authorised to coordinate the emergency response and all people at the workplace

• testing of the emergency procedures—including the frequency of testing, and

• information, training and instruction to relevant workers in relation to implementing the emergency procedures.