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I. EMERGENCY PROCEDURES • <br />Emergency Action Plans <br />An important consideration when developing an Emergency Action Plan is that it has to work <br />under disaster conditions. The usual systems - water, telephone, light, power - cannot be <br />depended on. <br />Often, our emergency procedures are mandated or directed by the client's emergency plan. This <br />plan must be periodically reviewed with client contact(s). <br />The Emergency Action Plan must provide for: <br />• Protection of CSI employees on client premises <br />• Protection of CSI employees and others on CSI property <br />• Protection of CSI property <br />• Periodic plan review and update <br />• Resumption of partial or complete business activity <br />• Periodic rehearsals of the plan, ie. drills <br />• If necessary, procedures to control damage and loss <br />Emergency crises include, but are not limited to, fire, power failure, hurricane, flood, tornado, <br />earthquake, hazardous chemical and gas release, bomb threat, and medical emergencies. <br />Plan Elements 9 <br />a. Familiarize employees with emergency and evactuation plan of the building in which <br />they work. <br />b. Know assigned escape route, walk to the exit (never run), and proceed to the <br />designated meeting place. <br />c. Participate in all drills and take them seriously. <br />d. Procedures to account for all employees after emergency evacuation has been <br />completed. <br />e. Know how to report and sound the alarm for fire and other emergencies. <br />f Return to the building only when instructed or when the "All_ Clear" alarm sounds <br />g. A written evaluation of response during a drill situation. <br />When training and preparing our employees to handle emergencies and disasters, they must be <br />instructed to: <br />a. Follow the procedures set up for the building in which they work. <br />b. Always maintain order and quiet. <br />C. Do not panic, and avoid confusion. <br />• <br />6 <br />