Emergency preparedness Training

Preparing Your Occupants For Safety

 

Providing adequate training is paramount in ensuring occupants, visitors and Wardens are all prepared for emergencies.

 

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Overview

What training is required under Australian Standard 3745?

 

When it comes to responding safely to emergencies, it is extremely important your facility provides training to the following groups. 

  • Emergency Planning Committee (EPC)
  • Emergency Control Organisation (ECO)
  • Facility occupants 

These training sessions are required so that each person can competently execute their roles during emergency situations. 

 

training specifications

What training do your occupants, EPC & ECO receive?

Training occupants will always be necessary for compliance, however the kind of training required differs based on that occupants role.

 

Emergency Planning Committee

EPC members must receive training that enables them to competently execute their obligations, and should address the following: 

  • Develop, manage, and maintain the emergency plan.
  • Understand the duties of the EPC and ECO members during emergency response procedures.
  • Outline the duties of the Emergency Response Team as during emergency response procedures.
  • Conduct site-specific emergency identification and analysis.
  • Establish and manage an ECO.
  • Manage appropriate documentation.
  • Manage and develop assessment activities.
  • Develop the implementation of training activities, including emergency exercise management.
  • Outline emergency mitigation, emergency preparedness and emergency prevention.
  • Manage installed fire safety systems including sprinklers, fire doors and installed emergency communications, notifications, and warnings.
  • Liaise with Emergency Services.
  • Manage post-evacuation processes.
Emergency Control Organisation

All ECO members must be trained to develop the skills and knowledge necessary to perform their duties outlined in emergency management manual. Due to ECO members potentially being absent during emergencies, all ECO positions must have more than the minimum number of members.  

The training of all ECO members must include: 

  • Duties of the ECO as described in emergency response procedures.
  • Procedures for all specific emergencies outlined in the emergency plan.
  • Responding to alarms and reports in emergencies.
  • Reporting emergencies and initiating the installed emergency warning equipment.
  • Communication methods during emergencies.
  • Pre-emergency activities.
  • Post-emergency activities.
  • Training on Personal Emergency Evacuation Plans.
  • Human behaviour during emergencies.
  • How to use installed emergency response equipment.
  • How to use the facilities installations during a fire or other emergency. E.g. fire doors, emergency lights, or sprinklers. 

All the above training must also contain an assessment component on top of the training, to ensure ECO members have paid the appropriate amount of attention during training.  All ECO members must attend training at intervals no greater than 6 months apart. 

Chief Wardens & Deputy Chief Wardens

In addition to the training that all ECO members receive, Chief & Deputy Chief Wardens must also receive training on: 

  • Their roles, responsibilities, and duties.
  • Duties of the Emergency Response Team.
  • Decision-making, command, and control tactics.
  • Record keeping.
  • Actions for specific emergencies as outlined in the emergency management manual.
  • Coordination of communication during emergencies.
  • Liaising with Emergency Services.
  • Coordination of evacuation activities.
  • Implementation of post-emergency activities in accordance with the emergency plan.
First-attack firefighting training

If specific occupants have been chosen by the EPC and included in emergency procedures, these occupants must be trained in first-attack firefighting to properly fulfill their duties. 

This training must include: 

  • Duties of the ECO and ERT.
  • Preparing for site-specific fires.
  • Reporting fires.
  • Evacuating from endangered areas.
  • Correctly identifying, reporting, and correcting unsafe conditions.
  • Responding to fire emergencies.
  • Properly identify the class of fire.
  • Selecting the correct first-attack firefighting equipment based on class of fire.
  • Safe operation for first-attack firefighting equipment.
  • Determining when it is safe to use first-attack firefighting equipment.
  • Procedures to follow after using first-attack firefighting equipment.
  • Post-evacuation activities.

To ensure the retention of training information, all First-Attack Firefighting occupants must attend skills retention training at intervals no greater than 24 months apart. 

General occupants

All occupants must receive training to increase the success of emergency response procedures during emergencies. Not only must existing occupants receive training, but all new occupants must also receive training as they enter a facility. 

The training must at a minimum include: 

  • Occupant responsibilities during emergencies.
  • The types of emergencies outlined in the emergency plan.
  • How to report emergencies contained in the emergency plan.
  • Recognising and reporting unsafe conditions and correcting unsafe conditions when appropriate.
  • Authorities, roles, responsibilities, and identification of ECO members.
  • Reacting safely to emergencies and alarms.
  • Evacuation procedures.
  • Location of internal and external staging and assembly areas, as contained in the emergency plan.
  • Location of egress routes.
  • Post-emergency protocols. 
  • Procedures for specific emergencies.

Occupants of a facility, who do not work at a facility, must still receive training to enable them to act in accordance with emergency response procedures.  

Visitors at the facility are not required to receive the same training, however they must be provided with the appropriate information on the emergency response procedures of the facility. 

All occupants must attend complete training at intervals no greater than 12 months apart. 

Training materials provided

All ECO members and occupants receiving training must be supplied with appropriate training materials dependent on role and responsibilities. These materials are important to refer back to in case any training is forgotten. 

Training materials can be supplied in the following forms: 

  • Print 
  • Large print 
  • Electronic 
  • Audio 
  • Braille 
  • Languages other than English 
  • Reference charts 

 

getting started

Have your occupants completed all their training?

 

Training is the backbone of compliance and occupant safety. It gives your occupants the best chance at being prepared in the event that an emergency were to occur in your facility.

First 5 Minutes provides a wealth of training options for your occupants including: in-Person, Webinar & Self-Paced Online Training (SPOT) options.

Discover our Self-Paced Online Training catalogue and train at your own pace.

 

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Emergency Respone Exercises

Emergency Response Exercises are a site-specific exercise implemented to determine the effectiveness of emergency response procedures both when developed and on an on-going basis. These exercises are developed by the EPC in collaborations with facility owners, managers, occupiers, and employers of the facility.

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your compliance benchmark

Discover the intricacies of Emergency Preparedness – and exactly where your lacking in compliance

Here’s our at-a-glance look at the sections of Australian Standard 3745:2010 Planning for Emergencies in Facilities that your facility should continue to consider and stay on top of to maintain your compliance.

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Definitions

To assist with reading our fundamental guide to Emergency compliance, we’ve prepared a list of definitions for terms you may not be familiar with.

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Emergency Planning Committee

The Emergency Planning Committee is a group of individuals who are responsible for the development, implementation and maintenance of the emergency plan, emergency response procedures and related training of a facility and its occupants.
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Emergency Plan

The Emergency Plan is the master document which contains the organisational arrangements, systems, strategies, and procedures relating to the response and management of emergencies in a facility.

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Emergency Evacuation Diagram

Emergency evacuation diagrams contain the emergency evacuation and emergency response information about a facility, including a representation of a floor or area in pictorial form.

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Emergency Response Procedures

An emergency response procedure refers to the documentation containing all assigned responsibilities, actions and procedures within the emergency plan, to respond and manage emergencies.

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Emergency Control Organisation

Ensure your Chief Wardens and Wardens are prepared to take command and coordinate all aspects of an emergency. Your ECO members must gain an in-depth understanding of emergency procedures, from assessing risk that may be present in the workplace to effectively planning for all types of emergencies.

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