Emergency Response - Preparedness Training

Familiarize yourself with your facility's Emergency Response Plan before an incident occurs. Know where you fit in the chain of command, what your duties will be during an incident, and who you should report to. Take part in your company's practice sessions and drills. An emergency involving hazardous chemicals can be one of the most dangerous situations that you ever encounter. But following your company's safety rules and knowing your Emergency Response Plan inside and out... will help you make it through these incidents safely!

Emergency Response at ATSDR
This article examines several common assumptions about disasters, compares them with research findings, and discusses the implications for planning.

EPA: Emergency Response Program
The U.S. EPA's Emergency Response Program coordinates and implements a wide range of activities to ensure that adequate and timely response measures are taken in communities affected by hazardous substances and oil releases where state and local first responder capabilities have been exceed or where additional support is needed. 

OSHA Safety and Health Topics: Emergency Preparedness & Response 
OSHA and its State Plan partners help set and implement national safety and health standards for emergency responders. Foremost among these standards is the Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response standard of 29 CFR 1910.120(q).

CDC Emergency Preparedness & Response
This site is intended to increase the nation's ability to prepare for and respond to public health emergencies.

DERA - The Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Response Association
DERA is a membership organization founded in 1962 as a nonprofit association linking professionals, volunteers and organizations active in all phases of disaster preparedness and emergency management. DERA remains an independent, nongovernmental organization (NGO) with dual missions of professional support and disaster service.

FEMA Emergency Response Action Steps
This information is from the Emergency Response and Salvage Wheel, a sliding chart designed for archives, libraries, and museums, businesses.

Information for Course Material:
Emergency Response Training Program course will help employees to understand how having an Emergency Response Plan is critical to working safely around hazardous materials, as well as what roles people will take on and what types of procedures will be followed if an emergency does occur.