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© 2001-2009 Firebelle Productions 1 In Case of Emergency

Being preparedfor emergencies

greatly increases your chances of

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a special publication from Firebelle Productions

In Case of Emergency

basic guidelines for responding to incidents currently concerning our nation

Emergency Preparedness The best way to protect against emergencies is to prevent them by maintaining a safe workplace. However, some emergencies cannot be prevented. Knowing how to respond ahead of time greatly increases your chances of survival.

✓ Know your emergency procedures. This handout provides basic guidelines. However, additional procedures may apply in your workplace. Be familiar with any specific responsibilities that you may have been assigned.

✓ Know where all of your emergency exits are located.

✓ Have a designated assembly area a safe distance from the buildings where everyone will check in following an evacuation.

✓ Be familiar with building safety features (alarm systems, fire protection systems, etc.) and how they function.

✓ Know how to report an emergency (whom to call and what to say).

✓ Know how to use fire extinguishers and other emergency equipment.

✓ Take first aid and CPR classes so you can help people who are ill or in-jured.

✓ Participate in drills to ensure your ability to respond appropriately. Report any problems that occur during the drill to your manager so that the prob-lems may be corrected before a real emergency occurs.

Basic Emergency Response Guidelines

The following are some basic principles that apply to any emergency:

✓ Remain calm. This will help ensure your safety and make it easier to take appropriate actions.

✓ Check the scene to identify immediate dangers. If you cannot ensure your safety, move away from the danger area and leave the problem for emergency response personnel.

Know your emergency

procedures, and participate in

drills to ensure your ability to respond

appropriately.


Report the emergencyfrom a safe

location, providing thorough

and accurate information.

Delays in reporting

emergencies have often contributed

to unnecessary loss of life and

property.

✓ Report the emergency from a safe location.

✓ Control immediate hazards only if safe to do so. Although citizens can often control an emergency in its early stages, you are not expected to fight fires or take other unnecessary risks.

✓ Listen for further instructions from management or emergency response personnel. Cooperate with emergency response personnel. They are in charge of the scene until the emergency is over.

✓ Be observant. Be a good witness. Your observations may be critical in determining what happened and in identifying areas where improvement is needed in established emergency procedures.

Reporting Emergencies

It’s important to report emergencies promptly and accurately. Delays in reporting emergencies and failure to provide accurate information have often contributed to unnecessary loss of life and property.

If possible, get to a safe location. Then dial 911, and provide emergency opera-tors with the following information:

• Typeofemergency• Specificlocationoftheemergency• Sizeoftheemergencyornumberofpeopleinjured• Yournameandthephonenumberyouarecallingfrom• Specifichazardsthatemergencypersonnelshouldknowaboutfortheirsafety

Emergency operators may request more information. Answer all questions thor-oughly.Stayonthephoneuntilemergencyoperatorsindicatetheyhavealltheinformation they need. Let emergency operators be the first to hang up.

Emergency operators will often provide pre-arrival emergency medical instruc-tions or guidance on handling other incidents. Follow their directions.

Emergency Evacuation Procedures

✓ Exit immediately, using the stairwells, not the elevators. Don’t waste time trying to finish what you’re working on.

✓ Take your car keys and identification if they are readily accessible so that you don’t have to go back for these items. However, don’t risk your safety for these things. If you can’t get to them safely, forget them.

✓ Assist disabled persons and visitors as needed.

✓ Proceed to your designated evacuation assembly area, and report to your manager.

✓ Do not reenter the building until it has been declared safe by emergency personnel.


Fires

✓ Move away from the immediate area, taking other people with you.

✓ Report the fire, regardless of size. Fires can get out of control very quickly, sodon’tdelaycallingthefiredepartment.Smoke,orthesmellofsmoke,must also be reported.

✓ Close doors to keep the fire and smoke from spreading. Other than report-ing the fire promptly, this is the single most important thing you can do to minimize potential property damage.

✓ Extinguish the fire if appropriate. If the fire is small and doesn’t pose a significant risk to your safety, you may choose to extinguish it. However, if you have any doubts about your safety, evacuate and leave the fire for the fire department.

✓ Evacuate the building. Report to your evacuation assembly area.

Additional Guidelines

✓ Feel doors before opening them. If a door is hot, don’t open it. Use another escape route.

✓ Close doors, but leave them unlocked so firefighters can enter without hav-ing to break in. This also gives you someplace to retreat to if your escape route is blocked.

✓ If there’s smoke in the area, crawl low to stay below the smoke. The freshest and coolest air will be close to the floor.

✓ Use stairwells to evacuate. Do not use the elevators.

✓ Do not reenter the building until firefighters indicate it’s safe.

If You Are Trapped

✓ Remain calm.

✓ Closedoorsbetweenyouandthefire.Sealcracksarounddoorsandventsusing wet towels if available.

✓ Do not break windows. You’ll be unable to close them later if you need to shut out smoke from the outside.

✓ Call911to letdispatchersknowwhereyouaretrapped. Signaloutthewindow to help firefighters find you.

Report all fires, regardless of size.

Smoke, or the smell of smoke,

must also be reported.

Close doors to keep the fire

and smoke from spreading. Then

evacuate and report to your assembly area

outside.


Fire Extinguisher Operation

✓ Pull the pin. A small pin in the handle prevents accidental discharge. It is held in place by a thin strap that will break easily when pulled or twisted.

✓ Aim the extinguisher at the base or nearest edge of the fire.

✓ Squeezethehandle.

✓ Keep the extinguish aimed at the base of the fire, and sweep from side to side, pushing the fire away from you.

✓ Staybetweenthefireandanexittomaintainanescaperoute.

✓ Have a backup person standing by in case you need assistance.

✓ Leave the area if you experience problems. Don’t allow yourself to be over-come with smoke from the fire or powder from the fire extinguisher.

✓ Never turn your back on a fire you think is out. Fires can easily reignite when you least expect it.

Power Outages

Power outages are more of an inconvenience than an emergency. However, they can sometimes lead to more serious problems.

✓ Deal with emergency situations (fires, injuries, etc.) if applicable.

✓ Open shades/blinds and use flashlights.

✓ Turn off equipment as appropriate to prevent damage from power surges.

✓ Listen for instructions from management, emergency personnel, or PG&E.

✓ Do not light matches if gas leaks are suspected.

✓ Call 911 or building management only to relay emergency information. Do not tie up phone lines.

If the fire is small and doesn’t pose

much risk, you may attempt to

extinguish it.

Remember PASS:Pull, Aim, Squeeze

and Sweep.

Pull the pin. Aim at the base.

Fire Extinguisher Operation

Squeeze the handle. Sweep side to side.


Earthquakes

During the Shaking

✓ Remain calm. This will help ensure your safety and make it easier to take appropriate actions.

✓ Take cover under a desk, table, or other sturdy furniture. You can also take cover by standing under an interior doorway.

✓ Avoid potential hazards, such as large windows, breaking glass, or heavy objects that might fall.

✓ Do not attempt to run outdoors. Most deaths and injuries occur to people who try to escape versus take cover during the shaking.

After the Shaking

✓ Assess the situation for immediate hazards (e.g., fires, down power lines, broken glass). Control hazards as necessary, but do not take unnecessary risks.

✓ Render first aid as needed.

✓ Listen for instructions.

✓ Evacuate if appropriate, and report to your designated assembly area. Account for all personnel. Make a list of people who are missing or unaccounted for.

✓ Cooperate with rescue personnel and building management.

✓ Prepare for aftershocks. Move away from dangerous areas. If appropriate, secure items in danger of falling.

✓ Use stairwells - not elevators.

✓ Use radios for information - not telephones. If you must use phones to communicate with family, keep conversations brief. Do not overload phone systems.

✓ Use flashlights for lighting.

✓ Turn off equipment as appropriate.

✓ Stayoutofdangerousareas.Don’tgosightseeing.

✓ Don’t drive unless necessary. Keep roads clear for emergency vehicles. Re-member, too, that many rescue workers will be responding in their private vehicles, without red lights and sirens to help them get through traffic. The fewer people on the road, the easier it will be for rescue workers to get where they need to go.

When earthquakes strike, take cover. Don’t attempt to

run outdoors.

Most deaths and injuries occur to

people who try to escape versus

take cover during the shaking.


Violence in the Workplace

Roughly 41% of all occupational injuries result from violence in the workplace. Unfortunately, this is a growing concern for which we need to be prepared.

Tips from Police Officer Training

Someofthethingspoliceofficerslearnintheirtrainingcanbehelpfultoanyonefaced with violence.

✓ Don’t take foolish risks. Don’t, for example, risk your life over property. Persons who resist robbers are 14 times more likely to be killed than those who let a robbery occur.

✓ Anticipate multiple offenders. In terrorism, bank robberies, and similar incidents, it is not uncommon for there to be multiple offenders, some of whom may not reveal themselves unless someone challenges the offender(s) who have already made their presence known.

✓ Don’t give up. Officers who give up after being shot are much more likely to be shot again and killed by an assailant. Only 10% of people shot actually die. Most who die do so within a few seconds of impact. Even if you are wounded, keep trying to escape or fight back.

Tips from America’s Most Wanted Magazine

✓ Don’t let fear paralyze you. Take your openings, whether that be to escape or fight back. This doesn’t mean you should take foolish risks, but it does mean that if you fail to act when prudent to do so, you increase your odds of getting hurt.

Know that everyone freezes in the initial seconds. People who break out of that freeze either have a lot of experience or simply have rehearsed something similar in their minds.

✓ Survivaloftenrequiresanintenseconcentrationonescapeandtheabilitytoreact quickly. Keep thinking “escape.” Don’t try to be a hero. It’s not your job to negotiate with the bad guys. Nor is it your job to fight back, although fighting back may become necessary.

Be ready to act quickly; you may have only seconds to act. This is where making decisions ahead of time—rehearsing in your mind how you will re-spond to a threatening situation—can save your life.

General Guidelines

✓ Pay attention to warning signs. It is often possible to predict and prevent violent acts by spotting warning signals and contacting authorities before anything happens.

✓ Remain calm. Don’t panic.

✓ Escape if possible. If you are unable to escape, find cover and concealment.

Tips from police officer training:

Don’t take foolish risks.

Anticipate multiple

offenders. Don’t give up.

Tips from AMW Magazine:

Don’t let fear paralyze you.

Be ready to act quickly, and keep

thinking “escape.”


✓ Call 911 to report the emergency. Provide as much information as possible.

✓ Don’t aggravate the situation.

✓ Be observant. Be a good witness. The information you provide authorities may be vital in identifying and capturing the bad guys, determining the chain of events, or prosecuting criminals.

✓ Be ready to escape or act if given an opening. If you can escape, get far away from the building. Don’t remain in an area where you can still be a target.

✓ Cooperate with police. Remember, they don’t know who the bad guys are. They may detain you or even handcuff you until they know you don’t pres-ent a danger to them or others.

Cover and Concealment

The following tips for cover and concealment assume that (1) you cannot escape altogether and (2) the gunman hasn’t directed you not to move.

✓ Don’t draw attention to yourself.

✓ If possible, get to a room where you can lock the door.

✓ Hide well, and don’t peek. Remember, if you can see the shooter, the shooter can see you.

✓ Get behind something that might stop or slow a bullet, for example, a file cabinet, desk, or table turned at an angle to deflect bullets.

Evaluating Whether to Take Action

There are no clearcut answers as to whether or not you should take action when confronted with violence in the workplace. Every situation is different. What’s best in one scenario may not be what’s best in another. You need to assess the situation to determine the degree of risk. The following are some questions worth evaluating:

• Doesthisappeartobearealevent,acrediblethreat,orahoax?Thegreaterthe threat potential, the greater the need to take action.

• Isthisacrimeagainstpeopleorproperty?It’snotworthriskingyourlifefor property. When life is at stake, however, it may be necessary to act.

• Isthereonlyonetargetormultipletargets?Themorepeoplewhoarebeingthreatened, the greater the need to act.

• Isthereaneedtoprotectlovedones?If,forexample,yourchildrenarewithyou, you may respond differently than if you were alone. You might refrain from taking action you would otherwise take for fear of putting them at risk. Or you might be forced to take action because they are already in danger.

If you cannot escape, try to

conceal yourself where a gunman

can’t see you.

Look for cover behind something that might slow or

stop a bullet.


• Issomeonethreatenedbyimminentordirectassault?Ifanoffenderhasalready assaulted someone or someone is in imminent danger, you may be forced to act to prevent the situation from escalating further.

• Whatinjuryareyouwillingtoriskbyactingornotacting?Wherewillyoudrawtheline?Onlyyoucandecideifyouarewillingtoriskdeathorseri-ous injury.

If You Decide to Fight

If you choose to fight, expect to get hurt. Forget the mythical Hollywood good guys who emerge unscathed. If you are expecting not to be injured, you run the risk of being startled to the point where an injury inhibits your effectiveness. Once you’ve committed to fighting back, you don’t have the luxury of changing your mind because you’re afraid of getting hurt.

Once you start, be effective from the beginning. Don’t make a wimpy start. Don’t spar around. Fight like you mean it. Plan to hurt the bad guy. (Remember, he plans to hurt you.) Use whatever weapons you have or can improvise.

Don’t pause to see if stopping the fight will cause the assailant to stop too. You’ll lose momentum and give him an opening to counterattack. Don’t give up, even if you have been injured.

Fight smarter, not harder. Keep it simple. If you have training you can call on (e.g., martial arts), use it. You will be more effective if you can use techniques that come naturally to you. Take advantage of simple body mechanics. For example, by manipulating a person’s head, you can somewhat control the movement of his body with far less effort. Hit the assailant where he is the most vulnerable. This is not the time to be embarrassed about kicking someone in the crotch.

Avoid telegraphing your moves if possible. “Winding up” for a punch, for ex-ample, communicates that you plan to hit your assailant and gives him more opportunitytocounteryourmove.Shiftingyourgaze,suchasavertingyoureyes from his face to his crotch, tells him where you plan to hit next.

Yellloudlyanyappropriatecommands,suchas“Stop!”or“Droptheweapon!”A commanding presence may influence the offender to stop his aggressive be-havior. It helps you be more focused and more effective in your efforts. It also alerts others as to your intentions, which better enables them to decide whether to join the fight, go get help, or take other appropriate actions.

Keep looking to escape. The longer a fight lasts, the greater your chance of get-ting hurt, so don’t try to prolong it. Create an opening for escape and take it. Your goal is not to subdue and capture an assailant unless in a situation where doing so is the best way to protect a greater number of people. Your goal is to get away from the assailant as quickly and as safely as possible.

If you decide to fight, fight like

you mean it.Your life may depend on it.

Keep looking to escape. Create

an opening and take it.


Suspicious Mail

Recent anthrax scares have increased public awareness of how vulnerable we are to terrorist attacks through the mail. However, years before anthrax became ahouseholdword,theUnabomberterrorizedthenationbyusingU.S.mailtosend bombs. Whether it be mail bombs, anthrax-laced letters, or something else, people need to be alert to suspicious packages and need to respond cau-tiously, yet without panic.

Mail bombs and mail contaminated with anthrax or other dangerous substances may have one or more of the following characteristics. Any one characteristic by itself may not mean anything. However, two or more should be viewed sus-piciously:

• Markingssuchas“Personal,”“Confidential,”or“Private”• Incorrectnameoraddress• Misspelledwords• Noreturnaddressorfictitiousreturnaddress• Postmarkinconsistentwiththereturnaddress• Postmarkfromaforeigncountry• Distortedhandwritingorbadlytypedaddresslabels• Excessivepostage(topreventreturnornondeliveryoftheitemduetoinsuf-

ficient postage)• Oilystainsonenvelopeorwrapping(oftenthemostvisibleindicationofa

letter bomb) • Strangeodors,particularlyoilsmells• Protrudingwiresoraluminumfoil• Rigid,uneven,orlopsidedenvelopes• Packageswithirregularshapes,softspots,orbulges• Unprofessionalwrappingonpackages• Packagesstampedwith“Fragile–HandleWithCare”or“Rush–DoNotDelay”• Buzzingortickingnoisescomingfromthepackage• Pressureorresistancewhenremovingcontents• Darkorheavilylinedenvelope(toshieldalight-sensitivedetonatoruntilthe

envelope is opened)• Powdersorothersubstances released fromapackageorenvelopewhen

opened

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RADIOACTIVE II

Mail bombsand mail

contaminated with anthrax or

other dangerous substances often

have telltale characteristics.

Examples include misspellings, no

return address or fictitious

return address, excessive postage,

oily stains, and strange odors.


Explosive or Suspicious Devices

The following are general instructions that apply to any situation involving ex-plosive or suspicious devices. Remember that explosive devices may not look like bombs or may be concealed inside other objects. Be suspicious of things that look out of place, and use available resources, as appropriate, to help de-termine whether or not the object in question may be something hazardous. For example, a package delivered by a legitimate shipping company should have a tracking number on it. If you can’t tell who sent the package, you can ask the shipper to identify the sender through the tracking number. If necessary, you can call the sender to confirm the legitimacy of the shipment. This is an easy way to rule out dangerous mail.

Do

✓ Isolate the area, and deny entry to all personnel.

✓ Call 911 to report the suspicious package.

✓ Evacuate the area. Move people away from a possible explosive device rather than try to move the device itself. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Fire-arms (ATF) now recommends evacuating to a distance of at least 900 feet in all directions (up from earlier recommendations of 300 feet), as well as evacuating floors above and below the object. However, greater distances are often prudent.

✓ If safe to do so, open doors and windows as you evacuate to minimize dam-age from an explosion. The shock wave will do more damage in an enclosed area than in an open one.

✓ Take cover behind buildings if possible. If you can’t stay behind a building, use other available cover.

✓ Recognize that an explosive device may activate in some manner other than the obvious. For example, a timer may count up instead of down, and you would have no way of knowing when it was set to detonate under those conditions. The device may even be activated by remote control.

✓ Consider all devices dangerous until proven otherwise. For example, a hand

grenade normally used for training purposes (typically blue in color) can be reloaded. Even something that appears to be a toy weapon can be a real device.

✓ Pay attention to circumstances surrounding the incident. Note suspicious people or activities. Relay any information to the appropriate officials, re-gardless of how unimportant it may seem to you at the time.

Don’t

✓ Do not touch, shake, or disturb a suspicious package. Do not open the package.

✓ Do not attempt to move a suspicious package to another location. Evacuate the area instead.

Call 911 to report a suspiciousobject, and

evacuate the area.

Don’t touch or disturb the object.

Don’t attempt to move it, cover

it, or contain it. Leave it alone.


✓ Do not attempt to “neutralize” a possible explosive device by immersing it in water, putting it into a desk drawer or file cabinet, or covering it with some-thing. Any of these activities may cause the device to detonate or increase the damage if and when the device does detonate.

✓ Do not turn lights or equipment on or off. Leave everything as you find it.

✓ Do not operate radios within 300 feet (minimum) unless you are certain an explosive device can’t be activated by radio transmissions.

✓ Do not block access to a suspicious package. Do not block doors.

Anthrax

Anthrax exists in three forms: cutaneous (skin), inhalation, and intestinal. Under natural conditions, humans can become infected with cutaneous anthrax by handling contaminated animal parts without wearing gloves to protect broken skin or with intestinal anthrax by eating contaminated meat. As we’ve seen recently, cutaneous anthrax can also be contracted by handling contaminated mail. Breathing anthrax spores causes a very severe form of the disease (inha-lation anthrax), one with a mortality rate of 80% to 90%.

Symptoms of Anthrax

Symptomsofdiseasevarydependingonhowthediseasewascontracted,butsymptoms usually occur within seven days.

Cutaneous (Skin) Anthrax - Most anthrax infections occur when the bacterium enters a cut or abrasion on the skin, such as when handling contaminated wool, hides,orleatherofinfectedanimals.Skininfectionbeginsasaraised,itchybump that resembles an insect bite, but within one to two days develops into a vesicle and then a painless ulcer, usually one to three centimeters in diameter, with a characteristic black necrotic (dying) area in the center. Lymph glands in the adjacent area may swell. About 20% of untreated cases of cutaneous anthrax result in death, but deaths are rare with appropriate treatment.

Inhalation Anthrax - Onset of disease is gradual and begins with flu-like symp-toms: fever, chills, malaise, and fatigue, sometimes accompanied by a nonpro-ductivecoughandmildchestdiscomfort.Sometimesthereisashortperiodofimprovement. However, initial symptoms are followed in two to four days by abrupt and severe respiratory distress with cyanosis (bluish color of the skin) andprofusesweating.Shockanddeathusuallyoccurwithin24to36hoursafter onset of severe symptoms. Inhalation anthrax is usually fatal if treatment is begun after patients are symptomatic.

Intestinal Anthrax - The intestinal form of anthrax is characterized by an acute inflammation of the intestinal tract. Initial signs include nausea, loss of appetite, vomiting, and fever. They are followed by abdominal pain, vomiting of blood, and severe diarrhea. Death occurs in 25% to 60% of cases.

Onset of inhalation

anthrax is gradual and begins with

flu-like symptoms, followed in two

to four days with acute, severe

respiratory distress.

Cutaneous anthrax infection

begins as a raised, itchy bump that

resembles an insect bite, then

develops into a ulcer within a

couple of days.


If You Receive a Suspicious Envelope

If you touch a letter or package suspected of containing anthrax or another biological agent:

✓ Isolate the suspicious item. Avoid handling it further. Keep other people away from it.

✓ Wash your hands thoroughly with soap and warm water. (Do not use bleach. It can be abrasive to the skin, which increases your risk of absorbing a contaminant through your skin.)

✓ If your clothing has been contaminated, remove the contaminated clothing and isolate it in plastic bags.

✓ Call 911. The police will also notify the FBI if appropriate.

✓ Cooperate with emergency personnel. They may or may not decontaminate exposed individuals, depending on the circumstances.

✓ Seeadoctorifyouthinkyouwereexposed.Thedoctormayorderanasalswab to determine whether you were exposed and a blood test to see if you are infected.

If you are thought to be at risk of contracting anthrax, you may be given Cipro or another antibiotic to keep you healthy. Antibiotics are effective if taken early.

Anthrax is not contagious.

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