Plant Emergency Organizations: Achieving a Positive Outcome When an Emergency Occurs

摘要

To fully benefit from the engineered protective systems designed into a complex industrial facility, a full complement of "human element" programs must also be established to (a) proactively prevent losses and (b) reactively control losses when an incident does occur. These actions are referred to as the "human element" aspect of risk control and include providing a Plant Emergency Organization (PEO) for incident response. Often this organization is referred to as an "industrial fire brigade" (but can also take on additional responsibilities such as EMS or control of hazardous materials spills, etc.). The scope of their intended responsibilities can only be determined following a careful on site hazard or risk analysis and a review of the available public or other locally available resources that can be quickly and effectively brought to bear in an effort to mitigate an incident.