Lesson 8 - Emergency Planning

WHAT IS EMERGENCY?
Unforeseen combination of circumstances or the

resulting state that calls for immediate action (Webster
Dictionary)
Sudden juncture demanding immediate action
(Reader’s Digest)
Any situation that diverts an organization from its normal
operations which waste time and/or financial resources.
Now a situation
Management of issue or issues management
An opportunity
WHAT IS DISASTER?
A sudden calamitous event producing great
material damage, loss and distress.
It happens when you are caught with your pants
down
It happens also when you do not know what to
do
TYPES OF EMERGENCY/DISASTERS
Natural Disasters
Man-made Disasters
Technical Emergencies
Medical Emergencies
Other Emergencies
Natural Disaster
Typhoon
Earthquake
Tsunami
Flooding
Landslide
The Philippine Storm Warning Signal
Signal Wind Time of
No. Speed Occurren
(kph) ce
1 30-60 At least
36 hours
2 60-100 At least
24 hours
3 100-185 At least
18 hours
4 185 + At least
Measuring the Earthquake Magnitude
INTENSITY I - Scarcely perceptible
INTENSITY II - Slight Felt
INTENSITY III - Weak
INTENSITY IV - Moderately Strong
INTENSITY V - Strong
INTENSITY VI - Very Strong
INTENSITY VII - Destructive
INTENSITY VIII - Very Destructive
INTENSITY IX - Devastating
INTENSITY X - Completely Devastating
Man-made Disaster
Fire
Terrorism
Civil Disturbances
Robbery/holdup
sabotage
Technical Emergencies
Computer Systems Failure
Power Failure
Elevator Malfunction
Electronic Door Lock/Cardkey Failure
Aircon Failure
Medical Emergencies
Heart attack
Asthma attack
Allergy
Hypertension
Complications of existing disease
Sudden illness such as high fever, muscle spasm or
cramps
Epileptic seizure
Presence of HIV, SARS, Bird Flu afflicted
Other Emergencies
Death or Suicide
Accident
Food poisoning
Choking
Drowning
Locked in
Water link
Gas link
EMERGENCY PLANNING
First Step in Planning:
Develop a sound plan which will

Define disaster or emergency in terms relevant to the
organization doing the planning.
Establish an organization with specific tasks to function
immediately before, during and following a
disaster/emergency.
Establish a method for utilizing resources on hand and
for obtaining additional resources at the time of disaster
or emergency.
Provide a recognizable means for moving from normal
operations into and back out of the disaster or
emergency mode of operations.
Second Step in Planning
Determine Priorities
In making a plan, the relative importance of
different types of activities must be organized.
There must be an advance determination of
priorities or resources will be wasted.
Ist Priority:
Protect Human Life
Evacuation & Shelter
Personal Protection
Rescue & Relief
2nd Priority:
Prevent or minimize personal injury
Design Safety
Training
3rd Priority:
Reduce the exposure of physical assets thru
Good Housekeeping
4th Priority:
Optimize loss control for assets whose exposure
cannot be reduced.
5th Priority:
Restore normal operations as quickly as
possible.
Third Step in Planning
Define the Purpose of an Emergency Plan in

order:
a. To highlight the type of problems the

executives involved with the plan will
encounter.
b. To require the executives to consider in
advance how they will react when an
emergency begins to develop.
Forth Step in Planning
Define the Goals of an Emergency Planning
a. To minimize effects of any incident of disaster

proportions upon plant and community personnel.
b. To keep property and equipment loss at a minimum.
c. To ensure cooperation of all plant departments charged
with specific activities in time of an emergency.
d. To ensure appropriate cooperative action by and with
outside civic and government agencies.
Basic Facts to Consider:
a. Goals of the emergency plan.

b. Emergency plan should be in
writing.
c. The plan should be precise and
specific.
CONTINGENCY PLANNING GUIDE
A. A contingency group should be
constituted and must:
Be available at the headquarters location
Know the organization and its operation
Be senior in management
Understand the importance of the planning task
B. The planning group representation
Security
Legal
Finance
Personnel or Human Relations
Public Relations
Communications
Area or Functional Management
International Operations
C. Planning and Organizing for Defense
The one continuous requirement in maintaining
a suitable defensive posture is for sustained
planning.
D. Involve the three major activities
in planning
Threat assessment
Resources allocation
General and individual awareness effort
E. Management Succession Plan
Identify and train the person who could manage

the department.
F. Alternative Headquarters
Identify and equip for activation on short notice.

G. Public Relations
There must be only one spokesperson

Manage flow of information
H. Medical Care and Welfare
Prepare/arrange responses, evacuations, and
sustenance.
I. Testing the Plan
Benefits in Testing the Plan:

Deficiencies in the plan will be unearthed
People involved in the implementation of the
plan will receive valuable training.
J. keeping the plan up to date
Review the plan regularly to make the necessary
adjustments, amendments, etc.
1. There are necessary and legitimate exceptions to
the principle of unity of command. One condition
which sometimes slows for shifting in supervision is:
A. When order is given by the rank of captain or,

above
B. When order is given by the head of a department
C. When the order is given by the head of internal
affairs
D. During emergencies
D. During emergencies
2. Ideally, each company should have an
executive protection program that includes
the handling of the problem. This team is:
A. Anti-kidnapping Team
B. Emergency Disaster Team
C. Crisis Management Team
D. Security Team
C. Crisis Management Team
3. A security planner should study an individual
who is a target of kidnapping if he invariably
exhibits an attitude of not wanting to face the
reality that could happen to him. He is actually
determining the:
A. Psychology of abduction
B. Lifestyle of victims
C. Fluctuation on measures
D. None of the above
A. Psychology of abduction
4. When you prepare the back-up cars
weapons, close-in guards, routes to be used
and evasive actions, you are in what phase of
the 24 hour protection cycle of an executive?
A. Phase II
B. Phase V
C. Phase I
D. Phase III
C. Phase I
5. The primordial consideration in a
vehicular accident is:
A. Call a traffic policeman

B. Prevent the driver from getting away
C. To save lives
D. Place an early warning device
C. To save lives
6. Which of the following need not be
an annex to the emergency plan?
A. Operations
B. Trash recovery/disposal
C. Coordination
D. Protection
B. Trash recovery/disposal
7. Central assembly points for
employees during a strike should be:
A. Out of Emergency Area

B. Primary Control Center
C. Inside the Emergency Area
D. Alternative Control Center
A. Out of Emergency Area
8. The civil disorder plan should be:
A. Restricted only to those responsible for

formulating policy in connection the plan
and implementing it.
B. Disseminated widely
C. Posted on appropriate bulletin boards
D. Disseminated only to security personnel.
D. Disseminated only to security
personnel.
9. The purpose of an Emergency Plan is:
A. Prevent the occurrence of fire

B. Maintain peace and order in company
compound.
C. Evacuate Senior Management
D. To highlight to the executives the types of
problems to be considered in advance and
how to react when an emergency develops.
D. To highlight to the executives the
types of problems to be considered
in advance and how to react when
an emergency develops.
10. Keeping the emergency plan up
to date means, its review at least.
A. Once every quarter (3 months)

B. Once every year (annually)
C. Once every six months
D. Once every two years
B. Once every year (annually)
11. Most death from fire are caused
by:
A. Visible fire
B. Panic
C. Smoke or heat
D. In experience of fire fighter
C. Smoke or heat
Thank you!

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WHAT IS EMERGENCY?

Unforeseen combination of circumstances or the

First Step in Planning:

Develop a sound plan which will

Define the Purpose of an Emergency Plan in

a. To highlight the type of problems the

Define the Goals of an Emergency Planning

a. To minimize effects of any incident of disaster

a. Goals of the emergency plan.

Identify and train the person who could manage

Identify and equip for activation on short notice.

There must be only one spokesperson

Benefits in Testing the Plan:

A. When order is given by the rank of captain or,

A. Call a traffic policeman

A. Out of Emergency Area

A. Restricted only to those responsible for

A. Prevent the occurrence of fire

A. Once every quarter (3 months)

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