What is an Emergency?

Emergency and undesirable situations; These are the plans and programs prepared in order to prevent it from creating results that will adversely affect the work, and to ensure the continuation of the usual services during and after the emergency and undesirable situation. Being prepared and organized for possible disasters requires having a detailed and organized business continuity plan, where priorities and critical processes are determined, and changes are tracked. Emergency; These are unplanned, unintentional events that may cause death or serious injury among employees, customers, visitors or the public, or that may cause business interruption, disruption of operations, physical or environmental damage, deterioration of the financial structure of the facility and a loss of reputation in the community.
Sample;
-Fire
-Earthquake
- Hazardous substance accidents (such as leakage, spread, explosion)
-Floods and floods
-Extreme cold and extreme heat
-Sabotage
-Social events
-Explosions

Who Should Take Emergency Trainings?

– Emergency response teams
– Crisis desk management staff
– Passive squads
What are the Precautions to be Taken for Preparedness for Emergency Situations?
– Hazardous chemicals, storage, use, protection and transportation training.
– Chemical accident emergency training.
– Fire and earthquake training for office workers.
– Industrial facilities fire, earthquake training.
– Earthquake protection and behavior training for building and facility employees
– General emergency search and rescue training, especially earthquake and fire based.
– Emergency first aid training.

Emergency Action Plan Preparation Phase:
First of all, no matter what the building, facility, project or operation is, a "RISK ANALYSIS REPORT" must be prepared. Along with this report, solution proposals for existing risks in accordance with the regulation and relevant current legislation, budget planning and follow-up of all these studies should be made. The purpose of the Emergency Action Plan, which should be prepared before, during and after the event; It is to determine in advance all the work to be done if events do not occur, do not grow, or if they grow, and to determine the duties, authorities and responsibilities of all employees. Parts that should be included in the emergency action plan; scope, emergency organization, responsibility and Execution, tools, equipment, tools and equipment, stages of the emergency and the behavior of the personnel, risky areas of the facility, emergency assembly areas, possible emergency escape routes and exit doors of the facility or building, in case of emergency We can list them as important phones to call. Informed and unannounced exercises within the framework of these plans are of great importance in terms of providing a healthy continuity to the prevention and intervention studies. Drills should be full-size and functional. The more realistic an exercise and the higher the difficulty level of the exercise, the closer it is to the real event and healthier results are obtained.

Taking into account the working environment, materials used, work equipment and environmental conditions in the workplace;

• Evaluating possible emergencies,
• By identifying all possible emergencies that may affect employees and the working environment,
• By taking preventive and limiting measures against the effects of emergencies that may occur,
• By making the necessary measurements and evaluations in order to be protected from the negative effects of emergencies,
• By providing training to the employees in the subjects of protection, rescue, extinguishing and first aid, according to the situation of the workplace,
• Conducting drills to prepare for emergencies,

An Emergency Plan is prepared, which firstly protects the health and safety of the employee and then the environment.