Essential Features of the Emergency Plan (ASME B31.12)

Each operating company shall establish written procedures to minimize the hazard of an emergency. The procedures shall provide instructions to operating and maintenance personnel. The procedures shall describe the following:

  1. a process for prompt and adequate handling of all calls that concern emergencies, whether they are from customers, the public, employees, or other sources, and for classifying emergencies that require response
  2. instructions for the prompt and effective response to a notice of each scenario, including those responsible
  3. instructions for the dissemination of information to emergency responders and the public for each scenario
  4. personnel responsible to respond to each of the scenarios listed in the emergency plans
  5. personnel responsible for updating the plan
  6. instructions for reporting and documenting the emergency

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