The proposed rule would require Workplace Emergency Response Employers (WEREs) and Emergency Service Organizations (ESOs) to develop and implement a written comprehensive risk management plan based on the type and level of service(s) that would be established:
- Paragraph (c) Organization of the WERT, and Establishment of the ERP and Emergency Service(s) Capability and
- Paragraph (d) ESO Establishment of ERP and Emergency Service(s) Capability of the proposed rule
The purpose of the proposed risk management plan is to ensure that risks to the team members’ and responders’ health and safety have been identified and evaluated, and a control plan has been developed and implemented by the WERE and ESO in a manner that mitigates or reduces the risk to a level that is as low as reasonably practicable. The minimum proposed provisions of the risk management plan are based on NFPA 1500, as recommended by several commenters in response to the RFI and by Small Entity Representatives (SERs).