Crisis and Emergency Management Guidance

Crisis and Emergency Management Guidance in the Chemical Sector

This document provides an overview of the core components of a crisis and emergency management system and offers suggestions for organizations as they look to implement new protocols or improve existing ones.

Aim

To support organizations in the chemical sector by suggesting effective protocols for the management and preparation for crisis and emergency situations.

Objectives

To outline a framework of activities which supports organizations in preparing for the common consequences of emergency and crisis situations rather than for every individual emergency scenario.

To outline the need for and provide an explanation of the flexible, scalable, and adaptable protocols which can act as the basis for responding to a wide range of incident, emergency, and crisis situations.

To supplement these generic protocols, with hazard specific protocols through a program of risk reduction, monitoring, and implementing systems which support readiness.