When it comes to tabletop exercises, the scope can be broader in terms of maneuverability. Generally can be used as a training phase before the live exercise. The important content of the tabletop exercise is to familiarize personnel with the responsibilities and emergency procedures in the plan, and to improve coordination and problem-solving capabilities.
The actual drill is basically aimed at the response and recovery phases of emergency management. Emergency response procedures are divided into five processes: receiving the police and response level determination, emergency start, rescue operations, emergency recovery and emergency end. We should practice the five processes in the practical exercises, and now many of the practical exercises are more only for rescue operations, and even the skills training as the only content of the exercise this is not right.
The specific drill content and program depends on whether it is a special drill or a comprehensive drill. A single drill is mainly for specific steps or procedures or on-site disposal program to carry out. Comprehensive drills are for multiple or all functions of the emergency program.
One of the basic functions of the plan is to "respond quickly to an accident to minimize the impact of the accident". Personally, I believe that emergency drills focus on the following points:
I. Incident reporting. This is a great weakness in the drills I have experienced. Many on-site personnel to the department head to report accidents, only to say XXX was hit by something, or so-and-so place a fire, and nothing else. This is a big problem: it does not allow the department head to accurately grasp the information for emergency preparedness and the determination of the level of emergency response to the accident. The most important thing in this link is the report of casualties (must now be the first priority of accident management is to save lives).
Two, mutual division of labor and cooperation. We are generally determined by the first discoverer of the accident is the first time the accident (shift supervisor, department head or other commanders before arriving at the scene), he has to determine the division of labor involved in the rescue personnel. Therefore, all employees should be familiar with what should be done in the first hour of different categories of accidents. The on-site (general) commander, who has to rehearse how to mobilize human and material resources for personnel rescue and accident control. Participants' duties must be clear, the escape on the escape, the rescue only to rescue (do not have the relevant capabilities of the personnel are not allowed to participate in the rescue), the delivery of materials to move materials.
Three, rescue knowledge. Judgment of injuries, first aid capacity of different injuries (poisoning first aid, trauma, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, etc.), the use of emergency supplies and equipment and so on.
Four, emergency recovery. This is often in the emergency drill is ignored in the link, often emergency rescue has ended, the command announced the end of the emergency drill, the participants to restore their own site. This is also not right, emergency recovery phase is also needed to drill.
In the planning of emergency drills, it must be based on the actual position (i.e., based on the construction of the scenario). For example, do not let the production scheduling to do fire fighting, he is to perform the duties of the post, such as mobilizing supplies, assigning personnel, etc.; full-time and part-time emergency rescue team members is to rescue and control the situation.
Personally, I believe that the basis of the exercise lies in the plan, to highlight the responsibilities of a clear, clear division of labor. The second also lies in the usual training, only the basic knowledge of the staff to a certain extent, the drill is more practical significance. From the literal meaning of the word, the drill is not in the play, but focus on practice.