Emergency communications

Hazards

• The planned methods, contacts, messages, and backups used to report and coordinate an emergency.

Controls

• Account for radio coverage, phone limitations, alarms, accessibility, language, venue systems, emergency services, public messaging, and who is authorized to issue each instruction.

Personal protective equipment

• Select task-specific PPE only after hazards and higher-order controls have been evaluated.

Regional considerations

• Applicable law, permits, collective agreements, venue rules, and qualified-person decisions take precedence.

In practice

Account for radio coverage, phone limitations, alarms, accessibility, language, venue systems, emergency services, public messaging, and who is authorized to issue each instruction.

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