Practical sheet | REF: FIC0436 V1

Understanding the concept of an emergency plan

Author: Marie CATALON

Publication date: April 10, 2014, Review date: November 14, 2016 | Lire en français

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1. What is the purpose of an emergency plan? What is its purpose?

The term "emergency plan" covers a number of plans and systems, each of which includes the following information:

  • definition of issues and targets (i.e. the environment and civilian populations) ;

  • definition of the hazards to which they are exposed, and accident scenarios;

  • measures for coordinating emergency response resources linked to the defined risks, between the various players involved;

  • preparation and training methods.

Please note

Risks can be :

  • industrial or technological ;

  • natural ;

  • related to the various means and routes of transport;...

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