am is the construction of a comprehensive multi-hazard emergency response plan. Categories of events should be clearly delineated, with responses to each potential crisis outlines along with lines of authority and communication. Teams should be trained in response techniques and provided with readily available resources specified in the plan (e.g., hand-held communication devices, locks and keys for shutting down a sector, emergency exist plans and devices, bull-horns, etc.). Central coordination of the response is critical, as is the designation of a RRT leader and subordinate leaders throughout a physical facility (Hull, 2000).
Mike Kennedy (1999), in describing the components of a cris
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