Order Number |
7567566722A |
Type of Project |
ESSAY |
Writer Level |
PHD VERIFIED |
Format |
APA |
Academic Sources |
10 |
Page Count |
3-12 PAGES |
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Communities respond to numerous incidents each day resulting from hazardous materials. Hazardous materials refer to any biological, chemical, radiological, or physical agents that can cause harm to humans, animals, and the environment. Incident termination involves all the activities that support the transition between the emergency phase and the recovery operations phase. The incident termination phase consists of the documentation of incident response operations, including the hazards, encountered, the problem, safety procedures, involved agencies, on site processes, and the learned lessons (Noll et al., 2016). The primary activities associated with incident termination include debriefing, post- incident analysis, and incident critique.
A debrief provides a quick inventory after an incident and the assessment of damage on the used equipment. The post- incident investigation lead to the improvement of emergency response in the future. It ensures correct reporting of the incidents and the determination of financial accountability in the response. Critique of the event allows for an extension of suggestions that lead to improved emergency response system and the prevention of injuries.
Transferring responsibility for the incident scene refers to the formal regard for the response efforts of incident termination. It involves the official transfer of duties of an incident scene from one agency to another. First, it requires the stabilization of the incident scene with no physical hazards or threats. The guidelines for transferring incident scene responsibility include a briefing of the officer in command of the incident by face to face or radio communication. A meeting with the representatives when transferring responsibility helps in handling any form of hazards remaining on the incident scene. Transfer briefing covers the nature of the incident, amount and names of hazardous materials, mitigation measures taken, and the potential risks. The levels of response to various events vary depending on the size of the emergency. Some incidents are small- scale and require local resources to manage, handled by the local emergency units (Bevelacqua & Norman, 2018). Significant events require a response by both regional and multi- state resources. Emergency response to local fire outbreak on a residential building requires the use of local available resources including local firefighters and vehicles within the local fire department unit to manage. The emission of industrial wastewater by local industries that contains hazardous chemicals into local rivers is significant incident that requires an emergency response from both regional and multi- state parties. The dangerous chemicals in local rivers present danger to other states that use water from the same river, which may be harmful to humans, animals, and the environment. it requires an unprecedented response with resources from local states as well as the other states to deal with the situation effectively. Support from different regions including human resources can help by providing training on water treatment procedures to prevent the release of hazardous chemicals into the rivers. The differentiating factor between the multi- state and the local response in the emission of dangerous wastewater and domestic fire incident is the level of assistance required by the response teams.
Debriefing with the response and receiving personnel requires leadership to communicate information between the groups effectively. Effective debriefing informs the responders of the specific risks of exposure and helps in the identification of the damaged recovery equipment. Debriefing also serves to assign responsibilities to responders (Bahr, 2018). Leaders should conduct debriefings in locations with no distractions to briefly review the incident in not more than twenty minutes. The leader does not require analyzing every action of each responder when conducting debrief. The lessons learned to promote teamwork, objectivity, improvement of operations, and information sharing between the responses and receiving personnel. Lessons learned should get incorporated during the planning for an emergency response using the action review documents. It enables the use of the identified opportunities and strengths from the previous event for improved response. Translating the lessons learned into implemented actions requires a set of quarterly reviews and assigning someone the responsibility of tracking the implementation of the experiences and the recommendations. The lessons learned should be incorporated into the formal application and improvement plan to ensure efficient tracking.
References:
Bahr, N. J. (2018). System safety engineering and risk assessment: a practical approach. CRC press.
Bevelacqua, A. T., & Norman, L. A. (2018). Hazardous materials, chemistry. Jones & Bartlett Learning.
Noll, G. G., Hildebrand, M. S., Schnepp, R., & Rudner, G. D. (2016). Hazardous Materials: Managing the Incident. Jones & Bartlett Publishers.
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