Objectives

• Ensure coordination between our unit and other programs including: safety, security, integrity, damage prevention, public awareness and environmental protection.
• Complete hazards identification and consequence analysis to develop operational-specific emergency procedures and plans.
• Assist on country’s emergency services.
• To interact with community and respond sufficiently to their concerned entities.
• Promote humanity and patriotism among communities.
• Promote equity and equality.
• Receive, scrutinize information from public and relay them to responsible responders in real time as to prevent incidences and deter crime.
• Assist security organs like police by intensifying on community policing countrywide.
• Train employees and contractors who may be involved in a response especially the public.
• Maintain competent and sufficient resources and service providers thus job creations.
• Consult, liaise with, and inform the public and other external agencies, as appropriate, of the procedures, plans, and training materials to educate and prepare those who may be involved in or affected by an emergency.
• Develop, implement, establish and report on controls to prevent, manage and mitigate conditions during a health emergency, under a coordinated and systematic response management structure (the Incident Command System).
• Notify and activate early all necessary company and response organization resources to respond in a timely manner to emergency incidents.
• Regularly evaluate and continually improve incident management, regulatory interface, public communication, and community relations plans and protocols.
• Transition the emergency phase to the recovery phase to ensure that sites are remediated and our commitments to impacted communities and stakeholders are met.
• Communicate lessons learned from events as part of continuous improvement to ensure that we prevent and mitigate emergency incidents.

MEASURABLE GOALS

Specific measurable goals related to the health emergency management programs include:
• Emergency response plan updates;
• Emergency training completion rates;
• Exercise completion rates;
• Response times in distribution areas; and
• Appropriate public response in the event of a release.