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Guide to the Incident Spectrum
Not all incidents require a full mobilization of resources. Some are very local events of little long-term consequence and require less than full activation of your emergency action plan.
Not all incidents require a full mobilization of resources. Some are very local events of little long-term consequence and require less than full activation of your emergency action plan.
Follow these steps to determine your degree of reaction to a disruptive incident. Based on your answers to these questions you can decide if a small, medium or full-scale activation of your emergency action plan is required.
- Is the incident confined to a locale or section of the facility (e.g. wastebasket fire)?
- Is the health or safety of anyone at risk?
- Are adequate resources present to deal with the situation safely?
- Are the individuals currently onsite trained to deal with this type of situation?
- Does the incident pose the risk of escalating?
- Are you seeing a cascading of other effects such as loss of power
- Is there a danger that the incident could affect other tenants of the facility?
- Guide to the Incident Spectrum (docx)