Emergency Response
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Emergency Response
We can handle a variety of emergencies at our facility:
• Trauma & Medical calls
• Incipient Stage Fires
– Hose Reels
– Fire Extinguishers
• Confined Space Rescue
– Variety of spaces throughout the facility
• Hazardous Materials Response
– Contain and clean up spills.
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Emergencies - Medical
• Medical Calls at our facility
consist of the following:
– Trauma
– General Illness
– Cardiac Emergencies
– Strokes
– Diabetic Emergencies
Medical Dept Mon-Fri 7-3
Plant Protection EMTs 24/7
PEU First Responders 24/7
AEDs throughout mill
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Emergencies - Fire
• At our facility we have the potential
to have emergencies involving
fires, explosions and building
collapse.
• Fires could consist of:
– Structural
– Machines
– Trucks including Powered
Industrial Trucks
– Electrical
– Flammable Liquids
– Combustible Materials
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Fire Equipment
• KEEP FIRE EQUIPMENT
CLEAR AT ALL TIMES!
• Do not block
– Fire Extinguishers
– Fire Doors
– Hose Reels
– Sprinkler Control Valves
– Known Egress Routes
Know your nearest pull station
locations
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Fire Emergencies
• If you use a mill fire extinguisher – contact Plant
Protection! Do not remove it from the wall unless there is
an emergency.
• If you bring an extinguisher on site with you it must be in
good operating condition, properly inspected and tagged.
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Emergencies – Hazardous Materials
• Hazardous Material Spills / Release
–Plant Protection
–Mill HazMat Team (PEU)
–City of Westbrook / County Team
–Environmental Manager
–Outside Agencies
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Emergencies – Confined Space Rescue
• First Rescue at the mill
Monday April 9, 2000.
• Confined Spaces at our Mill:
– Tanks, Pits, Dryer Cans, Boilers,
Manholes / Pipe lines, etc
Confined Space Trailer and PEU.
Individual Confined Space entry
rescue plan required
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Emergencies - Other
• Other conditions could be:
–Floods
–Snow Loading of Roofs
–Demolition / Collapse
–Animals in Buildings or
Grounds
–Workplace Violence
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Getting Help to an Emergency
• STAY CALM
• Call for HELP
– Mill Phone – X4222
– From a Cell Phone – 207-856-4911
– Only one person calls for help
• Be prepared to give the following information
– Your name / company name
– How many victims
– Location of the incident
 Building / Floor / Equipment
– The number your calling from
– Nature of the injury or illness
• Send someone to the entrance to help with equipment / direction
to the patient
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How We Respond to an Emergency
• When a Code 7 is Activated
– Plant Protection Department and the Tour Crew is Dispatched.
– Stay off the Radio.
– Get off the runways.
– The Code 7 blue lights and sirens are NOT an evacuation order.
 They should be listened to as a precursor that something is
happening and there may be more to come.
 Listen for instructions and be prepared to evacuate if the word
is given.
• When Code 7 is terminated:
– It will be announced on the Radio.
– The Code 7 Lights and Sirens will be turned off.
– Radio and runways can be used.
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At the Scene
• Plant Protection is the Incident Commander
• Plant Emergency Unit (PEU) / Tour Maintenance is
part of the response crew.
• City of Westbrook Fire and Rescue and/or Police
are called by Plant Protection if needed.
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Millwide Alarm System
• System is activated by different types of devices
located throughout facility.
• System is monitored at Mill Dispatch Center.
• System can be locally or remotely activated.
• Bright white strobe and siren
• Pull stations located at strategic emergency egress
doors.
• In an emergency requiring evacuation activate a pull
station on your way out the door.
• Assemble at the evacuation point, get a head count
and remain there until released.
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Evacuations
• Egress maps
–Primary Routes
–Secondary Routes
• Assembly Points
–Evacuate to the assembly point for the area that you
are in
–Stay at the assembly point
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Evacuations – Cont.
• If you’re working at several locations throughout our
facility and your employees are evacuating to different
evacuation points, have a plan before the emergency.
– NEVER GO BACK IN THE BUILDING TO SEARCH FOR
YOUR EMPLOYEES. They may have gone to another
assembly point.
– Inform Plant Protection. Sappi will search.
• Do not leave your vehicle on site and go to lunch or
leave site without signing out. If your company vehicle
is here we will assume you are inside.
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Getting Help to a Non-Emergency Incident
• Routine Calls
–If you carry a radio with our radio frequencies you can
call on our Maintenance Channel (Channel #1).
–If calling from a phone
 Mill phone: x4911
 Cell phone: 207-856-4911
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Non-Emergency – Medical Services
• Medical Department
–Open 7:00am to 3:00pm
–Monday thru Friday
–Medical 207-856-4533
• Call Plant Protection 24/7
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Any Questions?
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