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Development Tool
Emergency Medical & Safety Related
(Not Hazardous Materials)
Developing an effective response team is based on several key elements; overall safety goals of your company, OSHA compliancy, available personnel, budget and time constraints. For an effective team you'll need; the blessing of upper management an ongoing budget, written policies and procedures, control and recordkeeping tools, effective response training, related response equipment and supplies and so forth. Life Safety Associates solutions for all elements of your team.
Sample ERT Agenda
As one tool, Life Safety Associates utilizes a proprietary custom built software program to quickly and effectively recommend the number of response team members and equipment you'll need by building and/or by campus. 10 simple questions. In five minutes or so you can have the answers you're looking for and at no charge. We can of course email attach the report at your request and send it off to you in just moments as well. Please call (or Email with your phone number) and ask for Michael Sheehan and in just a few minutes you'll have what you need. 408.573.1900.
We often hear "What if I train my employees and they're gone next week?" An answer is "What if you don't train them and they stay!"
Steps:
Should you need further details and support on the MERT/ERT Development Steps please contact us. We can meet or work through your response team development via phone and our Online Road-To-ERT presentation. Life Safety Associates provides a turn-key solution to your MERT/ERT needs. From long-distance to on-site full or part time support, Life Safety Associates professional staff has your solutions.
Here are several steps that may assist you when you are considering a workplace response team. Life Safety Associates has several effective and simple tools to manage the development of your response team. Be sure to ask about our Online Road-To-ERT presentation.
- Determine your sites needs
- Identify the types of responses expected
- Resource pool for MERT/ERT members - from what department/group, etc.
- Determine the number of MERT/ERT members needed
- Identify costs including soft or indirect costs for time and overtime
- Determine overall time commitment
- Identify support equipment, products and related services
- Determine the scope of in-house versus outsourced training
- Develop a vendor selection criteria
- Prepare and deliver your proposal to senior management
- Obtain budget support for year one and year two
- Send out your request for proposal - make your selection
- Promote and select your MERT/ERT membership
- Once the team is selected develop an MERT/ERT Steering Committee
- Develop MERT/ERT written plans to outline responses, procedures, etc.
- Develop a maintenance program to control membership, training, equipment
- Review your overall MERT/ERT plan at least annually
Other Important Issues
You need to determine individual response equipment needs and site equipment and supply needs. See our Online Store.
MERT/ERT Response Drills
Ideally delivered on a regular basis. MERT/ERT skills are perishable and regular drills are important to maintain skills and knowledge. This can be done monthly, every other month or quarterly. From two to fours hours in length.
Utilize our Online Emergency Quizzes and simulator. So the MERT/ERT's take the EmerQuiz and Simulation then days or weeks later a belly-to-belly training class (MERT/ERT Response Drill) is done. The class should consist of 15-20 minutes of review of the EmerQuiz and the remaining time spent "learning as they do". Hands-on training to the related subject.
Renewal Programs: Every 12-18 months but not to exceed 24 months. This format is used to improve the
MERT/ERT skills and confidence.
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