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45 FIRE EMERGENCY RESPONSE PROGRAM NWPCA Fire Code Compliance Manual for Outdoor Storage of Wood Pallets | Version 1.0 (December 2017) 4.0 Facility Emergency Coordinator The Facility Emergency Coordinator is the person designated in the Fire Emergency Response Plan as the person responsible for coordinating all of the emergency response measures at the facility. He/she is responsible for serving as liaison with the local emergency response personnel during an incident. Either he/she or his/her alternate must be available on a 24-hr basis. Insert individual's name and title here along with "Company Name".. Duties The Facility Emergency Coordinator duties include: 1. Familiarity with the site, its layout, operations, and emergency response plan 2. The authority to commit resources 3. Activates internal alarms to alert facility personnel of an actual or impending emergency 4. Notifies external emergency response forces when their assistance is required 5. Provides immediate information of discharged material and assessment of the possible hazards to human health and the environment outside the facility and the transmittal of the assessment to the appropriate authorities 6. Takes all reasonable measures to insure that the affected area does not spread to other areas 7. If the facility shuts down, the Emergency Coordinator maintains surveillance on other areas to ensure that they are not affected 8. After the emergency is over, the Emergency Coordinator provides for clean-up, treatment and disposal of affected materials and ensure that no hazardous materials are discharged. 9. Prior to resuming operations, the Emergency Coordinator submits all required reports to the appropriate authorities within the specified time frame. 10. The Emergency Coordinator is responsible for pre-emergency contacts with emergency services to familiarize them with the layout of the facility, nature of operations, and the type of hazardous material handled.