Less is More

Bomb Threat Distances
10 Ways to Improve Your Emergency Response Plan

Emergency Response Plan: Less Is More

Download as PDF

Whether your emergency response plan is being delivered as a guidebook or an app, you want it to be concise and inviting. Here are some tips:

  • Avoid long paragraphs. Bulleted, step-by-step instructions are far more inviting.
  • It’s impossible to cover every possible aspect of every possible situation. Give your staff the critical information they need in a real-life emergency.
  • If you’re not sure if certain content belongs in your emergency response plan, it probably doesn’t. The meteorological difference between a lightning storm and a tornado, though somewhat interesting, is not what you want your staff reading about during a lightning storm or a tornado.
  • Keep your tab titles as short as possible. FIRE is better than FIRE PROCEDURES. It’s the reason stop signs say STOP, not STOP HERE.
  • Pre-planning and post-event information should be separate documents. During an emergency, you don’t want your staff reading about what they should have done in advance.

If your emergency response plan is wordy we can help you condense it. We can offer some preliminary suggestions at no charge. Just email your ERP to Scott@WellspringInfo.com

Wellspring Info can improve your emergency response plan, boost your OSHA-compliance, and then turn your plan into emergency guidebooks or an app:

Guidebooks: www.WellspringInfo.com
App: www.WellspringInfoApp.com
Phone: 800.268.3682

Terms & Conditions of Wellspring Info, Inc.’s content suggestions: Any content or content suggestions provided by Wellspring Info are provided “as is” without representation or warranty of fitness for a particular purpose. The risk as to the quality, accuracy, and performance of the content is with you. You agree to indemnify, defend and hold Wellspring Info, Inc., its affiliates, employees, shareholders, partners, vendors, and content sources harmless from and against any and all claims, liability, losses, damages, costs and expenses. © All rights reserved.