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Appendix 14
EMERGENCY FACILITIES AND LOCATIONS
The emergency facilities and locations are an integral part of the ICS described in Appendix
13. There are two different types of emergency facilities or locations: those established in
advance and those established at the time of the emergency. In both cases the functions and
operational conditions and requirements of the facilities or locations must be carefully
considered and necessary advanced preparations made. Facilities or locations established in
advance (e.g. TSC for a nuclear power plant) will be designed, built and equipped to support
their functional and operational requirements. If the facility or location is to be established at
the time of emergency, advance preparations must be made to find a suitable location and
rapidly establish the centre under field conditions. These preparations would include
developing site selection criteria, assigning the responsibility for acquiring a site during an
emergency and, having procured and prepared equipment (e.g. generators) supplies and other
items in advance needed to establish the centre in the field, also establishing a team for setting
the centre up. Establishing such a centre under field conditions should be exercised.
Each emergency facility or location must be:
1. designed to support the functions that take place within it;
2. usable under emergency conditions; and
3. integrated into the ICS (Appendix 13).
The steps in developing an adequate facility or capability to establish a centre are to:
1. determine the functions of the facility;
2. determine the relationship of the facility to other facilities, areas or functions within
the response system;
3. determine the operational conditions under which the facility must function (e.g.
environmental, and radiological);
4. establish a design team;
5. analyse the organization of the facility or area;
6. assess the flows (e.g. people, information, samples) associated with each position
within the organization;
7. determine the workstation requirements for each position;
8. determine the space, light, power and other environmental needs for each position,
which would include food, water, and sanitary and sleeping arrangements;
9. determine the radiological and environmental conditions possible during operation;
10. develop a conceptual design; and
11. develop and test a prototype.
The facilities and locations recommended for each threat category are listed in Table A14-I
and described in Table A14-II.
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