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A2 - IDENTIFYING, NOTIFYING AND ACTIVATING Threat category Responsibility<br />

appropriate preplanned off-site response (4.22).<br />

Elements I II III IV V O L N<br />

51<br />

To reduce the burden on the facility staff, only one call to a single off-site notification point within each<br />

State should be sufficient for off-site notifications and activation in an emergency situation. The off-site<br />

notification point should be staffed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week by personnel with the authority or<br />

means to promptly activate the off-site response.<br />

Establish a capability to immediately and directly notify the notification points of other States within the<br />

PAZ, UPZ and food restriction planning radius upon the declaration of an emergency. This should be coordinated<br />

in advance and provide sufficient information for them to implement an effective response.<br />

A2.8 Arrange to have a person on site at all times that has the authority and responsibility to classify a<br />

radiation emergency and then promptly, without consultation, to initiate an appropriate on-site response;<br />

to notify the appropriate off-site notification point and to provide sufficient information for an effective<br />

off-site response. Provide this person with a suitable means of alerting on-site response personnel and<br />

notifying the off-site notification point (4.23).<br />

A job description should clearly designate the position on site (at all times) empowered and responsible to<br />

declare an emergency, activate the on-site response and notify public authorities immediately without<br />

consultation.<br />

Provide and regularly test primary and backup communication links that are reliable under emergency<br />

conditions between the facility and the notification points (see Element B5.1).<br />

Develop the initial notification message format and confirmation/authentication procedures. The<br />

notification message should contain the location of the emergency, class, immediate hazard, actions<br />

taken, urgent protective actions recommended for response personnel and the public, and authentication<br />

<strong>method</strong>s.<br />

For a general emergency, include recommendations for off-site protective actions in the initial off-site<br />

notification (see Element A4.4).

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