Emergency preparedness and response in ISO 14001 enterprises: an Estonian case study Online publication date: Mon, 22-Feb-2016
by Ants Tammepuu; Tanel Kaart; Kalev Sepp
International Journal of Emergency Management (IJEM), Vol. 12, No. 1, 2016
Abstract: Emergency preparedness and response is one of the key elements of the 14001 standard of the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO). ISO 14001 requires participating organisations to implement procedures for emergency preparedness and response. Organisations implementing and certifying environmental management systems (EMS) are obliged to identify potential emergency situations and accidents that can impact the environment and plan an appropriate response. In this context, we studied Estonian enterprises to analyse the variety of approaches to emergency preparedness and response. The main aim of this survey was to examine the identification and assessment of, as well as the response to, accidents and emergency situations in a selection of Estonian organisations that had implemented the requirements of ISO 14001. As a result of this study, we reached a number of conclusions that organisations can consider during the implementation and later improvement of their environmental or integrated management systems.
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