Emergency action and fire prevention plans
ASP video lesson, 5:59. ASP Domain 5: Emergency Preparedness and Response
Narrated with an AI-generated voice. The script is AI-drafted from the cited rules and fact-checked against them.
What OSHA 1910.38 and 1910.39 require in an emergency action plan and a fire prevention plan: minimum elements, written versus oral plans, alarms, training and when to review.
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What this lesson covers
In this lesson, you'll learn to: state when a plan may be oral instead of written, list the six minimum elements of an emergency action plan, list the five required elements of a fire prevention plan, and know when the emergency action plan must be reviewed and what employees must be told under the fire prevention plan. Both plans share a trigger: an OSHA standard in Part 1910 must require one.
- Intro
- Learning objectives
- Two plans, one trigger
- Form of the plan
- 1910.38(c)
- Alarms and training
- Review
- 1910.39(c)
- Telling employees
- On the job
- Common exam traps
- Recap quiz
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