Disaster preparedness

(1) The Clerk shall ensure that an adequate emergency plan, including simulations and training in first aid is developed, circulated and undertaken throughout the National Assembly Service. The emergency plan should be in a standard format, as National Assembly Staff 85 determined by the Emergency Management Organization. Such an emergency plan should cover the following threats and hazards– (a) hurricane; (b) flooding: (c) bomb threats; (d) earthquakes; (e) fire; (f) civil disorder. (2) The plan should include the following measures– (a) preparedness to be instituted in case of the occurrence of each disaster; (b) ensuring continuity of National Assembly activity following the emergency event; (c) ensuring security of documents and classified material during and following the emergency (d) activating the emergency plan during and out- side of normal working hours; (f) ensuring emergency attendance to injured employees. (3) As a precaution against hurricanes, the Clerk should see that all National Assembly buildings are, as far as practicable, made hurricane resistant; that is, all doors, windows and other openings can be readily closed and made secure on receipt of a hurricane warning. 86 National Assembly Staff