A collection of sample essays on emergency response guidelines

All emergency response tips that can be truly implemented are not essentially a retelling of the guidelines, but rather "burning the plan into muscle memory and incorporating variables into predictions in advance." The more fancy and comprehensive the templates are, the less useful they will be when something goes wrong.

Speaking of which, the first time I realized that emergency manuals are not meant to be memorized was when I was rotating in the park’s safety management department three years ago. When we organized a fire drill for merchants, an employee of a milk tea shop had recited the steps to use a fire extinguisher three times the day before. When it was his turn to practice, he faced the smoking oil drum, his hands shaking like a sieve, and he pulled out the safety pin three times without pulling out the safety pin. Afterwards, he told me that the words "lift, pull, hold, and press" were all in his mind, and the more he tried to follow the steps, the more panicked he became. Don't tell me, this situation is really not an exception. I later reviewed the emergency response tips submitted by more than a dozen merchants, and more than half of them listed the terms and conditions. If I asked them where to put the fire extinguisher in the store and where to turn the main switch, nine times out of ten they would not be able to answer.

In fact, the emergency field currently has two completely different views on the logic of formulating guidelines. There is no absolute right or wrong, but the applicable scenarios are different. One group is the "clause-first" group, who believe that the emergency instructions must be as detailed as possible, ranging from whether to comfort a trapped person in an elevator first or to press the emergency call first, to whether to hold valuables or help an elderly person first when escaping from a fire. This kind of logic is especially suitable for small businesses with high staff mobility and single scenarios, such as mom-and-pop shops and takeout sites. Employees have many part-time jobs and little training time. If you have a few rigid rules engraved in your mind, you will not make big mistakes if you follow them when encountering problems. The other group is the "principle-oriented group". They believe that there is no standard answer to accidents. They only need to stick to the three core principles of "putting people first before things, control first, then disperse, report first and then handle privately", and the rest can be flexibly adjusted. This type is more suitable for places with complex scenarios such as high-rise office buildings and schools. For example, if there is a fire in a high-rise building, someone is trapped in a fire escape, someone is locked in the office, and someone has a basic disease and needs first aid. It is impossible to write every situation in the guide in advance.

The most interesting piece of advice I have seen before was written by the owner of a community convenience store that has been open for 6 years in the area. There is no format. It is just a crumpled A4 page with three sentences crookedly written on it: "1. The refrigerator socket should be touched every day after get off work to see if it is hot. Last year, there was a short circuit and smoke. I unplugged the plug and poured mineral water on it. Nothing happened. Never splash water on it until the power was cut off.； 2. There is always a whistle, 3 bottles of mineral water, and two loaves of bread under the cashier. This lasted for two days during the lockdown last year. ； 3. The phone number of Dr. Zhang in the nearby community ranks first in mobile phone shortcut keys, which is 5 minutes faster than 120. ”The safety supervision department later regarded this experience as a model for small and micro enterprises, which was much more effective than those standardized manuals that were so thick that they could kill people.

In fact, there is no unified template for the experiences of different industries. Several people I have contacted in different positions have written completely different things. I will give you a few snippets that you can directly refer to:

[Experiences in the catering industry] In my third year of opening a noodle shop, I always thought that just having a fire extinguisher is enough for emergencies. Until last month, a fire broke out in the frying pan of the fried skewers shop next door. I rushed over with a dry powder fire extinguisher at the door and extinguished the fire in 20 seconds. Only then did I realize that placing a fire extinguisher within easy reach is more useful than memorizing 10 precautions. Oh, yes, I check the gas pipe first thing every Monday morning. I put a note on the refrigerator door and forget to deduct my salary.

[Office building administration experience] I used to think that emergency response was to conduct fire drills twice a year. Last summer, heavy rain flooded the underground garage. I stood in the water and guarded the drainage pump for three hours. Only then did I realize that checking the weather forecast three days in advance, preparing 10 sandbags at the door of the garage, and marking the location of the drainage pump in a conspicuous place at the work station were more useful than all the guides I had memorized before. By the way, I now walk through the fire exits on all floors once a month. Last time, a company piled goods in the passage, and I watched them clear it out on the same day. If something really happened, it would be blocking everyone's way of life.

[Experiences of a class teacher in primary and secondary schools] In my fifth year as a class teacher, the emergency guide I memorized said that when a student is injured, he should report to the school doctor before contacting his parents. Last time, a student broke his head during class, and the school doctor happened to go to another campus for training. I took a taxi to the hospital with my child in my arms. After two stitches, everything was fine, and the parents came to thank me. To put it bluntly, the rules are strict. Keep the children safe in advance, and everything else is secondary.

After all, the so-called collection of sample essays has never been a template for you to copy, but a reminder for you: Don’t step on the pitfalls that others have stepped on again. If you really want to write your own emergency response, why not get up and walk around now to see if the fire escape around you is blocked, whether the iodine in the first aid kit has expired, and where the main switch of the unit is. It is much more useful than modifying the template on the Internet for two hours. After all, when it comes to emergencies, it's always about normal times. If something goes wrong, no one will be able to read your experience.