• To be effective, emergency planning must become part of the corporate culture.
• Employers must determine ways to engage all levels of the organization in evaluating and updating an emergency action plan.

Implementation means more than simply exercising the emergency action plan during an emergency. It means acting on recommendations made during the vulnerability analysis, integrating the plan into company operations, training employees, and evaluating the plan.

Emergency planning must become part of the corporate culture. Employers should look for opportunities to build awareness; to educate and train personnel; to test procedures; to involve all levels of management, all departments, and the community in the planning process; and to make emergency management part of what employees do on a day-to-day basis.

• A company can test how completely the plan has been integrated by asking:
• How well does senior management support the responsibilities outlined in the plan?
• Have emergency planning concepts been fully incorporated into the facility’s accounting, employee, and financial procedures?
• How can the facility’s processes for evaluating employees and defining job classifications better address emergency management responsibilities?
• Are there opportunities for distributing emergency preparedness information through corporate newsletters, employee manuals, or employee mailings?
• What kinds of safety posters or other visible reminders would be helpful?
• Do employees know what they should do in an emergency?
• How can all levels of the organization be involved in evaluating and updating the plan?