Image 9. Casualty evacuation drills being conducted in accordance with SOPs
SECTION 8B – MEDICAL FACILITY DETAILS
This section should be used to clearly specify medical care, taking into account the medical facilities that are available to deal with different levels and types of injury. Maps with routes to and from these medical facilities should also be included with the casualty evacuation plan.
SECTION 9 – ACCIDENT AND INJURY PREVENTION
Application of IMAS 10.20 Demining worksite safety defines general requirements for worksite layouts which may need additional thought when planning for MA operations in urban areas. The IMAS requirements are designed to: • Provide a clearly visible separation of hazardous areas (including demolition danger areas), cleared areas and useable areas; • Ensure that approved working distances are maintained between individual deminers, machines or ADS and other staff on the MA worksites;
• Control the movement of demining worksite staff and visitors (including members of the public) at the worksite;
• Control the movement of demining machines and other vehicles;
• Limit the number of demining worksite staff and visitors allowed into danger areas;
• Take all reasonable precautions to exclude demining worksite staff, visitors and members of the local population from demolition danger areas during the controlled destruction of mines and explosive remnants of war (ERW), or provide suitable protection inside buildings, bunkers or mobile structures; and
• Include measures to prevent structural and environmental damage.
A large urban task site may provide ample opportunities to deliver these requirements but will almost certainly need extra supervision by staff confident in a robust clearance plan. • Risk assessments may already exist for common hazards such as use of ladders or working at height; therefore, they should only be referenced here. • For any other hazards that are found to exist, a risk assessment must be conducted, and suitable mitigation methods planned, ideally using the Annex C3 Risk Assessment Form or similar, and listed in this section in 9c – Site-specific risk assessment reference.
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