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What are the goals of
APELL?
The purpose of APELL is to prevent loss of life
or damage to health and social well-being, avoid property damage,
and ensure environmental safety in the local community.
The specific goals are:
- Provide information to the concerned members
of the community on the hazards involved in industrial operations
in its neighbourhood, and the measures taken to reduce these risks
- Review, update, or establish emergency response
plans in the local area
- Increase local industry involvement in community
awareness and emergency response planning
- Integrate industry emergency plans with local
emergency response plans into one overall plan for the community
to handle all types of emergencies
- Involve members of the local community
in the development, testing and implementation of the overall
emergency response plan.
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