Diseño de una guía metodológica para la formulación de planes operativos de emergencia (POE) en cementerios

Abstract

Cemeteries are exposed to specific risks in the work environment, these are linked to natural hazards such as earthquakes, pests, landslides, floods, also, technological threats are present as failures of electrical systems with the ability to produce fires, threats from chemicals or the handling of these, i.e. spills of hazardous substances within the establishment, which may have contact with the sewage system, among others, all these situations can be summarized in the cause-effect relationship between the environmental impact generated and the direct effects within the facilities. The lack of knowledge of the risks in the establishments with funeral activities can be caused by anthropogenic factors, such as, for example, failures of technological origin, such as failures of equipment or electronic systems, the result of natural phenomena of high impact and the environmental consequences that can be triggered, in addition to the legal problems, present in the non-compliance of minimum requirements established by law where the procedures for the provision of the services offered are regulated, in order to control any risk of sanitary character for health or of an environmental nature. According to the above, it is of vital importance to make a guide document to carry out the emergency operating plan in cemeteries taking into account the requirements mentioned in resolution 5194 of 2010, which is adapted to each disaster situation according to its type and degree of intensity, where the capabilities and weaknesses of the same are analyzed for the time to proceed in an efficient and coordinated manner according to the protocols to be established, covering each of the areas and the basic principles within the formulation process.