When to use it
Use it as the diagram in a written emergency plan for a school, company or property, or to brief participants before a drill. Once the plan is activated, three things happen together: protecting people, containing the situation and communicating.
Make it yours
- Replace "Emergency" with a specific type, such as fire, power outage or system failure, and change the response steps to match.
- Say where contact numbers are kept, but leave the numbers themselves off any chart that is shared outside.
- Severity levels and reporting duties follow your regulator and your organization's plan.
Mermaid code
flowchart TD
A[Emergency detected] --> B[Report to the duty manager at once]
B --> C[Assess severity]
C --> D{Meets activation criteria}
D -->|No| E[Handle through routine procedures]
D -->|Yes| F[Activate the emergency plan]
F --> G[Form the command team]
G --> H[Evacuate and give first aid]
G --> I[Contain the situation and repair]
G --> J[Communicate inside and outside]
H --> K{Situation under control}
I --> K
J --> K
K -->|No| L[Raise the response level and request support] --> G
K -->|Yes| M[Stand down]
M --> N[Recovery]
N --> O[Review and revise the plan]Ask an AI for one with this structure
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Draw an emergency response plan flowchart with Mermaid flowchart TD syntax. An emergency is detected and reported to the duty manager, and severity is assessed. If activation criteria are not met, handle it through routine procedures. If met, activate the plan and form the command team, which runs three tasks together: evacuate and give first aid, contain the situation and repair, and communicate inside and outside. If the situation is not under control, raise the response level and request support; if it is, stand down, recover, then review and revise the plan. Use diamonds for decisions and no parentheses in node text. Output only the mermaid code block.
FAQ
- Can this chart be our plan as it is?
No. It is an example of a general structure. Response requirements come from your regulator and your organization's formal plan.
- Do I need a chart per type of emergency?
That is the usual approach. Use this for the overall plan and replace the response steps for each specific plan.
- Is a hand-drawn theme suitable for a wall poster?
For posters, switch to a high-contrast theme such as Light and increase the font size.
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Updated 2026-11-11