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Emergency Team Calculator

Legal minimum number of firefighting, rescue, protection, and first aid teams

Workplace details

Employee Count Hazard Class

Calculation Results

Team	People required	How it is worked out	Duty
TOTAL	—		Total team members

The rounding rule applied

The figure comes from the wording of the two regulations below. The calculator divides the employee count by the ratio and rounds up in every hazard class: a part-filled group still needs one more person. Example — 40 employees in the medium risk class: 40 ÷ 15 = 2.67 → 3 first aiders.

Ratio per team, wording in the regulation, rounding and legal basis
Team	Hazard class	Wording in the regulation	Rounding	Basis
Firefighting · Rescue · Protection (each)	Low Risk	one support person “for up to every 50 employees” (TR: “her 50 çalışana kadar”); “50 and its multiples are included”	Employee count ÷ ratio, rounded up.	Emergency Situations Reg. Art. 11(3)(c)
Firefighting · Rescue · Protection (each)	Medium Risk	one support person “for up to every 40 employees” (TR: “her 40 çalışana kadar”); “40 and its multiples are included”	Employee count ÷ ratio, rounded up.	Emergency Situations Reg. Art. 11(3)(b)
Firefighting · Rescue · Protection (each)	High Risk	one support person “for up to every 30 employees” (TR: “her 30 çalışana kadar”); “30 and its multiples are included”	Employee count ÷ ratio, rounded up.	Emergency Situations Reg. Art. 11(3)(a)
Firefighting · Rescue · Protection (each)	Fewer than 10 employees	“it is enough to assign at least one employee as support personnel for the whole of the firefighting, rescue and protection teams”	One person in total covers all three teams. Each team row shows 1, and the TOTAL counts 1.	Emergency Situations Reg. Art. 11(4) and Annex 3
First aid	Low Risk	“1 first aider FOR every 20 employees” (TR: “her 20 çalışan İÇİN 1 ilkyardımcı”)	Rounded up († see the note below): the regulation does not say how the remaining employees are counted, the calculator rounds up.	First Aid Reg. Art. 19(1)(a)
First aid	Medium Risk	“1 first aider for UP TO every 15 employees” (TR: “her 15 çalışana KADAR 1 ilkyardımcı”)	Employee count ÷ ratio, rounded up.	First Aid Reg. Art. 19(1)(b)
First aid	High Risk	“1 first aider for UP TO every 10 employees” (TR: “her 10 çalışana KADAR 1 ilkyardımcı”)	Employee count ÷ ratio, rounded up.	First Aid Reg. Art. 19(1)(c)

What does “up to every … employees” mean?It is the UPPER edge of the band, and Art. 11(3) of the Emergency Situations Regulation spells it out: “When making the assignment, 30 and its multiples in subparagraph (a), 40 and its multiples in (b), and 50 and its multiples in (c) are included.” So in the high risk class 30 employees need 1 support person and 31 need 2. Annex 3 of the regulation gives the same bands: 1-9 → 1 · 10-30 → 1 · 31-60 → 2 · 61-90 → 3.
† What does “for every 20 employees” mean?Art. 19(1)(a) of the First Aid Regulation says “for” (TR: “için”) in the low risk class and does NOT say how employees left over from a group of 20 are counted; subparagraphs (b) and (c) say “up to” (TR: “kadar”) and so give the upper edge of the band. This calculator rounds up in all three subparagraphs: 25 employees in the low risk class → 2 first aiders. The reason: Art. 11(1)(ç) of the Emergency Situations Regulation requires a first aid team in every workplace and Art. 11(6) requires a team leader in every team, so rounding down would give 0 first aiders for a workplace of 19. Under a rounding-down reading the low risk figure can be 1 person lower.
Source textsRegulation on Emergency Situations in Workplaces (Official Gazette 18/6/2013-28681; Art. 11 amended and Annex 3 added by Official Gazette 1/10/2021-31615) and the First Aid Regulation (Official Gazette 29/7/2015-29429) Art. 19. The quotations are taken verbatim from the official text on mevzuat.gov.tr.

Legal basis

Regulation on Emergency Situations in Workplaces — Article 11 and Annex 3
First Aid Regulation — Articles 19 and 23

Important notes

This calculation gives the legal minimum figure.
Site area and particular risks (shift work and the like) can raise the figure.
First aider certificates are valid for 3 years; refresher training is required when they expire.
Fire, rescue and protection training is refreshed on the renewal cycle of the emergency plan.
At least one emergency drill a year is mandatory (Emergency Situations Regulation, Article 13).

What are emergency teams?

Firefighting team

Intervene in a fire, bring it under control and put it out

Rescue team

Search for and rescue employees after an emergency

Protection team

Prevent panic, keep coordination, run the head count and communication

First aid team

Give first aid to those affected by the emergency

Legal basis

The table shows the obligations of the legislation region you pick in the top bar; it refreshes without reloading the page when the region changes.

Legal basis — Türkiye

Obligation	Legal basis	How the tool covers it
The employer shall set up a fire-fighting team, a rescue team, a protection team and a first aid team in the workplace.	Regulation on Emergency Situations in Workplaces, Art. 11(1)	The four team rows of the result table and the duty description on each row.
For each of the fire-fighting, rescue and protection teams at least one suitably equipped and specially trained worker is assigned as a support person for every 30 workers in the very hazardous class, every 40 in the hazardous class and every 50 in the low-hazard class.	Regulation on Emergency Situations in Workplaces, Art. 11(3)	The required headcount column and the total row the tool computes from the headcount and hazard class inputs.
In workplaces with fewer than 10 workers it is sufficient to assign at least one suitably equipped and specially trained worker as support person for the fire-fighting, rescue and protection teams taken together.	Regulation on Emergency Situations in Workplaces, Art. 11(4)	The special rule box under the input block: for workplaces with fewer than 10 workers the three teams may be merged and one person is enough.
Within occupational health and safety it is compulsory to keep 1 first aider for every 20 workers in a low-hazard workplace, 1 for every 15 in a hazardous workplace and 1 for every 10 in a very hazardous workplace.	First Aid Regulation, Art. 19(1)	The required headcount on the first aid team row of the result table; a different ratio applies than for the other three teams.
A first aider certificate is valid for three years; refresher training must be taken within the three months before it expires and the certificates of those who do not attend become invalid.	First Aid Regulation, Art. 23(1)(a)	The entry in the page's notes list stating that first aider certificates are valid for three years and require refresher training.
A drill is carried out under the Mining Workplaces Regulation for workplaces within its scope and, for all other workplaces, at least once a year.	Regulation on Emergency Situations in Workplaces, Art. 13(2)	The entry in the page's notes list stating that at least one emergency drill a year is compulsory.
The employer assigns support personnel for first aid in accordance with the principles of the First Aid Regulation.	Regulation on Emergency Situations in Workplaces, Art. 11(5)	The badge under the page title naming both regulations; the calculation combines them in one table.

The team sizes were read from the Regulation on Emergency Situations in Workplaces and the number of first aiders and the validity of the certificate from the First Aid Regulation. The two use different ratios: 30/40/50 workers for the fire-fighting, rescue and protection teams and 10/15/20 for first aiders.

Legal basis — European Union

Obligation	Legal basis	How the tool covers it
The employer shall take the necessary measures for first aid, fire-fighting and evacuation of workers, adapted to the nature of the activities and the size of the undertaking, and arrange any necessary contacts with external services.	Framework Directive 89/391/EEC, Art. 8(1)	The four team rows of the result table; on the EU side it is the functions that are bound, not the team names.
The employer shall designate the workers required to implement such measures; their number, their training and the equipment available to them shall be adequate, taking account of the size and specific hazards of the undertaking.	Framework Directive 89/391/EEC, Art. 8(2)	The required headcount column of the tool; on the EU side that number is set by an adequacy test rather than a ratio.
The employer shall as soon as possible inform all workers who are, or may be, exposed to serious and imminent danger of the risk involved and of the steps taken or to be taken as regards protection.	Framework Directive 89/391/EEC, Art. 8(3)(a)	The duty of the protection team as written on the page: preventing panic, coordination, headcount and communication.

The Framework Directive binds the designation of workers for first aid, fire-fighting and evacuation but does not tie the number to a ratio: it requires the number, the training and the equipment to be adequate to the size and the specific hazards of the undertaking.

Legal basis — United Kingdom

Obligation	Legal basis	How the tool covers it
Every employer shall establish and where necessary give effect to appropriate procedures to be followed in the event of serious and imminent danger to persons at work in his undertaking.	Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999, reg. 8(1)(a)	The team duties in the result table; on the British side it is the procedure that is bound, not the team name.
The employer shall nominate a sufficient number of competent persons to implement those procedures in so far as they relate to the evacuation from premises of persons at work in his undertaking.	Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999, reg. 8(1)(b)	The required headcount column of the tool; the measure is the ability to implement the evacuation procedure rather than a fixed figure.
A person is regarded as competent where he has sufficient training and experience or knowledge and other qualities to enable him properly to implement the evacuation procedures.	Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999, reg. 8(3)	The refresher training entry in the page's notes block.
Every employer shall ensure that any necessary contacts with external services are arranged, particularly as regards first-aid, emergency medical care and rescue work.	Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999, reg. 9	The duty description on the first aid team row.

In Great Britain a "sufficient number of competent persons" is nominated for evacuation; the number is measured by whether the procedure can be implemented, not by a ratio. Contact with external services is a separate duty.

Legal basis — United States

Obligation	Legal basis	How the tool covers it
An emergency action plan must be in writing, kept in the workplace and available to employees for review; an employer with 10 or fewer employees may communicate the plan orally.	29 CFR 1910.38(b)	It uses the same threshold as the fewer-than-ten rule in the input block; on the United States side the outcome is the form of the plan, not a headcount.
An emergency action plan must include at a minimum procedures for reporting a fire or other emergency, evacuation and exit route assignments, procedures for employees who remain to operate critical operations, procedures to account for all employees after evacuation, procedures for employees performing rescue or medical duties, and the name or job title of the contact person.	29 CFR 1910.38(c)(1)-(6)	The team duties in the result table; the United States counterpart of the rescue, protection and first aid duties is this list in the plan.
An employer must designate and train employees to assist in a safe and orderly evacuation of other employees.	29 CFR 1910.38(e)	The required headcount column of the tool; on the United States side the number is open, the designation and the training are compulsory.
In the absence of an infirmary, clinic or hospital in near proximity to the workplace, a person or persons shall be adequately trained to render first aid, and adequate first aid supplies shall be readily available.	29 CFR 1910.151(b)	The first aid team row of the result table.

There is no ratio for team size at the United States federal level: an emergency action plan is required, employees must be designated and trained to assist in evacuation, and where no medical facility is nearby a person must be adequately trained to render first aid.