How many
The size of the prevention and firefighting, evacuation and first-aid teams follows the workplace's hazard class and headcount. The emergency team calculator on this site derives the number from the workplace's own data.
Who is chosen
Team members are chosen from people actually present on that shift. A manager who is rarely on site being named on the team makes the team non-existent on nights. In a workplace working shifts, each shift has its own team.
Training and drills
Assignment alone is not enough. A team member must know their duty and have practised it in a drill. A firefighting team member who has never used an extinguisher exists only on paper.
Keeping it current
Leavers, changes of role and changes to the shift pattern break the team. The list is not written once and left; it is updated with staff movement.
In Optifora
The emergency module ties the team list to personnel records; someone who leaves or changes role shows as a gap, and a member without training is flagged.