Immediate actions should be presented or made available directly upon request when alarm information is presented on VDU or printer displays.
Additional Information:
To support the general alarm system function of guiding the operator's response to an alarm, the immediate actions should be provided to the operator. For conventional alarm systems, the immediate operator actions should be available in Alarm Response Procedures that are clearly and simply keyed to an alarm tile and located nearby for easy and quick reference. In this case, the procedure would contain those items that could not be incorporated into the alarm display itself (e.g., alarm source, setpoint value, immediate actions, and follow-up actions). Advanced alarm systems may present the relevant alarm response procedure (e.g., via a nearby VDU).