Step #5: Enhanced Biosecurity Part 2—Create and Label a Premises Map
A Premises Map is an important part of an enhanced biosecurity plan. It is a visual representation of the functional barriers in place to prevent the introduction of a Foreign Animal Disease.
Detailed instructions for preparing a Premises Map can be found at www.securepork.org by clicking on the Pork Producers/Biosecurity tabs; then clicking on the “Premises Map instructions” link. The direct link can be found here: z.umn.edu/SPSCreatingPremisesMap
Refer to the Biosecurity Self-Assessment Checklist and Information Manual For Enhanced Biosecurity (#3 Protecting the Pig Herd) as you identify and label the following items on your map:
- Site Entry—include a barrier and a sign. Suggestions for biosecurity signs can be found at securepork.org by clicking on the “Signs and Posters” tab. Other options can be found by Googling “biosecurity signs on farms”.
- Line of Separation (LOS)—usually the walls of the building
- LOS Access Point(s)—entry points for equipment and people; signage and protocol for entry should be in place
- Designated parking area for staff and visitors—locate outside the PBA
- Cleaning and disinfection (C&D) station(s)—either a nearby truck wash or an on-site station; if a C&D station is not in place, make plans to include one in the event of a FAD event
- Vehicle movements—identify and draw delivery routes for animals, semen and parcels; identify propane tanks and delivery routes
- Feed Delivery—locate feed bins and draw feed truck delivery routes
- Carcass Disposal—label dead removal access points and carcass removal pathways
- Perimeter Buffer Area (PBA)—label the outer control boundary of a site, often identified by roads and driveways
- PBA Access Point(s)—include signs and barriers
- Label barn names
The Premises Map Legend below is a picture of a legend created in a Word document that can be used to copy and paste lines and shapes onto your map in a Word document.
Click HERE to access the Word document of the legend
PREMISES MAP LEGEND
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