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Fire Drill Procedures Guide

This document outlines steps to establish an effective fire drill procedure to ensure employee safety in the event of an emergency at work. It recommends communicating evacuation routes with local emergency responders, creating an in-house safety committee, posting evacuation maps and providing alternative routes during drills to prepare employees. Regular fire drills should be conducted initially but less frequently over time to avoid complacency. An established procedure can help employees respond quickly if a real emergency occurs.

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Fire Drill Procedures Guide

This document outlines steps to establish an effective fire drill procedure to ensure employee safety in the event of an emergency at work. It recommends communicating evacuation routes with local emergency responders, creating an in-house safety committee, posting evacuation maps and providing alternative routes during drills to prepare employees. Regular fire drills should be conducted initially but less frequently over time to avoid complacency. An established procedure can help employees respond quickly if a real emergency occurs.

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A fire drill procedure can help ensure that your employees can get to safety

quickly and effectively in case of a fire, power outage or another disaster.

A fire drill procedure can help ensure that your employees can get to safety
quickly and effectively in case a fire, power outage or another disaster occurs
during working hours. Whether it's a chemical spill or a terrorist attack,
employees need to know the evacuation routes of the building where they work.
Conducting regular fire drills can ensure that they do.

To establish a fire drill procedure, consider following these steps.

1. Communicate With the Local Fire Chief or Fire Marshal

It's wise to schedule a meeting with local emergency responders to discuss best
practices for fire procedures and evacuation routes. If the fire chief or fire
marshal is available to visit your workplace, he or she may offer ideas that you
wouldn't have thought of on your own.

2. Create an In-House Safety Committee

Create an in-house safety committee that includes a representative from each


work area or department who is willing to serve as a safety team leader. They will
be responsible for establishing an outdoor "meeting place" for the people in their
work area or department, and will personally ensure that every person from their
department gets out of the building in the event of an evacuation.

3. Communicate Evacuation Routes

Once you have talked with the local fire officials, create written evacuation routes
and post-evacuation maps throughout the building. Also, provide each employee
with a copy of the evacuation route before conducting the first drill. Make sure
employees understand their routes as well as alternative routes in case exits are
blocked.

4. Change Up Fire Drill Scenarios

In the case of an actual emergency, some exits may be blocked off due to fire or
another danger. Everyone won't necessarily be able to follow their closest
evacuation route. To truly prepare employees for potential emergencies, post
signs saying "Exit Blocked" at various exits during each drill, forcing employees
to take alternate routes. This process can help to ensure that employees know
their evacuation route and alternate routes in the case of a real emergency.

5. Conduct Fire Drills Regularly

When you first begin implementing fire drills, you may want to conduct them bi-
weekly or monthly. However, once employees seem to have the hang of the
process, it's best to wait longer in between each fire drill. If you conduct them too
often, employees may become nonchalant about the evacuation process and
may not take a real evacuation event seriously. After employees know the drill,
aim for quarterly fire drills.

Unexpected emergencies happen regularly at work and in public places. When


you have established a fire drill procedure and worked through it with your
employees, you can rest assured knowing that if the unthinkable happened at
your workplace, your employees would be prepared.

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