Definitions

• Exit Route: a continuous and unobstructed path of exit travel from

any point within a workplace to a place of safety.
• Exit access: that part of an exit route that leads to an exit (a corridor
that leads to a stairway(Exit).
• Exit: that part of an exit route that provides a protected way of travel
to the exit discharge.
• Exit Discharge: the part of the exit route that leads directly outside or
to a street, walkway, refuge area, or open area with access to the
outside.
• Exit routes must be permanent.
• An exit must be separated by fire resistant materials.
• Openings into an exit must be limited.
• The number of exit routes must be adequate.
• Exit discharge must lead directly outside.
• Exit doors must be unlocked from the inside.
• A side-hinged exit door must be used.
• Exit route: ceiling at least 7’6” high, 28” wide.
• The danger to employees and patients must be minimized.
• Must be free and unobstructed.
• Safeguards (sprinklers, alarms, exit lighting) must be in working order
at all times.
• Lighting and marking of exits must be clearly visible.
• Signs must say EXIT, at least 6” high, by ¾”.
• (b)(1) At least two exit routes must be available in a
workplace to permit prompt evacuation during an
emergency:
• The exit routes must be located as far away as practical from
each other so that if one exit route is blocked by fire or
smoke, employees can evacuate using the second exit route.
• Procedures for:
* reporting a fire
* emergency evacuations
* employees who remain to operate
critical plant operations before they evacuate
* accounting for all employees and
patients after evacuation
• (b) An emergency action plan must EAP

be in writing, kept in the workplace,

and available to employees for
review.
• However, an employer with 10 or
fewer employees may communicate
the plan orally to employees.
Emergency Plans
• Emergency care procedures.
• Alarm system for employees.
• Employer must designate and train employees to
assist in a safe and orderly evacuation of other
employees.
• Review the action plan with employees when they
start their job, when their responsibilities in the plan
change, or when the plan changes.
• An employer must designate and train employees to
assist in a safe and orderly evacuation of other
employees.

EAP
• RACE

• R: Rescue
• A: Alarm
• C: Contain/confine
• E: Extinguish or evacuate
Emergency Plans
• Plans should address emergencies that the organization can
reasonably expect in the workplace:
* Fire
* Toxic chemical release
* Hurricanes
* Tornadoes
* Floods
* ?others
• A fire prevention plan must include:
• list of all major fire hazards,
• proper handling and storage procedures for hazardous materials,
• potential ignition sources and their control, and
• the type of fire protection equipment necessary to control each major hazard.
• Procedures to control accumulations of flammable and combustible
waste materials

Cans of paint left open,

not stored or disposed
of upon completion of
work
• Need to assure that an adequate number of employees are available at all times
during working hours to act as “evacuation wardens” so that employees can be
swiftly moved from the danger location to safe areas.
• They must know the correct place to direct employees, trained in workplace
layout and alternative escape routes, aware of handicapped employees who may
need extra assistance, check all rooms and enclosed spaces for employees, an
account for or verify that all employees are in the safe areas.
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2. Fuel source

3. Ignition mechanism
Definitions
• "Class A fire" - involves ordinary combustible materials such as paper, wood,
cloth, and some rubber and plastic materials.
• "Class B fire" - involves flammable or combustible liquids, flammable gases,
greases and similar materials, and some rubber and plastic materials.
• "Class C fire" – involves energized electrical equipment where safety to the
employee requires the use of electrically nonconductive extinguishing media.
• “Class D fire” – fire involving combustible metals such as magnesium, titanium,
zirconium, sodium, lithium, and potassium.
• (a)Scope:
• The placement

• Use

• Maintenance

• Testing of portable fire extinguishers provided for the use of employees

• Training and education

Fire Extinguishers
• Employee Education
* General principles of fire extinguisher use
* Upon employment, if role or
equipment changes, and annually

• Inspection, maintenance and testing

* Portable extinguishers: inspected every 30 days
* Annual maintenance
Fire Extinguishers
 Always know where they are located.

 To use one:
* P: Pull the pin
* A: Aim low
*S: Squeeze the lever
*S: Sweep the fire
• If required:
• The employer shall provide portable fire extinguishers and
shall mount, locate and identify them so that they are readily
accessible to employees without subjecting the employees to
possible injury.

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• Visually inspected annually and tagged with date of the inspection.
Important!
Dates must be
recorded, and all
extinguishers tagged.
* Are selected and distributed based on the
classes of anticipated workplace fires and on
the size and degree of hazards affecting their
use.
• Building construction
• Sprinkler system
• Detection and alarm systems
• Horizontal movement to safety
• Compartmentation
• Staff training

• Key: Provide occupants with enough protection to enable them to

survive a fire while remaining in the building.
• Keys to success:
* a clear plan.
* employee education and practice.
* awareness of fire exits and use/location of fire extinguishers.
* awareness/abatement of potential fire hazards.

Think Safety, Not Just Compliance!

Emergency Evacuation plan
Protecting the lives of everyone within your facility is
the first priority in the event of an emergency. One
common means of protection is evacuation.
In the case of fire, an immediate evacuation to a
predetermined area away from your facility may be
necessary.
 Steps to develop an
evacuation policy & procedure
 Determine the conditions under which an evacuation would be necessary
 Establish a clear chain of command
 Establish specific evacuation procedures
 Establish a system for accounting for personnel - Consider employees’
transportation needs for community-wide evacuations
 Establish procedures for assisting personnel with disabilities and those who do
not speak English. Post evacuation procedures
 Designate personnel to continue or shut down critical operations while an
evacuation is underway. They must be capable of recognizing when to abandon
the operation and evacuate themselves
 Coordinate plans with your local emergency management office
 Evacuation routes & exits
Designate primary and secondary
evacuation routes and exits
• Make sure routes and exits are

clearly marked and well lit

• Post signs

• Install emergency lighting in case a power

outage occurs during an evacuation
 Ensure evacuation routes &
emergency exits are:
• Wide enough to accommodate the
number of evacuating personnel
• Clear and unobstructed at all times
• Unlikely to expose evacuating
personnel to additional hazards

Have evacuation routes evaluated by someone not in your

organization
Assembly areas & accountability

Accurately accounting for

personnel after a site
evacuation requires planning
and practice.
 Assembly areas & accountability
1. Designate assembly areas where
personnel should gather after 2. Take a head count after the
evacuating evacuation – determining the names
and last known locations of personnel
not accounted for. List to be given to
Emergency Operations Center.

3. Establish a method for accounting

for non-employees 4. Establish procedures for further
such as suppliers and customers evacuation in case the incident
expands. This may involve sending
employees home by normal means or
providing them with transportation to
an off-site location
Train your employees in evacuation:
Conduct sessions at least annually or when:
• New employees are hired
• Evacuation wardens, shelter managers, and others with
special assignments are designated
• New equipment, materials or processes are introduced
• Procedures are revised
• Exercises show that employee performance must be
improved
Provide emergency information such as checklists and
evacuation maps

Post evacuation maps in strategic locations

Consider the information

needs of customers and
others who visit your facility
 By keeping these guidelines in place and practicing
evacuation, we can ensure our employees know how to
safely exit the facility and avoid panic.