Emergency Evacuation Questions and Answers

Emergency evacuation must be prepared for in any type of working environment. In fact, OSHA requires the use of an emergency action plan for cases that involve both internal and external threats. Needing to evacuate a building may be the result of several different events—some of them may include accidental release of chemicals, fires, and power outages.

In these situations, training and review of evacuation plans must be done annually, or more often if the need arises. The reason for this is to keep employees up to date on any changes to the plan or to inform new employees. Regardless, clear instruction is needed to prevent serious injury or death during an unfortunate event.

Topics covered:

Emergency action plans are an essential part of any protocol at any facility whether it be for an industrial site or even an office building. Because of this, we are here to help with getting you familiar with the basics! Some of the topics that will be discussed include the following:

• Emergency action plans: There are several pieces that go into creating an emergency action plan. Some examples include training, written documents, and proper visual communication around the workplace.
• Egress: This term is defined as the action of going out of or leaving a place. The term egress is used often in evacuation plans and is also tied to exit signs and even glow in the dark tape.
• Types of emergencies: There are numerous different threats that employees may encounter while on the job. We will go over some of them in this Q&A section.

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