Emergency Action Plan in Fire Safety

If Someone Catches Alight:

• STOP – where you are

• DROP – to the floor

• ROLL – around on the floor.

This will smother the flames, possibly saving your life…

Fire Blankets

• If you choose to have a fire blanket, make sure that it conforms to British Standard 6575.

• As they are made of fire resistant material they are ideal in the kitchen to smother pan fires.

• They are also useful for wrapping around a person whose clothes are on fire.

Emergency Action Plan

• Describes actions that must be taken to ensure employee safety in emergencies

Emergency Action Plan enables employees

What actions to take in emergency situations.

• Covers reasonably expected emergencies, such as fires, explosions, toxic chemical releases, hurricanes, tornadoes and floods.

• Includes floor plans or maps which show

Emergency Escape Routes

• Emergency Action Plan states you                                   must have a Fire Assembly Point posted

• All signs must contain a pictogram;                                          text only signs are no longer acceptable

• Designate & Post Names of the Muster Wardens,

• You should have a secondary assembly point, if for                   any reason the primary point could not be used.

• Monthly Fire Drills should be scheduled to test the Emergency Action Plan

• Post Emergency phone numbers

  With address and the address and directions to your

  Facility

• A dedicated place for Assembly area           

must be notified to all