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Purpose
- To familiarize staff with fire alarm and evacuation routes.
- To evaluate the accounting process for all personnel known to be in the building.
- To evaluate staff response to an alarm.
Preparation
- Select a convenient time and date:
- Avoid scheduling drills during planned activities that cannot be disrupted (i.e., conferences, large training classes, etc). Reschedule drills if the weather is unacceptable.
- If necessary, obtain advance permission from the building manager.
- Notify Maintenance – inquire about any other emergency systems testing that may conflict with your scheduled drill.
- Recruit monitors from other buildings as needed.
- Assign tasks to individuals:
- Sound the alarm;
- Check that rooms are clear;
- Record time for last person out;
- Evaluate the accountability process; and
- Stand next to remote fire alarm panels to sound the alarm.
Procedure
- Assemble the monitors and discuss the details of the drill.
- Initiate the fire alarm system as directed by maintenance and start the stopwatch.
- Check that runners do their job and all rooms are clear.
- Check that the alarm can be heard in all locations.
- Monitor the accountability process and time the last person out.
- Monitor at remote fire alarm panel and advise responders that it is a drill.
- Observe that no one re-enters the building until authorized.
- Silence the alarm when the building is checked and clear.
- Secure the drill and let staff enter the building.
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