All buildings should have safety precautions in place. No matter where the building is located, or what its purpose, there should be both physical precautions, like installing fire alarms and fire extinguishers, and planning precautions, such as developing an evacuation procedure. Whether it is an office building, an apartment building, or a warehouse, there should be a plan for safe evacuation in the event of a blackout, an intruder, a fire, or any other type of disaster. Emergency exit signs with lights can be very helpful in these situations.
The most commonly thought of emergency is usually a fire. Fires can cause blackouts, but blackouts can also happen on their own. In a building that has many floors and therefore many flights of stairs, this can be one of the most dangerous things to occur. Lighted signs could make it much easier to find the way out when the building's regular lighting has failed.
Here are some other tips for preparing your building for emergencies:
1. Make sure access to the exit doors is not blocked. Perhaps the exit doors are located in stairwells that are sometimes locked, or perhaps someone has placed a large storage shelf in front of one of the doors. You need to look for these obstacles routinely, in order to remove them. An emergency exit is no good if it is inaccessible when the time comes to use it.
2. Develop an organized plan. When people are frightened, chaos often ensues. Large groups of people moving quickly without purpose can create a hazard that is just as dangerous as the thing they are trying to escape from. To minimize this chaos, you need to develop an organized evacuation plan, and designate certain people to be responsible for different aspects of this procedure.
3. Educate the necessary people about that plan. Once or twice a year, have a meeting of the people in your building who have been designated to serve as leaders in evacuations and/or emergencies. Use this time to make sure these people are familiar with their duties, and to bring them up to date on any changes to the plan. Make sure someone on each floor of the building knows what is going on. If one of these designated leaders leaves or can no longer fill the position, put a new person in the position immediately.
4. Post instructions around the building. Having responsible leaders on each floor will certainly make procedures run more smoothly. However, realistically, in an evacuation situation, you may have people moving so quickly that they do not stick around to hear instructions. This is one of the reasons that it is helpful to post instructions for evacuation around the building. This, combined with the presence if informed leaders, will help to decrease chaos.
Ideally, all of these precautions will be just that-precautions. We always hope that emergencies will not occur, and these plans and procedures will not have to be enacted. Even so, having them in place helps to create peace of mind. Emergency exit signs with lights, as well as a sound plan for evacuation, will help the workers and/or occupants of your building to feel safer and more secure.
The most commonly thought of emergency is usually a fire. Fires can cause blackouts, but blackouts can also happen on their own. In a building that has many floors and therefore many flights of stairs, this can be one of the most dangerous things to occur. Lighted signs could make it much easier to find the way out when the building's regular lighting has failed.
Here are some other tips for preparing your building for emergencies:
1. Make sure access to the exit doors is not blocked. Perhaps the exit doors are located in stairwells that are sometimes locked, or perhaps someone has placed a large storage shelf in front of one of the doors. You need to look for these obstacles routinely, in order to remove them. An emergency exit is no good if it is inaccessible when the time comes to use it.
2. Develop an organized plan. When people are frightened, chaos often ensues. Large groups of people moving quickly without purpose can create a hazard that is just as dangerous as the thing they are trying to escape from. To minimize this chaos, you need to develop an organized evacuation plan, and designate certain people to be responsible for different aspects of this procedure.
3. Educate the necessary people about that plan. Once or twice a year, have a meeting of the people in your building who have been designated to serve as leaders in evacuations and/or emergencies. Use this time to make sure these people are familiar with their duties, and to bring them up to date on any changes to the plan. Make sure someone on each floor of the building knows what is going on. If one of these designated leaders leaves or can no longer fill the position, put a new person in the position immediately.
4. Post instructions around the building. Having responsible leaders on each floor will certainly make procedures run more smoothly. However, realistically, in an evacuation situation, you may have people moving so quickly that they do not stick around to hear instructions. This is one of the reasons that it is helpful to post instructions for evacuation around the building. This, combined with the presence if informed leaders, will help to decrease chaos.
Ideally, all of these precautions will be just that-precautions. We always hope that emergencies will not occur, and these plans and procedures will not have to be enacted. Even so, having them in place helps to create peace of mind. Emergency exit signs with lights, as well as a sound plan for evacuation, will help the workers and/or occupants of your building to feel safer and more secure.
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