Meaning of evacuation coordination procedures
17 Meaning of evacuation coordination procedures
The evacuation coordination procedures for a building in the event of a fire or hazardous materials emergency are the procedures for—
alerting, and communicating with, persons in the building; and
Examples of procedures for paragraph (a)—
procedures for using intercommunication devices, public address systems and messengers to alert and communicate with persons
alerting the service, including using manually operated fire alarms; and
arranging the evacuation of persons with special needs, members of the public and other persons in the building, to a designated assembly area for the building; and
checking whether all persons have been evacuated from the building; and
Examples of procedures for paragraph (d)—
• taking a rollcall of known occupants of the building or a part of the building
• asking members of the public evacuated from a building about the number and identity of persons who were in the building and have not been accounted for
meeting the fire officers attending the building in response to the fire or emergency at a suitable place stated in the fire and evacuation plan for the building; and
informing the fire officers of—
the number of persons evacuated; and
the number and identity of any persons not accounted for.
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