Do Your Fire Drills Resemble Reality?

 

What did your last fire drill look and sound like? Was it a calm and quickly executed affair: The fire alarm sounded and everybody calmly walked out through their nearest exit and went to the assembly point? Congratulations: Your workers know how to get out of the building when there’s not actually a fire. During a real fire situation, though, they might not do so well. Here’s some advice you can use to help workers prepare for a real fire.

In a real fire situation, workers may have to deal with issues that they simply won’t encounter during a drill. You may or may not be able to simulate these in a drill situation, but you should certainly tell employees about these potentially deadly complications.

Workers escaping a real-life fire situation may encounter:

-Power failure

-Accumulating smoke

-Blocked exit routes

 

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