BUILDING FIRE SAFETY REGULATION 2008 - REG 17 Meaning of evacuation coordination procedures

BUILDING FIRE SAFETY REGULATION 2008 - REG 17

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—

(a) 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

(b) alerting the service, including using manually operated fire alarms; and

(c) 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

(d) 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

(e) 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

(f) informing the fire officers of—

(i) the number of persons evacuated; and

(ii) the number and identity of any persons not accounted for.