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Fire Escape Planning For Your Business

6/12/2020 (Permalink)

Can Your Employees Escape a Fire in Under 2 Minutes?

An emergency escape plan is not required for all businesses, however, OSHA recommends building an emergency action plan to protect yourself, your employees, and your business during an emergency. OSHA suggests the following steps when developing a plan.

  • Organize an Emergency Preparedness Procedures review with employees to review your company's emergency plans. You may wish to select an individual or team of individuals to lead and coordinate your emergency plan.
  • Once a plan is developed, post evacuation procedures, including routes and exits, where they are easily accessible to all employees. Ensure all exits and routes are clearly marked and will lit, wide enough to accommodate the number of evacuating personnel, and unobstructed and clear of debris at all times.
  • Conduct office evacuation exercises and drills. Designate a safe spot outside of the facility where employees can regroup, recover and conduct a head count. Once completed, evaluate how well the plan worked and if additional training or exercises are needed. 

SERVPRO of Northwest Bergen County Service Technicians are trained fire cleanup and restoration professionals with years of experience. If your business has suffered from fire damage event please give us a call at 201-236-2400 to learn about our services or learn more about what to do or NOT do after a fire read our Fire Damage Tips. 

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