This presentation covers high rise evacuation drills and emergency equipment storage plans. It discusses developing an emergency action plan with evacuation procedures, rally points, plans for assisting handicapped individuals, and accounting for all employees. The importance of training employees, conducting drills, and designating fire wardens is emphasized. Guidelines are provided for the roles and responsibilities of employers, as well as considerations for emergency equipment, supply kits, and storage areas.

1. High Rise Evacuation Drills &
Emergency Equipment Storage Plans
By, Mr. Richard Garrity

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owner, Richard Garrity

3. Precious lost seconds can mean
precious lost lives~

4. 1
Introduction
Evacuation Drill Plan
Rally Points/ Handicapped Plan
Emergency Equipment Plan
Core Subject Material:
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5. Preparedness = Prevention:

6. Los Angeles, California:

7. Back Bay District, Boston:

8. Main Grand Lobby- National Center
for the Performing Arts, China

9. Bella Bosa, San Diego, California

10. Grand Floridian- Orlando, Florida

11. Emergency and Evacuation
Planning Guide for Employers

12. Center for Life Science | Boston

13. Introduction- Evacuations:
The purpose of this comprehensive
evacuation training module is to
give property managers, security
managers/ directors, and
supervisory personnel in a high rise
setting a precise understanding in
formulating & developing their
emergency evacuation master plan.

14. Introduction- Evacuations:
Anyone in this industry
can write an evacuation
plan. But not everyone can
effectively execute such a
plan, correctly.

15. Introduction- Evacuations:
One of the key components of this
training subject is an actual emergency
evacuation plan utilized at the Center
for Life Science in Boston, MA. in
October 2008. The facility is a 23 story
state of the art bio-medical research
campus located in the middle of the
world renowned Longwood Medical
Area (LMA). The building opened in
Feb. 2008 and this was the first drill.

16. Introduction- Evacuations:
The emergency evacuation drill that was
conducted went according to plan,
almost flawlessly. Building mgt. as well
as the security team worked in direct
collaboration with tenant contacts which
in turn resulted in near zero confusion
for evacuating employees. Security team
members also proved instrumental as
they executed their prescribed duty at
their assigned emergency location.

17. Introduction- Evacuations:
Their were several mitigating factors
that contributed to the ultimate success
of the emergency drill exercise.
1. The Security Director in conjunction
with the Property Mgt. team, conducted
an Emergency Training Seminar for all
building tenant contacts as well Fire
Warden/ Safety Officer support staff.
This eliminated potential confusion
among different building responders.

18. Introduction- Evacuations:
The building introduction seminar also
detailed briefly on standard loading
dock operations, visitor sign-in policies,
security personnel deployments, and
bomb threat procedures. The primary
purpose & scope of this presentation to
the building tenants was to achieve a
unified common understanding of
emergency response, building operation
protocols., and the chain of command.

19. Tenant Emergency Training Seminar:

20. Tenant Emergency Training Seminar:

21. Introduction- Evacuations:
2. The Sr. Property Manager and Security
Director invited the Boston Fire Dept. to
participate in this emergency training
exercise. The BFD Captain was invited not to
supervise or direct the drill, but to observe,
evaluate, and recommend vital operational
changes to the current CLSB emergency
building evacuation action plan if need be.
The BFD Captain in fact suggested several
revisements that were implemented.

22. Fire Wardens- KEY personnel:

23. Emergency Action Plan:
The purpose of an Emergency
Action Plan (EAP) is to facilitate
and organize employer and
employee actions during workplace
emergencies, especially building
evacuations and or planned drills.
The elements of the plan should
include, but are not limited to:

24. Emergency Action Plan:
1. Evacuation procedures and
emergency escape route assignments
2. Procedures to be followed by
employees who remain to operate
critical plant operations before they
evacuate
3. Procedures to account for all
employees after an emergency
evacuation has been completed

25. Emergency Action Plan:
4. Rescue and medical duties for those
employees who are to perform them.
5. Means of reporting fires and other
building emergencies.
6. Names or job titles of persons who can
be contacted for further information or
explanation of duties under the plan.

26. Emergency Action Plan:
A disorganized or poorly planned
evacuation can result in confusion,
injury, and property damage, not to
mention massive legal liability if
such injury occurs. When creating/
developing your emergency action
plan, it is important to determine
the following:

27. Emergency Action Plan:
• Conditions under which an evacuation
would be necessary- bomb threat, smoke…
• Conditions under which it may be better to
shelter-in-place- natural disaster, flood, etc.
• A clear chain of command and designation
of the person in your business authorized to
order an evacuation or shutdown
• Specific evacuation procedures, including
routes, exits, rally points etc.

28. Emergency Action Plan:
• Procedures for assisting visitors and
employees to evacuate, particularly those
with disabilities or who do not speak English.
• Designation of what, if any, employees will
remain after the evacuation alarm to shut
down critical operations or perform other
duties before evacuating.
• A means of accounting for employees after
an evacuation

29. Conditions Under Which an
Evacuation Would Be Necessary

30. Conditions Under Which an
Evacuation Would Be Necessary
A wide variety of emergencies
both man-made and natural,
may require a workplace to be
evacuated. These emergencies
include explosions, toxic
material releases, radiological
and biological accidents.

31. Conditions Under Which an
Evacuation Would Be Necessary
Employers will want their
employees to respond differently
to these different threats. Your
plan should identify when and
how employees are to respond to
different types of emergencies.

32. What is shelter-in-place?

33. What is shelter-in-place?
Chemical, biological, or
radiological contaminants may be
released into the environment in
such quantity and/or proximity to a
place of business that it is safer to
remain indoors rather than to
evacuate employees. Such releases
may be either accidental or
intentional.

34. What is shelter-in-place?
"Shelter-in-place" means
selecting an interior room or
rooms within your facility, or
ones with no or few windows,
and taking refuge there. In
many cases, local authorities will
issue advice to shelter-in-place
via TV or radio.

36. What is shelter-in-place?

37. Employee Training:

38. Employee Training:
Before implementing the
emergency action plan, the
employer should designate and
train enough people to assist in the
safe and orderly emergency
evacuation of employees. Training
should be offered to employees
when you develop your initial plan
and to all newly hired employees.

39. Employee Training:
Employees should be retrained when
their actions or responsibilities under
the plan change, or when the plan
changes due to a change in the layout or
design of the facility, new equipment,
hazardous materials, or processes are
introduced that affect evacuation
routes, or new types of hazards are
introduced that require special actions.

40. General training for your employees:
 Individual roles and
responsibilities
• Threats, hazards and
protective actions
• Notification, warning and
communications procedures

41. General training for your employees:
• Emergency response procedures
• Evacuation, shelter and accountability
procedures
• Location and use of common
emergency equipment
• Emergency shutdown procedures

42. Individual roles and responsibilities
Emergency response procedures
Threats, hazards and protective actions
Notification, warning & communications procedures
Evacuation, shelter and accountability procedures
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Emergency building shutdown procedures7
If training is not reinforced it will be forgotten!8
Location and use of common emergency equipment
General training for your employees:

43. Plan Review, Coordination and Update

44. Employee Drill Training:
It is a good idea to hold practice
evacuation drills. Evacuation drills
permit employees to become familiar
with the emergency procedures, their
egress routes and assembly locations, so
that if an actual emergency should
occur, they will respond properly. Drills
should be conducted as often as
necessary to keep employees prepared.

45. Employee Drill Training:
Include outside resources, such
as local fire, police, & EMS
departments, when possible.
After each drill, gather
management and employees to
evaluate the effectiveness of the
drill. Identify the strengths and
weaknesses of your plan and
work to improve it.

46. Employer Responsibilities:

47. Employer Responsibilities:
When there is an building wide
emergency, getting employees,
visitors, and contractors out of
high-rise buildings poses special
challenges. Preparing in advance
to safely evacuate the building is
critical to the safety of
employees who work there.

48. Employer Responsibilities:
• Test regularly, all back-up systems
and safety systems, such as emergency
lighting and communication systems,
and repair them as needed
• Develop a workplace evacuation plan,
post it prominently on each floor, and
review it periodically to ensure its
effectiveness

49. Employer Responsibilities:
• Ensure that during off-hour
periods, systems are in place to
notify, evacuate, and account for
off-hour building occupants
• Post emergency numbers near
telephones- clearly identifiable

50. Emergency Evacuation Plan:

51. Emergency Evacuation Plan:

52. Rally Points must be precise-
Designated Rally Points(s) for the Building are:
1. Rally Point- New Research Building- Harvard
Medical @ 4 Blackfan Circle courtyard
2. Rally Point- Binney street across from Beth Israel
Deaconess Medical Center- Shapiro Center
3. Rally Point- BIDMC East Campus (Rear) behind
Merk Research building opposite nitrogen tanks.

53. Emergency Evacuation Plan:

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58. Emergency Evacuation Plan:

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61. Emergency Evacuation Plan:

62. Emergency Evacuation Plan:

63. Emergency Evacuation Plan:

64. Emergency Evacuation Plan:

65. Evacuation Plan: The Handicap

66. Every building tenant must have an
approved, updated handicap evacuation
plan that clearly identifies who is disabled,
where EXACTLY they are located, and any
special instructions related to their medical
condition. These plans must be steadily
available to emergency responders and
submitted to building management for
their own operational knowledge.

67. • Critical: If a disabled occupant is
unable to exit the building unassisted,
the Safety Monitor/ Fire Warden must
notify the Boston emergency response
personnel of the person's location.
Transporting of disabled individuals up
or down stairwells should be avoided
until emergency response personnel
have arrived.

68. Unless imminent life-threatening
conditions exist in the immediate
area occupied by a non-ambulatory
or disabled person, relocation of the
individual should be limited to a safe
area on the same floor, in close
proximity to an evacuation stairwell.

69. They need your help. Don’t forget them!

70. Building Fire Wardens-

71. Many employers designate
individuals as evacuation wardens to
help move employees from danger to
safe areas during an emergency.
Generally, one warden for every 20-
30 employees should be adequate,
and the appropriate number of
wardens should be available at all
times during working hours.

72. Fire Wardens may be responsible for checking
offices, bathrooms and other spaces before
being the last person to exit an area. They
might also be tasked with ensuring that fire
doors are closed when exiting. All employees
designated to assist in emergency evacuation
procedures should be trained in the complete
workplace layout and various alternative
escape routes if the primary evacuation route
becomes blocked.

73. Employees designated to assist in
emergencies should be made aware
of employees with special needs (who
may require extra assistance during
an evacuation), how to use the buddy
system and any hazardous areas to
avoid during an emergency
evacuation.

75. Alternate and or back-up Fire
Wardens must be delegated
and approved by Mgt.
Alternate officials must be
equally trained!!
Alternate Fire Wardens:

76. Fire Wardens- Employee Counts:

77. Take a head count after the evacuation.
Identify the names and last known
locations of anyone not accounted for
and pass them to the building official in
charge. Establish a method for
accounting for non-employees such as
visitors and customers.
Accounting for building employees
and visitors after an Evacuation

78. Establish procedures for further
evacuation in case the incident expands.
This may consist of sending employees
home by normal means or providing
them with transportation to an off-site
location.
Accounting for building employees
and visitors after an Evacuation

79. Fire Warden Equipment Bag:

80. Fire Warden Equipment Box:

81. Building Fire Wardens- Invaluable:

82. It is very important that the
Management team ensures that all
the necessary equipment is
available in case of an emergency.
The building Management team has
designated a location where all the
emergency equipment is stored..
EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT STORAGE AREA:

83. It is the responsibility of the
corporate Security Officers at the
time of the Emergency to control
access, perimeter security, and
provide entry way for the
responding building engineers and
or emergency responders in place.
EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT STORAGE AREA:

84. Emergency Response:

85. Emergency Response Kit:

86. Emergency Response Kit:

87. Emergency Response:

88. Basic Emergency Supply Kit:

89. Basic Emergency Supply Kit: