| We have all been doing fire drills since
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| | as they interfered with the primary
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| we were in grammar school. But in a
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| | action of evacuating the building.When
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| modern industrial environment there is a
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| | executing a one at a time fire drill
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| lot more to consider than just marching
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| | training plan, be sure to include every
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| the students down the hall.In a
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| | one. Even those whose only duty is to
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| manufacturing situation, there are
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| | get themselves out of the building. Walk
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| specific actions that need to be taken by
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| | with them to the exit so you know they
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| machine operators to shut down the
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| | know which one to use.Also consider lines
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| machines safely and to minimize the
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| | of progression as an employee may be
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| restart expense. And if you are not
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| | temporarily promoted to a different job
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| actually shutting down your machines for
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| | task from time to time. Make sure you
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| a drill, then you don't know if your
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| | arrange to train them on the emergency
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| procedures actually work.OSHA and other
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| | duties of the temporary advancement
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| regulating bodies have various rules
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| | position as well as the regular
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| about how often evacuation drills are to
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| | duties.Another aspect to consider in
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| be practiced. This article in no way
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| | evacuations and evacuation drills is the
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| supersedes those requirements. This
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| | event of inclement weather. It does not
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| article is designed to give you advice on
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| | help to have employees evacuate a burning
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| how to make your actual fire drill
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| | building only to die from hypothermia on
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| practice a more valuable experience.When
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| | the outside.Make sure you have considered
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| I worked in a printing facility handling
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| | the possibility of an evacuation during
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| flammable liquids, each employee had
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| | cold or wet weather. Make arrangements
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| specific duties that he was expected to
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| | for alternate shelter or protective
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| perform on his way out the door in the
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| | clothing and practice the use and
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| event of a fire. These duties included
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| | distribution of such during your actual
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| things like pressing an emergency stop
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| | evacuation drills.Another very important
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| button, releasing a safety latch to cover
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| | aspect of evacuations is the accounting
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| flammable liquids or closing a door to a
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| | of personnel. You must have a quick and
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| room where flammable liquids were
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| | accurate method of accounting for all
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| stored.In a standard evacuation drill,
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| | personnel including visitors, vendors and
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| there was no way to observe if every one
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| | contractors that are on the site during
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| did their jobs correctly or if they even
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| | the evacuation. Many modern electronic
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| knew what these jobs were. Practicing
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| | attendance monitoring systems have made
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| these jobs only once or twice a year was
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| | this task even more challenging as you
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| ineffective in making sure the workers
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| | don't always have a computer print out of
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| were trained in the tasks.Because it was
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| | who is at work with you during an
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| very expensive to restart the printing
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| | evacuation.You must prepare in advance a
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| presses after any shutdown, we had to
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| | system that is accessible to supervisors
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| minimize the actual machine stoppages as
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| | so that they can accurately account for
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| well.The most effective method we found
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| | their personnel in the event of an
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| for training personnel in their
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| | emergency. Overlooking a single person
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| evacuation duties was what we called the
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| | in unacceptable in such an instance. So
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| one at a time fire drill.About once a
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| | is the needless endangerment of emergency
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| month, our fire and emergency procedures
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| | responders looking for a person who is
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| team would take a list of employees and
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| | not really trapped.Assigning small group
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| arrange with their supervisor to have
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| | supervisors or team leaders the
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| them lead the trainer through their
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| | responsibility of tracking their
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| evacuation duties. The trainer would
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| | employees and keeping a written record of
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| observe their actions and compare what
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| | their presence or absence in the facility
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| they did to the written procedure. If
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| | is one simple method of handling the
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| necessary, the trainer could take
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| | accountability issue. Make sure you
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| corrective action immediately and give
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| | practice this accountability during your
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| feedback on how they followed the written
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| | full evacuation drills as well as one on
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| procedure.If there was a deviation in the
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| | one with he supervisor or team
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| actions of the employee from the
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| | leader.Evacuation drills are not just a
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| procedure, the team member determined if
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| | required nuisance. They serve a very
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| training was required or if the procedure
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| | important role in responding to an
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| need to be modified to match current work
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| | emergency and minimizing your business
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| practices. Therefore, the one at a time
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| | loss. Through proper planning and
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| fire drill accomplished two valuable
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| | training you can minimize the business
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| purposes - Procedure review and
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| | interruption and restart costs.Injured
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| training.Since the machine was not
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| | workers will significantly delay your
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| actually shut down and the work crews not
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| | restart and impact your future
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| fully evacuated, the cost of this
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| | productivity and profitability. Money
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| training exercise was minimal. Usually
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| | spent on training and planning for an
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| the only cost involved was that of having
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| | emergency will save your many times the
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| an extra staff member on hand to fill in
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| | cost in the event of an actual emergency.
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| for the one being trained.We found this
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| | The one at a time fire drill training
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| method of training to be very effective.
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| | procedure can also be used to build
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| Many operators who had been in their jobs
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| | familiarity with equipment making your
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| for several years had never been given
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| | employees even more productive. And, if
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| the opportunity to actually walk through
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| | they feel safe at work, they will be work
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| their fire control duties before we
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| | more effectively as well.Mike Strawbridge
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| instituted this program. We found
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| | is the owner of Straw Solutions
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| several procedures that were unworkable
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| | Performance Improvement Consulting.
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