Evacuation
Recommendations relating to evacuation procedures and plans
Tag overview
recommendation across 1 inquiry
Across 1 inquiry
Tagged Recommendations
Develop stay put to evacuation transition policies
Policies be developed for managing a transition from 'stay put' to 'get out'.
Train control room staff on evacuation advice changes
Control room staff receive training directed specifically to handling such a change of advice and conveying it effectively to callers.
National guidelines for high-rise evacuations
The government develop national guidelines for carrying out partial or total evacuations of high-rise residential buildings, such guidelines to include the means of protecting fire exit routes and procedures for …
Fire services develop evacuation policies and training
Fire and rescue services develop policies for partial and total evacuation of high-rise residential buildings and training to support them.
Require evacuation plans for high-rise buildings
The owner and manager of every high-rise residential building be required by law to draw up and keep under regular review evacuation plans, copies of which are to be provided …
Require evacuation alarm systems in high-rise buildings
All high-rise residential buildings (both those already in existence and those built in the future) be equipped with facilities for use by the fire and rescue services enabling them to …
Require personal emergency evacuation plans (PEEPs)
The owner and manager of every high-rise residential building be required by law to prepare personal emergency evacuation plans (PEEPs) for all residents whose ability to self-evacuate may be compromised …
Require PEEP information in premises information box
The owner and manager of every high-rise residential building be required by law to include up-to-date information about persons with reduced mobility and their associated PEEPs in the premises information …
Equip fire services with smoke hoods
All fire and rescue services be equipped with smoke hoods to assist in the evacuation of occupants through smoke-filled exit routes.
Require understandable fire safety instructions
The owner and manager of every residential building containing separate dwellings (whether or not it is a high-rise building) be required by law to provide fire safety instructions (including instructions …
Reconsider Phase 1 recommendations in light of Phase 2
That further consideration be given to the recommendations made in the Phase 1 report in the light of our findings in this report. (113.82)