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Wetness in Your Home’s Crawl Space - How To Identify and Resolve

4/7/2022 (Permalink)

 

While you may have experienced your first fire drill at your local school in Terre Haute, IN, that doesn’t mean your emergency escape learning is complete — nor is that of your employees. Implementing a proper emergency drill system within your workplace can drastically reduce the likelihood of a casualty or injury when an actual disaster does strike your building. To build a proper drill experience, you’ll need to:

• Assign specific tasks and roles to each employee taking part beforehand
• Go over your escape plans verbally on a regular basis
• Create and enforce accountability procedures during each drill
• Identify the location and use of emergency equipment (fire extinguishers, first aid kits, etc.)


Assigning Tasks


While evacuation may seem easy enough, there are always going to be snags that need to be addressed to keep things running smoothly. For example, if any of your employees are physically disabled, they may need extra assistance with an evacuation, which should be addressed during your drill. Upon creating your fire drill plan, identify any potential complications and assign one of your staff members to take care of the issue specifically during the evacuation.


Creating Reminders


It’s not enough to go over your emergency plan once and then simply expect employees to remember all the details. That’s specifically why drills are so important. However, even with drills, it’s worthwhile to hold bimonthly meetings to review safety information, create handouts for your employees to keep at their desks, etc. It might seem like overkill, but such reminders are the best way to help your staff remember the plan in times of real trouble as well as drills.


Reinforcing Actions

After your drills, give rewards to those who’ve completed their roles reliably, and for getting to the indicated meeting space calmly and on time. This shows that you take fire safety in your workplace seriously and that drills are a crucial part of your preparation plan that are not to be taken lightly.
Fire drills are more than an excuse to get in a little exercise on the job. Performing one correctly now and again helps to enforce fire safety in the workplace unlike anything else.

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