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A checklist for response to a building fire might include the following steps:
1.
Activate the building alarm system.
2.
Ensure that an orderly evacuation is in progress.
3.
After leaving the building, use a mobile telephone to call 911 to ensure that emergency 
authorities received the alarm notification. Provide additional information on any 
required emergency response.
4.
Ensure that any injured personnel receive appropriate medical treatment.
5.
Activate the organization’s disaster recovery plan to ensure continuity of operations.
Be sure to consult with the individuals in your organization responsible for privacy 
before assembling and disseminating a telephone notification checklist. You may need 
to comply with special policies regarding the use of home telephone numbers and other 
personal information in the checklist.
The notification checklist should be supplied to all personnel who might respond to a 
disaster. This enables prompt notification of key personnel. Many firms organize their 
notification checklists in a “telephone tree” style: Each member of the tree contacts the 
person below them, spreading the notification burden among members of the team 
instead of relying on one person to make lots of telephone calls.
If you choose to implement a telephone tree notification scheme, be sure to add a safety 
net. Have the last person in each chain contact the originator to confirm that their entire 
chain has been notified. This lets you rest assured that the disaster recovery team 
activation is smoothly underway.
Assessment
When the disaster recovery team arrives on site, one of their first tasks is to assess the 
situation. This normally occurs in a rolling fashion, with the first responders performing 
a very simple assessment to triage activity and get the disaster response underway. As the 
incident progresses, more detailed assessments will take place to gauge the effectiveness of 
disaster recovery efforts and prioritize the assignment of resources.