Introduction to Fire Safety Management

14.3.4 The emergency plan
The completed fi re risk assessment will form the basis 
for producing the emergency plan (see Chapter 5). The 
plan must be made available to all employees, their rep-
resentatives (where appointed), other employers (in a 
multi-occupied building) and the enforcing authority.
The purpose of producing an emergency plan is to 
establish a formal management system that will ensure 
In multi-occupied, larger and more complex 
premises, the emergency plan will need to be 
more detailed to refl ect the fi ndings of the fi re 
risk assessment. Where the building is multi-
occupied it should also have been compiled 
following consultation with other occupiers, 
employers and other responsible persons, 
e.g. owners who have control over the build-
ing, who have themselves completed a fi re 
risk assessment.
In the majority of cases a single emergency 
plan covering the whole of a multi-occupied 
building will be necessary if the emergency 
plan is to be effective.
It is therefore recommended that one 
responsible person is nominated to coordin-
ate the task.
Note:
The provision of fi re action notices and a basic fi re 
safety training programme should meet the emergency 
planning needs of a small premise with normal or low 
risk rating.
Figure 14.7
Emergency fi re plan

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Fire risk assessment
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2. A workplace fi re safety risk assessment must con-
sider persons who could be placed ‘especially at 
risk’ in the event of fi re. 
Explain
what is meant by 
the term ‘especially at risk’ and identify the 
risk groups who should be considered in your 
assessment. 
(8)
3. As part of your workplace risk assessment, 
internal self-closing fi re doors should be 
inspected to ensure their adequacy. 
Outline
what should be examined. 
(8)
4. Outline four reasons that a completed risk assess-
ment may become invalid. 
(8)
5. (a)
List four groups of persons that should be 
considered when conducting a fi re risk 
assessment. (2)
(b) 
Outline ways in which an emergency plan 
may be communicated with employees. 
(6)
The contents of an emergency plan have been 
discussed in Chapter 5.
As a completed fi re risk assessment is more than 
likely to incorporate a plan of the premises, it is also 
strongly recommended for larger more complex buildings 
that the emergency plan also incorporates a similar plan 
of the premises, which will provide information on key fi re 
safety elements and systems within the building.
When produced this plan may also form a key 
component of the information that may be provided to 
the emergency services on arrival at a fi re incident.