Planning for emergencies in facilities - Evacuation Diagrams

• Audit Title

• Document No.

• Client / Site

• Conducted on

  Date

• Prepared by

• Location
  Address

• Personnel

• 1. General: Are evacuation diagrams that provide emergency and evacuation information displayed in all facilities in accordance with Questions 2, 3, 4 and 5 of this checklist?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 2.1 Number - Are evacuation diagrams displayed in locations where occupants and visitors are able to view the diagrams?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 2.2 Location - Have the location within the facility and number of evacuation diagrams been determined by the Emergency Planning Committee (EPC)?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 3. Position - Is / Are the evacuation diagram(s) positioned within a zone at a height not less than 1200 mm and not more than 1600 mm above the plane of the finished floor?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 4. Orientation - Do individual evacuation diagrams have the correct orientation with regard to their direction of egress and its location to the ‘YOU ARE HERE’ point? Where an assembly area diagram is included, does the assembly diagram area have the same orientation to the rest of the diagram?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

5. Minimum elements - The following shall be included in each evacuation diagram:

• 5 (a) A pictorial representation of the floor or area, which shall be at least 200 mm × 150 mm.

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 5 (b) The title ‘EVACUATION DIAGRAM’.

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 5 (c) The ‘YOU ARE HERE’ location.

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 5 (d) The designated exits in the facility, which shall be green.

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 5 (e) The following communications equipment, where installed:<br><br><br>(i) Warden intercommunication points (WIPs), which shall be red.<br><br><br>(ii) Manual call points (MCPs), which shall be red and emergency call points (ECPs), which shall be coloured white, or have a black border.<br><br><br>(iii) Main controls/panels for the occupant warning equipment.

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 5 (f) Hose reels, which shall be red.

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 5 (g) Hydrants, which shall be red.

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 5 (h) Extinguishers, which shall be red with an additional appropriate colour as specified in AS/NZS 1841.1.

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 5 (i) Fire blankets, which shall be coloured red.

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 5 (j) Fire indicator panel (FIP), if provided.

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 5 (k) Refuges, if present.

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 5 (l) Validity date.

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 5 (m) Location of assembly area(s), either stated in words or pictorially represented.

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 5 (n) A legend, which shall reflect the symbols used.

  Yes

  No

  N/A

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