Training: Organising and analysing an evacuation exercise

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Course sheet

Fire safety & evacuation 2,5 Jours From 150 000 FCFA

In a nutshell

What this course aims to achieve

Supplementary module to the first-response and evacuation train-the-trainer course

A two-and-a-half-day module completing the first-response and evacuation train-the-trainer course. It covers scenario design, the observation arrangements, measuring what actually happened, and turning the findings into action.

Key challenges

An exercise announced for a known time measures nothing: it checks that people can leave when told to get ready to leave.
Without observers posted before the alarm, an exercise produces no data: the total evacuation time does not say where the queue came to a halt.
The debrief is where an exercise becomes useful or remains a ritual. Run like a tribunal, it guarantees that failings will not be reported again.

Learning objectives

Design an exercise scenario proportionate to the objective sought
Set up observation and measurement arrangements
Run the exercise safely, including with members of the public present
Analyse the data gathered and identify the causes of failings
Run a debrief that produces actions, and write the report

Detailed programme

1The objectives of an evacuation drill and its levels of difficulty
2Scenario design: location of the incident, blocked exits, added constraints
3Exercise safety: risks created, prior information, vulnerable people
4Observation arrangements: posts, checklists, timing, photography
5Indicators: reaction time, flow at exits, blockage points, head count
6Appointed roles: floor marshals, sweepers, evacuation officers, receiving the emergency services
7Causal analysis: organisation, information, building, behaviours
8Running the immediate debrief and the deferred debrief
9The exercise report, the action plan and follow-up through to the next drill
10A full exercise designed, run and analysed by participants

Target audience

First-response and evacuation trainers
Safety managers responsible for organising their establishment's drills
Safety officers of multi-site premises or premises open to the public

Prerequisites

The first-response and evacuation train-the-trainer course, or equivalent experience
Having taken part in at least one evacuation drill

Learning methods

Two and a half days, including a real exercise designed and run by the group

Observation checklists and report templates provided to participants

Learning assessment

An exercise scenario designed and presented to the group

An exercise report written from the data gathered

Scope of application

The mandatory frequency and content of evacuation drills vary by country and by the establishment's classification. The course provides a method for organising and analysing them; it does not set the applicable frequency, which remains to be checked with the competent authority.

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