Fire Emergency Plans are required to be drafted to ensure that all occupants of premises know what to do in the event of a fire on the premises.

The plan should be coordinated with other occupants of the building and other persons with responsibility for fire safety.

The Fire Emergency plan should be appropriate to the premises and inclide : 

• How people will be warned if there is a fire
• What staff should do if they discover a fire
• How the evacuation of the premises should be carried out
• Where people should assemble after they have left the premises and procedures for checking whether the premises have been evacuated
• Identification of key escape routes, how people can gain access to them and escape from them to a place of total safety
• Arrangements for fighting the fire
• The duties and identity of staff who have specific responsibilities if there is a fire
• Arrangements for the safe evacuation of people identified as being especially at risk, such as those with disabilities, lone workers and young persons
• Any machines/appliances/processes/power supplies that need to be stopped or isolated if there is a fire
• Specific arrangements, if necessary, for high-fire-risk areas
• Contingency plans for when life safety systems such as evacuation lifts, fire-detection and warning systems, sprinklers or smoke control systems are out of order
• How the fire and rescue service and any other necessary services will be called and who will be responsible for doing this
• Procedures for meeting the fire and rescue service on their arrival and notifying them of any special risks, e.g. the location of highly flammable materials
• What training employees need and the arrangements for ensuring that this training is given
• Phased evacuation plans (where some areas are evacuated while others are alerted but not evacuated until later) and
• Plans to deal with people once they have left the premises

SM&MS can prepare emergency fire plans on your behalf, ensuring that they are appropriate to the premises and their occupants.