Fire Safety Plan

Having emergency plans for your business is not an option - they are a necessity. Simply having a fire safety or emergency action plan isn't enough either. A big red binder full of procedures is only the beginning. You need to manage your plans, keep them up-to-date and train your emergency personnel so they know what to do should an emergency occur. It may sound like a daunting task to maintain your fire safety & emergency plans on an ongoing basis, but there are ways to make it easier, such as using an online plan management software program.

Do you know how often you should review your fire safety and emergency plans? At minimum, and as required by the international fire code, you must review your building's fire safety plan annually; however, it is best to review it on a more frequent basis to ensure that it is always up-to-date. Staff turnover and changes to building life safety systems quickly outdate plans. While the fire code requires annual reviews, experience tells us that changes occur more often and plans easily become obsolete when left for an entire year. This sounds like a lot of work, and it could be, but if your plan management software program allows you to review your plans online and make changes in real-time, it becomes quick and easy.

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Online training courses enable one to quickly and easily ensure that all personnel are trained, but they often don't keep records. With staff coming and going, how is anyone to know who has been trained? Having a plan management software program that offers training courses and keeps a record of who has completed online emergency response training enables you to easily keep track of who has been trained and when. This way you are not only able to see who needs training, you are able to prove your personnel are trained and therefore reduce your liability while increasing life safety in your