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Cease work and assist non-employees and disabled employees to the nearest available and safe exit to leave the facility. In a multi-story building, stairwells are the primary means for evacuation. If you're unable to escape a floor during a fire, look for a room with an outside window, closing the door to the room and stuff it with clothing or paper, covering vents, hanging something light colored outside a window, calling for help if there is a telephone, and not going to the roof. Once evacuated, employees are to head toward the rally point, where a head count will be performed, and further instructions given. Following is a list of exterior refuges/safe zones: Departmental group: Designated safe area: All Departments Rally Point Procedures to Account for Employees Trained evacuation personnel assist in safe and orderly evacuation for all types of emergencies that require evacuation. Once evacuation is complete, they conduct head counts. The employees selected are trained in the complete workplace layout and the various alternative escape routes from the workplace. Before leaving, these employees check rooms and other enclosed spaces in the workplace for employees who may be trapped or otherwise unable to evacuate the area. A list of trained personnel appears below: Name/title: Department: Shift: Andrew Moore Warehouse Day Scott Alberg Warehouse Night This list indicates a sufficient number of employees who have been designated by the company and trained to: Direct and assist in safe and orderly emergency evacuation, Provide guidance and instruction for all types of emergency situations, Be aware of employees with special needs who may require extra assistance, Use the buddy system, and Avoid hazardous areas during an emergency evacuation. The list of trained personnel includes at least one person from every area for ever. This means that every trained evacuation person is responsible for seeing to approximately 10 - 20 evacuated employees. The trained personnel also serve as a resource of information about emergency procedures and conduct head counts once evacuation is complete. Frontline supervisors must be aware of the locations of those employees working on a particular day when an emergency occurs, as well as suppliers, customers, and other non-employees on the premises, when an emergency occurs, and be aware of who is absent or otherwise away from the premises. Accounting for employees and non-employees will aid local responding fire/rescue departments in determining whether rescue