Emergency evacuation point

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## Meetings of Emergency Wardens and Drills - 17.10 (1) At least once every year and after any change is made in the emergency evacuation plan or the emergency procedures referred to in paragraph 17.5 1 ( )(c) for a building, - (a) emergency wardens, deputy emergency wardens and monitors appointed under section 17.7 and employees requiring special assistance shall meet for the purpose of ensuring that they are familiar with the emergency evacuation plan and the emergency procedures and their responsibilities thereunder; and - (b) an evacuation or emergency drill shall be conducted for the employees in that building. - (2) The employer or employers shall keep a record of each meeting and drill referred to in subsection ( 1 ) in the building referred to in that subsection for a period of two years from the date of the meeting or the drill. - (3) The record referred to in subsection ( 2 ) shall contain - (a) in respect of each meeting, - (i) the date of the meeting, - (ii) the names and titles of those present, and - (iii) a summary of the matters discussed; and - (b) in respect of each drill, - (i) the date and time of the drill, and - (ii) where applicable, the length of time taken to evacuate the building. - (4) The employer shall notify the local fire department for the building where an evacuation or emergency drill is to take place at least 24 hours in advance of the date and time of the drill. SOR/88-632, s. 77(E); SOR/96-525, s. 22. ## Fire Hazard Areas - 17.11 (1) Subject to subsection ( 2 ), no person shall, in a fire hazard area, - (a) use any equipment, machinery or tool of a type that may provide a source of ignition; or ## Réunions des gardiens en cas d'urgence et exercices d'urgence - 17.10 (1) Au moins une fois par année et après toute modification apportée au plan d'évacuation d'urgence ou aux procédures d'urgence visées à l'alinéa 17.5 1 ( )c) établis pour un bâtiment : - a) les gardi…

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\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ The employer should also develop and explain in detail what rescue and medical first aid duties are to be performed and by whom. All employees are to be told what actions they are to take in these emergency situations that the employer anticipates may occur in the workplace. - (2) Emergency evacuation . At the time of an emergency, employees should know what type of evacuation is necessary and what their role is in carrying out the plan. In some cases where the emergency is very grave, total and immediate evacuation of all employees is necessary. In other emergencies, a partial evacuation of nonessential employees with a delayed evacuation of others may be necessary for continued plant operation. In some cases, only those employees in the immediate area of the fire may be expected to evacuate or move to a safe area such as when a local application fire suppression system discharge employee alarm is sounded. Employees must be sure that they know what is expected of them in all such emergency possibilities which have been planned in order to provide assurance of their safety from fire or other emergency. The designation of refuge or safe areas for evacuation should be determined and identified in the plan. In a building divided into fire zones by fire walls, the refuge area may still be within the same building but in a different zone from where the emergency occurs. Exterior refuge or safe areas may include parking lots, open fields or streets which are located away from the site of the emergency and which provide sufficient space to accommodate the employees. Employees should be instructed to move away from the exit discharge doors of the building, and to avoid congregating close to the building where they may hamper emergency operations. - (3) E…

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## 29 CFR 1926 (OSHA) [58 FR [redacted postal code], June 30, 1993] ## §1926.35 Employee emergency action plans. - (a) Scope and application. This section applies to all emergency action plans required by a particular OSHA standard. The emergency action plan shall be in writing (except as provided in the last sentence of paragraph (e)(3) of this section) and shall cover those designated actions employers and employees must take to ensure employee safety from fire and other emergencies. - (b) Elements. The following elements, at a minimum, shall be included in the plan: - (1) Emergency escape procedures and emergency escape route assignments; - (2) Procedures to be followed by employees who remain to operate critical plant operations before they evacuate; - (3) Procedures to account for all employees after emergency evacuation has been completed; - (4) Rescue and medical duties for those employees who are to perform them; - (5) The preferred means of reporting fires and other emergencies; and - (6) Names or regular job titles of persons or departments who can be contacted for further information or explanation of duties under the plan. - (c) Alarm system. (1) The employer shall establish an employee alarm system which complies with §1926.159. - (2) If the employee alarm system is used for alerting fire brigade members, or for other purposes, a distinctive signal for each purpose shall be used. - (d) Evacuation. The employer shall establish in the emergency action plan the types of evacuation to be used in emergency circumstances. - (e) Training. (1) Before implementing the emergency action plan, the employer shall designate and train a sufficient number of persons to assist in the safe and orderly emergency evacuation of employees. - (2) The employer shall review the plan with each employee covered by the plan at the following times: - (i) Initially when the plan is developed, - (ii) Whenever the employee's responsibilities or designated actions under the plan c…

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- (ix) the location of the main electric power switches for the lighting system, elevating devices, principal heating, ventilation and air-conditioning equipment and other electrical equipment; - (c) a full description of the evacuation procedures to be followed in evacuating the building, with the time required to complete the evacuation, including - (i) activating the fire alarm, - (ii) notifying the fire department, and - (iii) evacuating employees who require special assistance; and - (d) the names, room numbers and telephone numbers of the chief emergency warden and the deputy chief emergency warden of the building appointed by the employer or employers under section 17.7. - (3) An emergency evacuation plan referred to in subsection ( 1 ) shall be kept up-to-date and shall take into account any changes in the building or the nature of its occupancy. - (4) An employer referred to in subsection ( 1 ) shall keep a copy of the up-to-date emergency evacuation plan in the building to which it refers. SOR/94-263, s. 62; SOR/96-525, s. 17; SOR/2002-208, s. 36. ## Emergency Procedures - 17.5 (1) Every employer shall, after consultation with the work place committee or the health and safety representative and with the employers of any persons working in the building to whom the Act does not apply, prepare emergency procedures - (a) to be implemented if any person commits or threatens to commit an act, other than an occurrence of harassment and violence, that may be hazardous to the health and safety of the employer or any of their employees; - (b) if there is a possibility of an accumulation, spill or leak of a hazardous substance in a work place controlled by the employer, to be implemented in the event of such an accumulation, spill or leak; - (c) if more than 50 employees are working in a building at any time, to be implemented when evacuation is not an appropriate means of ensuring the health and safe…

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## EMERGENCY ACTION PLAN ## [redacted phone] Emergency Action Plan. - (1) Development of An Emergency Action Plan. - (a) When another Oregon OSHA standard requires an employer to develop an emergency action plan, the plan must comply with this section and cover each part of the workplace. - (b) The plan must be in writing, in the work area and available to employees on request, except that an employer with 10 or fewer employees in a workplace may use a verbal plan. - (2) Minimum Elements of An Emergency Action Plan. An emergency action plan must include: - (a) procedures for emergency evacuation, including type of evacuation and exit route assignments; - (b) procedures to account for all employees after evacuation; - (c) procedures for reporting a fire or other emergency; - (d) procedures to follow for emergency operation or shut down of critical equipment before evacuation; - (e) procedures to follow for rescue and medical duties; and, - (f) names or job titles of employees to contact for more information about the duties of employees under the plan. - (3) Employee Alarm System. There must be a properly working employee alarm system. The alarm system must use a distinctive signal for each purpose and comply with 29 CFR 1910.165. - (4) Training. An employer must designate employees to assist in the safe emergency evacuation of other employees. These designated employees must receive training in emergency evacuation procedures. - (5) Employee Review. An employer must review the emergency action plan with each employee covered by it: - (a) when the plan is new or the employee is new to the job; - (b) when the employee's responsibilities under the plan change; and, - (c) when the plan changes. Stat. Authority: ORS 654.025(2) and 656.726(3). Stats. Implemented: ORS 654.001 through 654.295. Hist: OR-OSHA Admin. Order 8-2000, f. 10/10/00, ef. 10/10/00. OR-OSHA Admin. Order 12-2001, f. 10/26/01, ef. 10/26/01. <!-- image -->

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- (d) to be implemented in the event of a failure of the lighting system; and - (e) to be implemented in the event of a fire. - (2) The emergency procedures referred to in subsection ( 1 ) shall contain - (a) an emergency evacuation plan, where applicable, or a plan for evacuating employees who require special assistance to be implemented in the event of a fire; - (b) a full description of the procedures to be followed; - (c) the location of the emergency equipment provided by the employer; and - (d) a plan of the building, showing - (i) the name, if any, and the address of the building, and - (ii) the name and address of the owner of the building. - (3) The plan for the evacuation of employees who require special assistance shall be established in consultation with those employees. SOR/88-68, s. 14; SOR/94-263, s. 63; SOR/96-525, s. 18; SOR/2002-208, s. 37; SOR/ 2019-246, s. 126; SOR/2020-130, s. 40. ## Instructions and Training [SOR/2019-246, s. 127(F)] - 17.6 (1) Every employee shall be instructed and trained in - (a) the procedures to be followed by him in the event of an emergency; and - (b) the location, use and operation of fire protection equipment and emergency equipment provided by the employer. - (2) Notices that set out the details of the evacuation plans and procedures referred to in paragraphs 17.4 2 ( )(c) and 17.5 2 ( )(a) and (b) shall be posted at locations accessible to every employee at the work place. SOR/96-525, s. 19; SOR/2019-246, s. 128(F). ## Emergency Wardens 17.7 (1) Where an employer or employers have prepared an emergency evacuation plan for a building, the employer or employers shall appoint - e) à prendre en cas d'incendie. - (2) Les procédures d'urgence visées au paragraphe ( 1 ) précisent : - a) le plan d'évacuation d'urgence, le cas échéant, ou le plan d'évacuation des employés ayant besoin d'une aide particulière à suivre en cas d'incendie; - b) la description…

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- (a) a chief emergency warden and a deputy chief emergency warden for that building; - (b) an emergency warden and a deputy emergency warden for each floor of the building that is occupied by employees of the employer or employers; and - (c) monitors for any employee who require special assistance in evacuating the building. - (2) The chief emergency warden and deputy chief emergency warden appointed for a building shall be employees who are normally employed in the building. - (3) The emergency warden and the deputy emergency warden appointed for a floor in a building shall be employees who are normally employed on that floor and monitors for an employee who requires special assistance shall be employees who are normally employed on the same floor as the employee requiring special assistance. SOR/96-525, s. 20. - 17.8 (1) Every emergency warden, deputy emergency warden and monitor appointed under section 17.7 shall be instructed and trained in - (a) his responsibilities under the emergency evacuation plan and the emergency procedures referred to in paragraph 17.5 1 ( )(c); and - (b) the use of fire protection equipment. - (2) A record of all instruction and training provided in accordance with subsection ( 1 ) shall be kept by the employer in the work place to which it applies for a period of two years from the date on which the instruction or training is provided. SOR/88-632, s. 76(E); SOR/96-525, s. 21; SOR/2019-246, s. 129(F). ## Inspections - 17.9 (1) In addition to the inspections carried out under section 17.3, a visual inspection of every building to which subsection 17.4 1 ( ) applies shall be carried out by a qualified person at least once every six months and shall include an inspection of all fire escapes, exits, stairways and fire protection equipment in the building in order to ensure that they are in serviceable condition and ready for use at all times. - (2) A record of each insp…

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## Part 7 ## Emergency Preparedness and Response ## Emergency response plan 115 (1) An employer must establish an emergency response plan for responding to an emergency that may require rescue or evacuation. - 115 (2) An employer must involve affected workers in establishing the emergency response plan. - 115 (3) An employer must ensure that an emergency response plan is current. ## Contents of plan - 116 An emergency response plan must include the following: - (a) the identification of potential emergencies; - (b) procedures for dealing with the identified emergencies; - (c) the identification of, location of and operational procedures for emergency equipment and personal protective equipment; - (d) the emergency response training requirements; - (e) the location and use of emergency facilities; - (f) the fire protection requirements; - (g) the alarm and emergency communication requirements; - (h) the first aid services required; - (i) procedures for rescue and evacuation; - (j) the designated rescue and evacuation workers. ## Rescue and evacuation workers - 117 (1) An employer must designate the workers who will provide rescue services and supervise evacuation procedures in an emergency. - 117 (2) An employer must ensure that designated rescue and emergency workers are trained in emergency response appropriate to the work site and the potential emergencies identified in the emergency response plan. - 117 (3) The training under subsection (2) must include exercises appropriate to the work site that simulate the potential emergencies identified in the emergency response plan. 117 (4) The training exercises referred to in subsection (3) must be repeated at the intervals required to ensure that the designated rescue and evacuation workers are competent to carry out their duties.