Fire Action Signs

If you are in charge of a workplace, you must document the action that your employees should take in the event of a fire. This emergency plan should be kept in the workplace and be available to your employees and the fire service and be the basis of the fire action training you provide for your staff. This written plan should be backed up by wall mounted fire action signs. These fire action signs are available in a number of finishes to suit your building and budget. You may decide to purchase fire action signs in a vinyl self adhesive plastic finish, or you may choose a photo luminescent finish for your fire action signs so they can be seen in the dark or if smoke was to inhibit sight.

Fire action plans should include; Action employees should take if they discover a fire, how people will be warned, the evacuation procedure, the meeting point and how the roll call will be carried out. Escape routes, evacuation procedures for those at risk, the fire-fighting equipment available, the identity of employees with specific duties in the event of a fire and many other factors that may not be mentioned in your fire action signs. In compiling your fire action plan, you should consult your workplaces fire risk assessment. Fire action signs should give a brief guide to the essentials. For most workplaces it should be easy to compose a workable fire action plan. In some small workplaces it may be simple instructions covering the points on your fire action signs. However, in large workplaces, the emergency action plan will need to be more detailed and backed up by your fire action signs.

Fire Action signs are required at all Fire Alarm call points. These fire action signs should give clear instructions of what occupants of that part of the premises should do in the event of a fire. They should be prepared and developed under the guidance of the Fire and Rescue service. Special attention should be given to ensure that these notices re-enforce the training that all the building's occupants should have completed. The fire action signs should be a back up to this training. Fire action signs can also serve to let any visitors to your premises aware of your companies fire evacuation procedures.