Create Workplace Emergency Plan
Complete step-by-step checklist to create workplace emergency plan covering review floor evacuation maps and identify outdoor assembly point, and essential action items.
Review floor evacuation maps
Know the location of emergency stairs and exit doors
Identify outdoor assembly point
Locate designated safe meeting area outside building
Designate safety marshals
Assign team leads to verify office is empty during drills
Review emergency alarm sounds
Know the difference between warning and evacuation alarms
Keep employee emergency contacts
Maintain updated list of next-of-kin contacts for team
Arrange mobility help steps
Assign helpers to assist disabled colleagues down stairs
Perform annual plan audits
Update office safety lists and first aid kits every year
Test emergency PA speaker system
Verify office speakers broadcast loud evacuation announcements
Identify shelter-in-place rooms
Designate internal rooms for severe storm lockdowns
Review visitor sign-in logs
Verify sign-in logs are accurate to track guests during exits
Verify server database shutdown tasks
Assign IT leads to trigger clean database shutdowns during cuts
Confirm first aid kit refill schedules
Schedule monthly updates for bandages and ice packs
Establish office post-exit roll-call boards
Have master list clipboard ready at assembly points
Check fire alarm pull station locations
Verify red safety pull boxes are visible and unblocked
Establish employee emergency text tree
Set up automated SMS tree to coordinate offsite working plans
Check office emergency food reserve
Keep dry snacks and water flats in main breakroom closet
Verify security gate override safety
Confirm electronic doors release open during building power loss
Host mock emergency drill drills
Test team reaction to smoke alerts twice a year