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Next, it is important to practice, prac-
tice, practice the evacuation plan. The
secret to an effective practice though
is to make it as close to the real thing
as possible. This means that the few-
er the people who know about the
practice drill, the better, so the met-
rics gathered during the practice drill
truly show how ready your employees
are in the event of an emergency. Ob-
viously, this goes without saying that
someone or a group of people at the
company should be in charge of mea-
suring metrics during a practice drill,
such as total time it took to get every-
one out of the building and did every-
one know what to do once outside.
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Lastly, it is important to constantly
update the written copy of the evac-
uation plan. Remember the metrics
mentioned previously? Those and
other notes about what went well, or
what didn’t (and what is being done
about it) during a practice drill should
be added in the written copy of the
evacuation plan. If new construction
takes place inside or outside of the
workplace, especially big projects,
they could impact evacuation routes
and other parts of the plan. The plan
should be widely distributed within
the company so everyone is aware
of the part(s) they play in case of an
emergency.
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