Emergency Evacuation Planning for Your Workplace: from Chaos to Life-saving Solutions First edition

First ever, all-in-one, practical resource
for evacuating people of all ages and health conditions
from all kinds of workplaces, including
small offices, skyscrapers, stores, industrial plants,
hospitals, business and college campuses, and schools

Inspired by the horrific evacuation challenges of 9/11,
authored by a recipient of the Business Continuity Institute s Lifetime Achievement Award,
this is an industry-defining book.... the result of 10 years of research
into global best practices for getting everyone out safely -- every time!
Your routine fire drill is no match for the large-scale chaos of major disasters. Today s tragic headlines of deaths from chemical plant explosions, factory fires, and doors, hallways and stairwells thoughtlessly blocked by storage items make it painfully obvious that every organization needs a comprehensive workplace emergency evacuation plan well researched, well developed, and well rehearsed until individual and group behaviors become the default.

From a review of building materials, floor plans, and architectural conditions, to a precise how-to for testing and training the people in charge of an actual evacuation, world-renowned emergency management practitioner Jim Burtles leads you step-by-step through the kind of planning that saves lives.

This comprehensive package of 600+ pages of book and downloads offers a practical toolkit full of innovative and field-tested plans, forms, checklists, tips, and tools for workplace evacuation, including:

• A groundbreaking approach that integrates for the first time Business Continuity Management (BCM) and Emergency Evacuation Planning (EEP), offering a methodology based on the Business Continuity Institute s 6-Phase Business Continuity Lifecycle Model, which encompasses development, delivery, and maintenance of organization-wide plans -- to ensure that your procedures align with best practices, relevant regulations, sound governance, and corporate responsibility.
  
  
• Coverage of evacuations for entire regions, downtown business areas, college campuses, and recreational complexes not just individual buildings -- and for visitors, shoppers, and guests, as well as employees.
  
  
• Discussion of post-evacuation employee well being through the time that everyone is safely back at their desks, in their homes, in an emergency shelter, or in the care of some other agency.
  
  
• Emphasis on the importance of Available Safe Egress Time (ASET) versus Required Safe Egress Time (RSET). Use Burtles formulas to compare your ASET and RSET under various scenarios and see the results.
  
  
• Use of the Plan-Do-Check-Act concept in EEP that is now a central part of ongoing management systems and referenced in current business continuity standards.
  
  
• Discussion questions, numerous real-life case studies and examples,and detailed glossary that facilitate both college and professional instruction.
  
  

This is the book that Jim Burtles was destined to write. My colleagues at the BCI and I recommend this book to all who care about the safety of themselves and their colleagues in a time of crisis. I think that must be everyone.
--Lyndon Bird, FBCI, Technical Director, The Business Continuity Institute

Jim Burtles, KLJ, CMLJ, FBCI is an internationally acclaimed consultant in Business Continuity, with 35+ years experience in 24 countries. A founding Fellow of the Business Continuity Institute (BCI), he received the Freedom of the City of London Award in 1992 and BCI's Lifetime Achievement Award in 2001.