Escape and rescue plan
An escape and rescue plan (see also safety signs - Escape and rescue plans ISO 23601: 2009, replacement for DIN 4844-3: 2003-09) serves to simplify the communication of information about relevant escape and rescue routes , evacuation and fire-fighting facilities in public or public areas commercial buildings as well as in fixed structures. He is deliberately limited to using as few words as possible to communicate. It is an essential part of the safety equipment of a building and plays an important role in fire protection-Documentation. By helping people to find out about the escape routes in a building, it complements the safety guidance system of a building (see ISO 16069).
The increase in global and international trade and traffic, as well as the mobility of workers, requires standardized communication of safety information for the users of structures that is now internationally prescribed. In the event of an emergency, accident or fire, such a plan should show the marked route to the next possible exit outdoors or to a safe place and also contains rules for what to do in the event of an accident or fire.
It must be permanently attached in public areas and at the workplace in clearly visible places (e.g. entrance areas, stairwells, main entrances to the floors, corridors, at suitable meeting places e.g. cafeterias, office centers, meeting points) and in large-scale systems.
layout
An escape and rescue plan is a floor plan of a storey reduced to the essentials or a site plan of a large-scale facility. It must contain the following graphic representations and must always be colored:
- Building floor plan or parts of it: The scale depends on the size of the structure, the level of detail to be represented and the intended location,
- Course of the escape and rescue routes
- Location of the emergency exits
- Location and type of emergency and rescue equipment, e.g. B. Emergency telephone, fire telephone, fire alarm, first aid facilities
- Location of the fire fighting equipment, e.g. B. fire extinguishers , wall hydrants , fire hoses
- Location of the specified assembly points for the fleeing users of a structure
- Location of the viewer
- Rules of conduct in the event of accidents and fire
- Legend about the safety signs, graphic symbols and color codes used
The rules for what to do in the event of a fire and what to do in the event of an accident are presented clearly and in a short, concise form. As a rule, the same representation is chosen for the behavior in the event of fire as for Part A of the fire protection regulations .
The escape and rescue plans are presented in accordance with DIN ISO 23601 (formerly DIN 4844-3) and DIN EN ISO 7010 (formerly BGV A8). A multilingual version of the documents can also be useful, especially in public buildings.
Escape and rescue plans must be reviewed at regular intervals to ensure that they are still legible, easily identifiable, understandable and up-to-date. Any change to the structure or the fire protection and emergency measures must lead to a review and, if necessary, to a revision of the escape and rescue plans.
In the case of buildings and large-scale facilities, there is a legal obligation for the employer to affix escape and rescue plans “if the location, extent and type of use of the workplace so require” (Section 4 (4) Workplace Ordinance of July 20, 2007). More detailed information on the content and the execution of escape and rescue plans are given in the technical rules for workplaces ASR A1.3 and ASR A2.3. Often there are specifications for representation in the technical connection conditions for fire alarm systems according to DIN 14675 .
Web links
- Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (follow the link to workplace law)
- Sample plan in A3 format (PDF) (649 kB)
- DIN EN ISO 23601
Individual evidence
- ↑ ASR A2.3 "Escape routes and emergency exits, escape and rescue plan" (PDF file, 58 kB), accessed in June 2016
- ^ DIN eV: Fire alarm systems - structure and operation, table of contents of DIN 14675: 2012-04