Fire Evacuation Checklist
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- Attire and Equipment
- Wear only cotton or wool clothes.
- Wear long pants, long sleeved shirt or jacket and boots.
- Carry gloves, a handkerchief to cover your face, water to drink, and goggles.
- Keep a flashlight and portable radio with you at all times.
- Tune in to a local radio station and listen for instructions.
- Your Family
- Evacuate all family members.
- Make sure to designate a safe meeting place and contact person.
- Relay your plans to the contact person.
- Evacuate pets.
- Vehicles
- Place vehicles in the garage, pointing out with keys in the ignition.
- Roll up the windows.
- Close the garage door, but leave it unlocked.
- Disconnect the electric garage door opener so that the door can be opened manually.
- Inside the House
- Close all interior doors.
- Leave a light on in each room.
- Close fire-resistant drapes, shutters, and venetian blinds.
- Turn off all pilot lights.
- Move overstuffed furniture, such as couches and easy chairs, to the center of the room.
- Outside the House
- Place combustible patio furniture in the house or garage.
- Shut off propane at the tank or natural gas at the meter.
- Close all exterior vents if possible.
- Prop a ladder against the house to provide firefighters with easy access to the roof.
- Make sure that all garden hoses are connected to faucets and attach nozzles set on "spray".
- Close all exterior doors and windows.
- Leave exterior doors unlocked.
- Turn on outside lights.
- If you have an emergency water source (pool, pond, etc
- Essentials (to place in a car)
- Important documents (bank, IRS, trust, investment, insurance policy, birth certificates, medical records).
- Credit and ATM cards.
- Medications.
- Prescription glasses.
- Driver's license.
- Passport.
- Computer backup files.
- Inventory of home contents.
- Photograph the exterior of the house and landscape if there's time.
- Address book.
- Cell phone and charger.
- Personal toiletries.
- Change of clothing.
- Family photo albums and videos.
- Family heirlooms.
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John F. Smith
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Who it's for
This Fire Evacuation Checklist is for teams that want consistent execution, less rework, and clear ownership.
- Standardize quality - run the same Fire Evacuation steps every time, regardless of who executes
- Save time - reuse a proven Fire Evacuation workflow instead of rebuilding processes from scratch
- Improve accountability - assign owners and see what's done vs. what's pending
- Onboard faster - use the Fire Evacuation checklist as the SOP and training guide
- Coordinate across roles - handoffs are clear and everyone works from the same source of truth
How to use it
How to use this Fire Evacuation Checklist:
- Start by saving it - save as a Template if you'll reuse it, or as a Checklist if it's a one-off project.
- Customize it once for your workflow - remove what doesn't apply and add your team-specific steps.
- Assign ownership and execute - set owners/due dates where needed and track completion as work happens.
- Reuse without rebuilding - when Fire Evacuation comes up again, start from your saved version and run it with clear ownership.
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