It is essential that the Parish have an effective scheme that complies with the New Zealand Fire Service standards. This needs to include the establishment of evacuation procedures, warden systems, documentation, staff training, the monitoring of sites and the regular testing of the scheme by conducting trial evacuations.
The basic premise of a fire evacuation scheme is to clearly establish procedures for an evacuation of all occupants from Parish facilities. The procedures are designed to:
- Ensure the safe, expeditious, and efficient evacuation emergency
- Account for all the occupiers
- Provide information to the first Fire Service Officer to arrive on the site regarding the evacuation, emergency location, and current status.
A scheme must plainly show details of the procedures for evacuating in a fire emergency and also display supporting information. The supporting information includes the fire alarm system operation, type of the other user requirements and training provisions.