Emergency Fire Evacuation Drills
SOP#
Effective Date
August 1, 2015
Revision Date
Department Asset Management Category
Life Safety
Version #
Scope
This document was prepared to provide the tools to effectively conduct building fire evacuation drills for all associates.
PURPOSE The purpose of this document is to describe the procedure to ensure that all hotels conduct quarterly Fire Evacuation Drills in accordance with local; federal and state laws and that these procedures are adequately controlled so that the Safety Committee members take an active role to ensure the continued education of current and new associates.
REFERENCES:
The below is a minimum standard. All Branded hotels must follow all of their Brands specific SOPs
Please follow the link below for your Brand
Marriott
Hilton
Extranet
the Lobby
Starwood
IHG
Starwood ONE
Merlin
REQUIREMENTS:
Quarterly: Conduct a pre-planned Fire Evacuation Drill for all Associates.
DOCUMENTATION: Written records of visual inspections and tests are to be kept by the owner for inspection by the authority having jurisdiction. Use Enclosure (s) as an example of the required record. Records are to be retained for thirty-six (36) months PROCEDURE: Atrium Hospitality facilities must conduct fire drills covering each work shift (although not necessarily on the same day), to test the effectiveness of their fire response plan and emergency evacuation procedures. Refer to your Emergency Procedures Plan. Facilities should conduct no fewer than four drills within a calendar year (at least one of these must be a full-building evacuation), and may include service contractors and vendors. This schedule may be modified by national, regional or local fire codes, which may also permit some, but not all, of the fire drills to be tabletop exercises. Invite the local fire department to witness and participate in at least one fire drill annually. Document all fire drills. A form for this purpose is attached to this SOP as Appendix 1; it can also be
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