Shops, offices, restaurants and churches with staff

Where is the building that needs a plan?

Draft an OSHA emergency action and fire prevention plan with exits, alarms and a head count for a shop, office or restaurant. Free to read.

  • Free to read
  • No sign-up until the draft
  • Every fact cites its source
BUILDINGWORK AREASTOREEXIT

ePlan fills in

  • Building outline
  • Nearest fire station
  • Nearest hospital
  • Flood zone
  • Local hazards

How it works

Emergency action plan and fire prevention plan, from one answer

  1. Enter the address and how many people work there.One answer starts the project. ePlan names it and looks up the place.
  2. ePlan pulls the building outline and nearest responders and checks whether the plan must be written.3 more questions, each with a "not sure yet" way out.
  3. Read the plan free, then download it with the exit map to post and review with staff.The draft marks what to check (amber), what to pick (blue) and what to fill in (violet).

What you get

Emergency action plan and fire prevention plan and 2 more documents

The first draft is free to read. Each document after it is drafted from the same confirmed facts.

The first draft

Emergency action plan and fire prevention plan (OSHA 1910.38 and 1910.39)

  1. Building, owner and plan contact
  2. How to report a fire or emergency
  3. Alarm system and signals
  4. Evacuation routes, exits and assembly point
  5. Shutting down critical operations
  6. Head count after evacuation

Modeled on: OSHA Evacuation Plans and Procedures eTool (emergency action plan)

Next · 2

Exit route map for each floor

  1. Floor outline
  2. Exits and routes
  3. Extinguishers and pull stations
  4. Assembly point
Next · 3

Fire drill log

  1. Date and time
  2. Who took part
  3. Time to clear the building
  4. Problems found and fixes

From public data

What ePlan fills in, and from where

11 employees

or more means your emergency action plan must be in writing, kept at the workplace and available to staff
Source: 29 CFR 1910.38(b), eCFR

Questions

Emergency action plan and fire prevention plan: what people ask

Does my business need a written emergency action plan?

When an OSHA standard requires one, the plan must be in writing, kept in the workplace and available to employees. An employer with 10 or fewer employees may communicate the plan orally instead.

Source: ecfr.gov

What must an emergency action plan include?

At minimum: how to report a fire or emergency, evacuation procedures and exit route assignments, steps for staff who run critical operations before leaving, a head count after evacuation, rescue and medical duties, and the name or job title of a contact for questions.

Source: ecfr.gov

What goes in a fire prevention plan?

A list of major fire hazards with handling and storage steps, ignition sources and their control, the fire protection equipment for each hazard, how combustible waste is kept from building up, upkeep of heat-producing equipment, and who is responsible for each.

Source: ecfr.gov

The rules this door follows