Emergency Evacuation Plans

What are emergency evacuation plans?

Emergency evacuation plans are easy-to-read floor plans of a building that help tenants and visitors alike exit to safety during a life-threatening event such as a fire, flood, hostage situation or terrorist attack. The simplified plans typically show 2 means of egress from every mounted location to help ease congestion and traffic through stairwells and hallways.

Items you might see on an emergency evacuation plan include

  • the building address

  • the map orientation (showing you the floor plan of the building according to the direction / wall you are facing)

  • the North direction

  • the current floor

  • a legend

  • a “You Are Here” location

  • what the alarm sounds like

  • what the alarm looks like

  • stairwell locations, elevator locations

  • fire extinguisher locations

  • fire alarm locations

  • the exit route

  • and additional other safety elements as required by the local authorities having jurisdiction

Okay, but why do I need them?

All new non-single-family residential buildings are required to post accurate, code compliant and city-approved emergency evacuation plans. If your building is older and has outdated signage or is missing evacuation plans altogether, do your part in fire safety preparedness and upgrade the safety of your tenants and visitors. Maps are heavily relied upon during emergencies, and accurate and clear signage assists everyone to safely exit the building in an event of emergency. Executing annual (or more frequent) fire drills is a great way to have building occupants learn the best way to safety.

Mounting Options

All of our mounting and display options below ship with the necessary hardware and/or tape required to post the emergency evacuation plans up on any wall surface. Some of our mounting options:

  • Acrylic

  • Vinyl

  • Brushed Aluminum

  • Glass Insert

  • Laminated

  • Photoluminescent (Glow in the Dark)

  • Casement