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HospitalityLeading guests out as a designated warden
You are one of the employees the hotel designated and trained to help in a safe and orderly evacuation. When the alarm sounds, you move guests and coworkers from danger to safe areas, check the spaces you cover and are the last to leave them. It follows the federal rule for emergency action plans, as OSHA explains it in its evacuation eTool.
Free to startScenarios
- Guests with disabilities, or who do not speak English, need extra help to get out.
- The primary evacuation route is blocked: you lead everyone by an alternative escape route.
The steps
- Know the complete layout of the hotel and the alternative escape routes, as you were trained.
- Know who needs extra help to evacuate, and how to use the buddy system.
- Know the hazardous areas to avoid during the evacuation.
- Move guests and coworkers from danger to safe areas.
- Help visitors evacuate safely.
- Check offices, restrooms and other spaces before being the last person to leave your area.
- Make sure the fire doors are closed as you leave.
Safety rules that stop the station
- If the primary route becomes blocked, use an alternative escape route.
To pass
- The employer designated and trained employees to assist in a safe and orderly evacuation.
- Generally one warden for every 20 employees is adequate, with enough wardens available at all times during working hours.
- The wardens know the employees with special needs and the hazardous areas to avoid.
Official source
Federal · OSHA eTool, 29 CFR 1910.38
Emergency Action Plan: Evacuation Elements (Evacuation Plans and Procedures eTool)
OSHA's evacuation eTool explains, free, the evacuation elements: wardens, routes and exits, critical operations and the head count.
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