What the public should know about evacuating public places and facilities.
The public should be aware of emergency exits and how they might get information during an emergency when they are in unfamiliar surroundings.
Public facilities should:
- Have clearly marked exits compliant with the Ohio Building Code.
- Have a system of communicating the need for evacuation to all visitors.
- Have properly uniformed and credentialed employees so that visitors recognize them as employees and will follow their directions (eg, vests, tags).
Public facility managers should:
- Train their employees to give accurate directions to visitors – develop an Emergency Response Team (ERT).
- Insure that their employees have practiced the plan so that they will give directions to visitors in a calm, clear voice without sounds of panic.