Posted By Nick House As the roll call system appears to be having problems, have you thought of changing the procedure to an 'area clear' procedure? This would effectively eliminate the need for roll calls entirely, as each fire warden would be allocated an area to check. Once the fire warden has checked the area, and it is empty (i.e. everyone has evacuated); they then report to the site fire marshall. Likewise, if there is an injured/ disabled party in a particular area, then the fire warden would (as far as reasonably practicable) ensure that this person was in a safe place, then report to the fire marshall that there is an injured/ disabled party in 'area x'. The fire marshall would then pass this information to the emergency services, who would then make their rescue/ evacuation a priority. Just a thought..........

Posted By Laurie Having been involved in both real and simulated fire evacuations of up to 1,000 people, I must confess that I am a bit sceptical as to whether six people with megaphones are going to contribute to the smooth running of such an affair! (Don't forget your noise assesments!!) Laurie

Posted By Martin Taylor thanks everybody for your feedback - interesting how such a 'simple' process as a roll call can be tackled with different approaches. The last response from Merv leads me to extend the thread a little. I have always been in 2 minds as to how to get the best out of trial evacuations. In fact we have so many false alarms (smoke detectors) that some time ago I chose to use all evacuations to get feedback on performance - each roll caller completes a brief questionairre after the roll call to identify any problems. I must admit though I Don't think it is very succesful. How do other people carry out 'trial evacs'? and monitor what us going on in every area of the site? regards MT