Guide

How is an evacuation plan drawing prepared and where is it posted?

The drawing shows the reader how to get from where they stand to an exit; one is prepared for each mounting point.

One drawing per door

A drawing is read from the point where it hangs. What is in front of the reader is at the top of the drawing, and the "you are here" mark shows the real position. Posting the same drawing at four points in a building is therefore the most common mistake: each mounting point needs its own.

What it shows

Where you are, escape routes and their directions, exits, the assembly point, extinguisher and cabinet locations, the alarm call point and the first aid cabinet. More than that makes it unreadable; it is a wayfinding aid, not a technical drawing.

Readability

The drawing hangs at eye level, lit and unobstructed. One behind glass, behind a door or near the ceiling is a drawing that does not exist.

Currency

When a wall, door, partition or use changes, the drawing changes. One showing an old layout misdirects in an emergency.

In Optifora

The evacuation plan module produces the drawing against a mounting point; it issues a separate version for each, and when the layout changes it produces a new one while keeping the old version.

  1. Identify the mounting pointsList one by one the points where drawings will hang.
  2. Set the orientationBase each drawing on the direction the reader faces.
  3. Limit the contentInclude only what helps wayfinding.
  4. Choose the positionHang it at eye level, lit and unobstructed.
  5. Test in a drillMeasure in a drill whether it actually directs people.
  6. Renew on changeProduce a new drawing when the layout changes.

Manage this in Optifora

Optifora is not a single program but a compliance platform assembled from modules. The catalogue states which module is ready today and which is on the roadmap.

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