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Monday, November 2, 2009

Exit Strategy

Firefighters use all sorts of standard operating procedures to make their lives easier and safer. These SOPs are much more than a way to cover your proverbial backside. SOPs provide smooth and reliable operations without having to reinvent a plan for every situation. Yet few fire chiefs use SOPs for evacuations, which are some of the most demanding procedures they undertake. Whether the threat is criminal, radiological, chemical, biological or interface related, all evacuation scenarios will benefit from preplanning because it can avoid the confusion and losses from on-the-fly planning and panic. Evacuation SOPs especially need to include ...

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