Fire safety questionnaire for employees, ready to send
Eleven questions for everyone who works in the building, about what they would do if the alarm sounded now.
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- About 3 minto answer
- everyonein the building
- no namesasked
The 11 fire safety questionnaire questions
A fire safety questionnaire asks everyone who works in a building what they would do if the alarm sounded now: whether they would notice it, know the way out, know where to assemble and know who helps. These eleven questions open in the free online questionnaire builder, ready for your site names.
If it happened now
The first ten seconds: what to do, and the alarm itself.
- I know what to do first if I find a fire in the building where I work.reporting a fire is the first thing a written plan covers.[1]
- I would know that the sound I was hearing was the fire alarm.
- I would notice the fire alarm from where I normally work.the alarm must be noticeable above the noise of the work area.[2]
Getting out
The route, the assembly point and the person who helps.
- I know which way I would leave the building from where I normally work.
- I know where I am supposed to go once I am outside.a roll call only works when everyone goes to one place.
- I know who is responsible for helping people out of my area.
When they were last told
One closed band, so this run compares with the next.
- When did someone last go through the fire procedure with you here?read it beside question 11 to find missed new starters.
What would slow them down
A tick list first, then one open answer.
- Would any of these make it harder for you to leave quickly?a blocked exit ticked once is a job for today.
- What is the one thing that would make it easier to get out of this building safely?
Extinguishers
One item, with an answer for sites where the rule is to leave.
- Has anyone shown you how to use a fire extinguisher here?training is yearly where staff are expected to use one.[3]
Time at this site
The one field for splitting results, in closed bands.
- How long have you worked at this site?
Who answers, when to send it and how to read it
Send it to everyone who works in the building, contractors and night shifts included, once a year and again after a move, a refit or a new alarm. No question asks for a name, so say that in the message that carries the link.
Read each rating as the share who disagree. Then count question 8: every option has its own owner, from facilities to the shift planner. Set question 7 beside question 11 to see whether new starters were walked through the plan. When the gap is skills, a training needs survey finds what to fund. After a fire safety course, the training feedback survey rates the session. A single safety talk takes the seminar feedback form.
Fire safety questionnaire FAQ
What should a fire safety questionnaire ask employees?
Is it a quiz with right and wrong answers?
No. People rate how sure they are about their own building and nobody is marked, which keeps the answers honest. A low rating shows where to walk the route again or brief a shift.
How often should staff answer it?
Once a year, and again after anything that changes the answers: a move, a refit, a new shift pattern or a new alarm. Keep the six rating items word for word the same, so each run compares with the last.
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