An evacuation scheme for a building must—
designate 1 or more places of safety—
inside or outside the building, if the building has an automatic sprinkler system; or
outside the building, in any other case; and
specify how the building’s occupants are alerted to a fire emergency in the building; and
specify how the building’s occupants are informed of—
the measures they should take for their personal safety, once alerted to a fire emergency; and
the need, if necessary, to evacuate to the place or places of safety for the building; and
where the place of safety is, or the places of safety are, and the fastest way to get to it or them; and
include a list of any firefighting equipment available for use by the building’s occupants in a fire emergency and the location of the equipment; and
include a requirement that an appropriate number of signs and notices be erected in the building, at the routes of travel to the place or places of safety for the building, displaying the information set out in clause 1 of Schedule 3; and
include a requirement that the owner of the building notify the National Commander, in writing, if 1 or more of the events set out in clause 8 of Schedule 3 occurs; and
include a requirement that trial evacuations of the building be undertaken in the manner set out in clauses 2 to 4 of Schedule 3, if the building is a building used—
for the purposes of providing early childhood facilities (other than in a household unit); or
as an educational institution; and
for any other building, include a requirement that either—
trial evacuations of the building be undertaken in the manner set out in clauses 2 to 4 of Schedule 3; or
the owner of the building prepare and implement an evacuation training programme in the manner set out in clauses 5 to 7 of Schedule 3.