sec.44Evacuation practice—other buildings

sec.44 Evacuation practice—other buildings

This section applies to the occupier of a building other than a budget accommodation building. The occupier of the building must ensure that an evacuation of the building is carried out— by an appropriate number of persons; and in an appropriate way; and at intervals of not more than 1 year. A public hospital administrator responsible for the hospital’s fire and evacuation plan considers that an evacuation practice for staff and patients of the hospital’s intensive care unit would adversely affect the patients’ health. For carrying out an evacuation of the intensive care unit for this section, the administrator arranges to run a computer program that simulates evacuation of the staff and patients from the unit. The managing agent for an apartment block has made reasonable efforts to contact residents of the building to organise a practice evacuation but some residents are absent and others are sick. The agent arranges an evacuation at a time when most of the residents are present. The agent also arranges for some residents to evacuate from different parts of the building’s general access area to simulate evacuation of the residents who live near those parts. Maximum penalty—30 penalty units. In this section— appropriate number of persons , for carrying out an evacuation of a building, means the number of persons that is appropriate for effectively implementing the building’s fire and evacuation plan, having regard to the number, mobility and other relevant characteristics of persons who would be likely to need to be evacuated from the building in the event of a fire or hazardous materials emergency. appropriate way , for carrying out an evacuation of a building, means a way that is appropriate for effectively implementing the building’s fire and evacuation plan, having regard to the number, mobility and other relevant characteristics of persons who would be likely to need to be evacuated from the building in the event of a fire or hazardous materials emergency. (sec.44-ssec.1) This section applies to the occupier of a building other than a budget accommodation building. (sec.44-ssec.2) The occupier of the building must ensure that an evacuation of the building is carried out— by an appropriate number of persons; and in an appropriate way; and at intervals of not more than 1 year. A public hospital administrator responsible for the hospital’s fire and evacuation plan considers that an evacuation practice for staff and patients of the hospital’s intensive care unit would adversely affect the patients’ health. For carrying out an evacuation of the intensive care unit for this section, the administrator arranges to run a computer program that simulates evacuation of the staff and patients from the unit. The managing agent for an apartment block has made reasonable efforts to contact residents of the building to organise a practice evacuation but some residents are absent and others are sick. The agent arranges an evacuation at a time when most of the residents are present. The agent also arranges for some residents to evacuate from different parts of the building’s general access area to simulate evacuation of the residents who live near those parts. Maximum penalty—30 penalty units. (sec.44-ssec.3) In this section— appropriate number of persons , for carrying out an evacuation of a building, means the number of persons that is appropriate for effectively implementing the building’s fire and evacuation plan, having regard to the number, mobility and other relevant characteristics of persons who would be likely to need to be evacuated from the building in the event of a fire or hazardous materials emergency. appropriate way , for carrying out an evacuation of a building, means a way that is appropriate for effectively implementing the building’s fire and evacuation plan, having regard to the number, mobility and other relevant characteristics of persons who would be likely to need to be evacuated from the building in the event of a fire or hazardous materials emergency.