10 Emergency Evacuation Training Courses

Emergency Evacuation Training Course #1 - Evacuation Plan

If you’re looking for an emergency evacuation training course to deploy to your teams, EdApp’s got you covered. The Evacuation Plan course is designed to help organizations educate their employees on evacuation conditions, such as fires, natural disasters, and civil disturbances. It also familiarizes workers with the how-to’s of building evacuation and the importance of having clear and well-lit signages. 

The training program then concludes by teaching employees about the specific roles they can take during an evacuation, so they can be more proactive in ensuring the safety of their team. Aside from providing teams with proper evacuation strategies, this course can also serve as a template where you can add your workplace’s floor plans, exits, shelters-in-place, and meeting places.

To start training your team, you can import this microlearning course directly from EdApp's course library. And as a remote work software, EdApp also allows you to edit and rebrand the entire course according to your organization’s guidelines, even without design expertise or coding skills. Having these options in one platform makes it easy to turn this course into your own and deliver it to your teams with ease.

• Cost: Free
• Scope: Evacuation conditions, route and floorplan, emergency action plan, disaster preparedness, and employee evacuation roles

Created by EdApp

Emergency Evacuation Training Course #3 - Evacuation Procedures Training Course

Evacuation Procedures Training Course is a comprehensive emergency evacuation training program by Safety Services Direct that focuses on the basic steps to take if there is an emergency in the workplace. More specifically, this online course outlines the necessary procedures for fire emergencies, including how to raise the alarm, who to contact, where to assemble, how to safely evacuate the worksite, and what to do if you are unable to leave the building. A huge benefit of this course is that it’s fully customizable. All you have to do is select a designated course administrator that can use Safety Services Direct’s integrated authoring tool. Through this feature, they can then edit text and images within the course, or add links to any necessary documents like floor plans and emergency routes. 

• Cost: £15 GBP
• Scope: How to raise the fire alarm, who to contact, where to assemble, how to safely evacuate, what to do when a person is unable to leave the worksite

Created by Safety Services Direct

Emergency Evacuation Training Course #5 - Controlling Hazardous Energy: Lockout/Tagout

EdApp’s Controlling Hazardous Energy: Lockout/Tagout course is targeted specifically for plant workers, giving them a closer look at the different types of hazardous energy, including chemical, thermal, pneumatic, hydraulic, mechanical, and electrical hazards. It goes over the proper lock-out procedures that must be implemented in the event of an emergency evacuation. Through the tagout lessons, your workers will learn more about the different labeling systems and warning signs used to tag worksites and equipment when they are unsafe for operation. Similar to other hazardous material training courses, this emergency evacuation program also highlights the importance of using proper visual danger signs to prevent potential accidents in the workplace. 

You can access this 3-part course directly from EdApp’s course library, customize the content according to your company requirements, and deploy it to your workers, all in just a few clicks.

• Cost: Free
• Scope: Types of hazardous energy, lock-out procedures for emergency evacuation, labeling systems and warning signs to tag worksites and equipment, the importance of visual danger signs

Created by EdApp

Emergency Evacuation Training Course #6 - Evacuation Awareness Online Training

Evacuation Awareness Online Training is an emergency evacuation training course by EssentialSkillz that focuses on bringing awareness about the importance of emergency preparedness and communicating necessary steps to protect workers from risks such as fires, earthquakes, and security threats. This online course helps employees learn how to raise an alarm during fire emergencies, what to do when a fire alarm goes off, how to assist disabled persons, how to safely exit a building through stairs and not an elevator, and what to do during a security threat like terrorist attacks. You can also customize the training program and add important details like assembly locations and how to contact the fire warden or police. 

At the end of the course, your employees can take an assessment. If they achieve a passing mark of 80% or higher, they’ll be able to download and print their completion certificate.

• Cost: Get a quote
• Scope: Importance of emergency preparedness, how to raise an alarm during fires, how to assist a disabled person, how to safely exit the building, what to do during terrorist attacks

Created by EssentialSkillz

Emergency Evacuation Training Course #8 - Emergency Evacuation Online Training

Designed by SafetyGroup UK, the Emergency Evacuation Online Training course contains extensive information about fire emergencies and evacuation practices. Some of the topics covered in this course include building evacuation, raising a fire alarm, emergency contacts, and assembly points. To mitigate risks of injury or death, workers can also expect to learn more about how to help others leave the worksite, what to do if you are unable to leave a building, and what actions to take if you and other building occupants are trapped in a smoke-filled room. The course also puts emphasis on treating all fire alarms as genuine emergencies and practicing emergency evacuations whenever possible to help workers become familiar with your escape plan. 

If you have specific information that you would like to add to your emergency evacuation training, the training software gives you the opportunity to customize the course and include any needed documentation. 

• Cost: £15.00 GBP
• Scope: Building evacuation steps, raising a fire alarm, emergency contacts, assembly points, how to help others leave the building, what to do if you are unable to leave or trapped inside a smoke-filled room

Created by SafetyGroup UK

Emergency Evacuation Training Course #10 - Security Personnel’s Role in Handling Emergencies

Targeted specifically for security personnel and responders, this emergency evacuation training course by EdApp gives them a broader look at their roles and responsibilities in responding to different types of emergencies, such as fire hazards, bomb threats, and HAZMAT incidents. It walks workers through the steps to take during fire emergencies, including knowing the four classes of fire and the PASS method for using fire extinguishers. The course also delves into bomb threat emergency response techniques, how to check the building premises, and necessary protocols in case a bomb explosion occurs. The last lesson discusses emergency evacuation procedures needed to mitigate HAZMAT incidents, including general guidelines for handling hazardous materials.

The course features a few interactive quizzes in between the lessons to help drive better retention results and make learning more fun and engaging. It’s also divided into 3 easily digestible lessons that your employees can complete in just a few minutes.

• Cost: Free
• Scope: Fire hazard, bomb threat, and HAZMAT incident responses

Created by EdApp