A site-specific exercise implemented to determine the effectiveness of the emergency response procedures

documented scheme of assigned responsibilities, actions and procedures within a designated section of the emergency plan, to respond to and manage emergencies. 

Specialist personnel, appointed to attend specific incidents, to contain, control or eliminate the emergency using emergency response equipment.

Alarm system to notify occupants of the need to evacuate. May have up to 3 phases (sounds), warning, Evacuate and Return

Emergency planning committee (EPC)
Persons responsible for the documentation and maintenance of an emergency plan, including allocation of response responsibilities and training and drills.

The orderly movement of people from a place of danger.

Emergency and evacuation information about the facility, comprising a pictorial representation of a floor or area and other relevant emergency response information.

An emergency response exercise in which the exercise simulates an emergency that requires an evacuation.

The controlling component of a fire alarm System. The panel receives information from environmental sensors designed to detect changes associated with fire, monitors their operational integrity and provides for automatic control of equipment, and transmission of information necessary to prepare the facility for fire based on a predetermined sequence