The exercising to anticipate the emergency situation in the furniture factory.

Furniture factories are the places with a high risk of fire danger. Furniture products, dry wood, and finishing materials are highly flammable materials. The furniture factory should be built by considering the high risk of fires. A furniture factory should have a good layout. The equipment, substrate, and room should be arranged neatly so that if a problem occurs, it can quickly be recognized and anticipated before becoming a big problem. The room and building should be equipped with tools to anticipate the fire danger, such as fire extinguishers and hydrants. Some critical rooms, such as the mixing room or finishing material warehouse, even need the smoke detector and water sprinkler to anticipate the fire risk. 

hydrant should be available in the furniture factory

Instead of the availability of firefighting equipment, another thing that is no less important is the readiness of the people in the factory to anticipate the emergency situation. The people need to be trained to act in the proper way when the emergency situation comes. The exercises people are doing tend to be panicky and lead to the riot situation, and all the equipment could become useless. Therefore, the furniture factory should make an effort to conduct training for its employees to anticipate the danger and emergency situation.

We never expect the disaster and never know when it comes, but with good preparation, the loss and victim can be minimized. 

 the fire extinguisher

There are two groups of people that need to be trained to face the emergency situation: the firefighter team or rescue team and the other people. The team of fire extinguishers is the group of people who have to extinguish the fire in case of fire danger. They are the volunteers who will work to stop the fire while the rest go for saving. This team consists of employees who are well trained and to master the equipment and technique to stop the fire. The firefighting brigade people should be taken from many every area. The fire may come from everywhere, so we need to make sure there are people available in every area.

A brief training should be conducted for the fire team. Make sure that they can do their job when needed.  They should go to the certified trainer to get trained and skilled to be the firefighter and rescue team. Periodically, training should be scheduled to keep their alertness and readiness.
Not only does the fire team need practicing, every person in the plant also requires proper training. The exercise is needed to make sure that everyone knows what they have to do in an emergency situation. The exercise will make every person react in the proper way, preventing the panic and chaos situation. The exercise is intended to make sure they could save themselves properly without interfering with the fire team, who will work to stop the fire. The exercises are focused on making everyone recognize the danger signs, the evacuation routes, and the site point when the emergency situation comes. 

fire fighter team exercising

The exercise is conducted in the following way:.

Brief everyone about the danger sign, the evacuation route, and the site point when the emergency situation comes.
Sound the alarm alert for the emergency situation. The fire team members are instructed to take their position and be ready with their equipment immediately. While other people should keep calm and go for the site point through the evacuation route.
Do an evaluation for the exercise result. See how the reaction of the people and the fire team is. Make some briefing for improvement to make sure they can do the proper reaction.

The exercise does not need to be done too often because it will disrupt the production process, but it is need to be done sometime, may be 3 or 4 times every year. This small effort will be a very big help when the bad situation really comes.