New and Improved Fire Evacuation Plan

Kirby Forbes

The Plan Now..

• As of now, the fire evacuation plan is not safe, speedy, or organized.

• Acting as a human factors engineer with the job of redesigning this exit plan, I feel as if I have come up with a much better route as to which the students and faculty at LCHS should take in order to fix all three of these issues.

Locations:

• As of now, there are two places people are being sent, the football field and baseball field.

• The new plan will keep these two places and add the area in the front where the LCHS sign is.

• Also, it will make use of the gate by the tennis courts, the left side gate under the home stands, the left and right main entrance gates where the concession stands are, and the gate near the dumpster.

• On the football field, classes will have designated areas to report to in order to spread out and avoid hectic collisions.

Front:

• The left side of the career counseling building upstairs and downstairs will exit out and onto the grassy area in the front where the LCHS sign is.

Football Field:

• Furthest gate by tennis courts: Main gym and physical plant

• Next gate that enters under home stands: Packard gym and upstairs core curriculum building

• Gate left side of concession stand: Academic wing• Gate right side of concession stand: Admin

building• Gate by dumpsters: Band/Arts and Auditorium

Football Field Organization

• With the plan as is, there are many students all clustered in one central area on the football field.

• The new design will spread these students out based on what building they are coming from.

• Main gym and physical plant: Onto field in front of McCracken field

• Packard gym and upstairs core curriculum building: Into home stadium stands

• Admin building: Onto field on side of concession stand• Band/Arts and Auditorium: Picnic table area/track

Baseball field:

• Brick entrance in front: Ag Science, Industrial Tech/ROTC

• Side gate: Right side of career counseling, and cafeteria if necessary

How this plan will be effective..

• This new plan will be able to take place once the students are aware of how much more safe they will be.

• In order for students to know where to go with the new locations, teachers will have to ensure their students know exactly what their new designated location is.

• During a fire/fire drill, teachers in planning period should be in charge of helping students around them in the right direction.