Floor Warden Responsibilities

FLOOR WARDEN RESPONSIBILITES
Each member of the building’s Floor Response Team has an extremely important job to perform in the event of an emergency.  Each Floor Response Team designee should become familiar with the following duties.
 

Floor Warden

  • Appoints personnel to the emergency team and fills all vacant positions

  • Maintains an updated roster of Floor Response Team personnel

  • Keeps Office of the Building updated on any changes in Floor Response Team personnel

  • Alerts Floor Response Team designees of potential emergencies

  • Supervises the activities and training of Floor Response Team

  • Responsible for informing and training Floor Response Team in emergency procedures

  • Ensures that Floor Response Team know their assigned duties and locations in case of an emergency

  • Pre-plans the handling of physically impaired personnel during evacuation

  • Responsible for the evacuation of Floor Response Team

  • Stays on floor until everyone is off


STAIRWELL MONITOR RESPONSIBILITES

Duties
(to be performed by floor warden)

  • Takes position at assigned exits and assists in the evacuation of all personnel

  • Feels stairwell door with back of hand for heat. If no heat is detected, opens door slowly to inspect stairwell for possible heat and smoke conditions before evacuation

  • Instructs personnel to form single file lines in stairwell and directs personnel to exit along the right side of the stairwell

  • Supervises and monitors evacuation flow while remaining calm and encouraging others to remain calm and orderly during evacuation

  • Remains at exit until Searchers have cleared all personnel for the floor

SEARCHER

Duties
(to be performed by floor warden)

  • Under the supervision of the Floor Warden, Searchers are responsible for finding and evacuating all personnel from the floor, specifically from remote areas such as storage rooms, file rooms, coffee/break areas, restrooms, etc.

  • Check all rooms including restrooms, conference rooms, reception areas, offices, and remote areas.

  • Close, but do not lock, all doors after you have determined that the room has been evacuated.

  • Advises any remaining personnel on the floor of the emergency and insists on their evacuation.

  • Evacuates non-employees found on the floor.

  • Must be familiar with the building’s emergency procedures and the location of all stairwells


ASSISTANT TO THE PHYSICALLY IMPAIRED

Duties

  • Under the supervision of the Floor Warden, the Assistant to the Physically Impaired is responsible for the safe evacuation of any physically impaired personnel.

  • Maintains an up-to-date list of impaired employees.

  • Moves all wheelchair bound personnel to the stairwell area and waits with them until emergency personnel arrive.