Emergency Response Plan

Background

What is the rationale to convert existing Fire Emergency Plan (FEP) to the Emergency Response Plan (ERP)?

The Fire Emergency Plan (FEP) is a plan that contains information on the types of fire safety measures that are provided in designated premises and includes floor layout plans and fire evacuation procedures. Previously, all public buildings are required to formulate a FEP for their building.

The ERP on the other hand is a more comprehensive plan that integrates all the plans (FEP, IPP and APP). The inclusion of other fire-related emergencies like CBRE attacks is dependent on the risk level of their premises. Essentially, the ERP will outline response proccedures to all the different types of fire and fire-related incidents (inclusive of mass casualty incident) in the building and stipulate the relevant actions to be taken to protect and evacuate people in the building under different emergency scenarios.

Emergency Response Plan (ERP) Template with Guidelines (DOCX, 1.4MB)

Premises requiring an ERP

1. Public building

Public building having an occupant load of more than 200 persons in which a Fire Certificate is issued. Example, office buildings, shopping centres, hotels, hospitals, place of public resort, etc.

2. Industrial premises

Industrial premises with:

• Floor area or site area of at least 5,000 square metres; or
• Occupant load of at least 1,000 persons

3. A foreign employee dormitory with

• An occupant load of 1,000 persons or more; or
• A floor area or site area of 5,000 square metres or more.

4. A hospital

5. Petroleum and Flammable Materials (P&FM) Licensee

Any P&FM storage licensed premises shall prepare and keep up to date an Emergency Response Plan in accordance with such guidelines as may be issued by SCDF and submitted to HazMat Department as part of license application.

Table-Top Exercise (TTE)

Table-Top Exercise (TTE) is a scenario driven exercise for the participants to derive solutions to likely scenarios of emergencies in the building.

Premises requiring a TTE

Any premises requiring Fire Safety Manager will be required to conduct TTE.

Duties of owners or occupiers

To refer to Regulation 3 of Fire Safety (Emergency Response Plan) Regulations for the duties of owner or occupier of designated premises.

Fire Safety (Emergency Response Plan) Regulations - Singapore Statutes Online (agc.gov.sg)

Conducting of evacuation drills and table-top exercises

A minimum of 2 evacuation drills and 2 table-top exercises are required to be conducted annually. However, for those premises which do not require the appointment of a FSM, at least 1 evacuation drill must be conducted annually.

Guidelines on Evacuation Planning, Table-Top Exercise and Arson Prevention Plan

For further enquiries on Emergency Response Plan (ERP), please contact WO Sofian / WO Jumilah at 68483562 / 68483259. All the files are in PDF format.

• Guidelines on Evacuation Planning (Mar 2018) ( , 473 KB)
• Evacuation Guidelines - 8th to 30th Storey ( , 75 KB)
• Evacuation Guidelines - 8th Storey Below ( , 154 KB)
• Evacuation Guidelines - 30th Storey Above ( , 178 KB)
• Evacuation Guidelines - Industrial Premises ( , 149 KB)

ERP - Charts and Record Sheets, etc

• Standard Announcements ( , 11 KB)
• Annex A - Model Fire Instruction Notice for Staff for a Building Adopting Phased Evacuation ( , 18 KB)
• Annex F - Evacuation Drill Record Sheet ( , 14 KB)
• Annex H - Floor Register ( , 14 KB)
• Annex I - Building Evacuation Status Chart ( , 13 KB)
• Guidelines on Table-Top Exercise ( , 71 KB)
• Guidelines on Arson Prevention Plan ( , 478 KB)
• Presentation Slides on the Concept and Guideline on IPP for Non-Residential Buildings ( , 1.87 MB)
• Sample of IPP Plan for Non-Residential Buildings ( , 233 KB)
• Use of lifts for evacuation of building occupants Speaker: Mr Randy Tan (PDF, 135 KB)
• Fire Safety Requirements For Persons with Disabilities ( , 513 KB)