Leading the Way: People First Fire & R U Out Emergency Evacuation App Partnership Uses Innovative Technology to Save Time & Save Lives
People First Fire (PFF) is proud to announce our partnership with R U OUT, a new emergency evacuation app that will see us working together to simplify and speed up large scale evacuations by more than 65%*.
PFF take pride in always striving to put people first and we are excited to be teaming up with R U OUT to save more lives and reduce injuries with calm, streamlined emergency evacuation management by combining PFF’s emergency response and evacuation training with the revolutionary R U OUT Emergency Evacuation App to Save Time and Save Lives.
R U OUT is an emergency evacuation app that streamlines incident management with real-time communications between fire wardens, facility managers and emergency responders evacuating people on average more than 65% faster and with less injuries. A faster evacuation means not only more lives saved but also less costly business downtime especially on test evacuations. A reduction of business downtime by more than 65% could save businesses tens to hundreds of thousands of dollars.
’During our emergency response training, emergency evacuation work and consultancy implementing emergency plans and supervising major evacuation drills, I recognised common shortfalls with safety communications and reporting, and accountability of personnel,’ says PFF General Manager Dean Broadwood. ’At best, these shortfalls can slow down evacuations and subsequent building re-entry; at worst, they endanger lives.’
‘In an emergency, time is safety. When evacuation and emergency protocols aren’t implemented correctly, it puts everyone at risk. R U OUT is a simple, easy to use platform that drastically improves the transparency and simplifies management of every emergency incident and makes your emergency plans run more effectively and efficiently,’ says R U OUT Co-Founder Matt Jullienne.
The app is designed for use in shopping centres, industrial sites, commercial buildings, schools, universities, theatres, conference venues – anywhere that requires the potential evacuation of large numbers of people.
‘R U OUT is tailored to each workplace or building and uses QR codes to enable simple, fast, and accurate communication between members of an emergency management team. Real-time reporting means the evacuation team know where everyone is at any given time, and accurate information can be passed on to the fire brigade or the emergency services for a faster response in life-threatening situations.
‘The great thing about a fast evacuation, particularly in drill scenarios, is that everyone can then get back into the building and back to work faster as well.’
R U OUT has countless other benefits that make life easier for Safety Managers and safer for personnel by taking the ‘manual’ to ‘managed’ by using the latest technology.
- Reduce costs of business downtime by reducing evacuation time. If business downtime cost approx. $5600 per minute evacuating, at least 65% faster could save organisations tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands.
- Get the job done with fewer staff: in a recent trial a site that usually has multiple Chief Warden team members managed to evacuate a site with only one Chief Warden member required.
- Fast and immediate incident reporting: anyone can use the app to notify the chief warden of an incident. The app can also record audio and photos, and exports to an automatically generated incident report.
- Work remotely: the Warden can manage incidents from their smartphone as they are on the move. Safety teams don’t even have to be on site to be notified and manage an incident – everything can be done remotely via the app.
‘R U OUT has huge benefits for me as Chief Warden,’ Tony says. ‘My office is a five-minute walk to the fire control room. With R U OUT the moment I am notified of an incident on my smart phone, I can begin the coordination whilst on the move.’
Contact us today to learn more about how your company can lead the way in safety by incorporating R U OUT or for more information on our emergency response training, including fire training, fire warden training and evacuation diagrams, contact us via our contact page or call us on 1300 073 473.