Emergency Planning and Preparedness

Commercial, Public Assembly

• Site and Emergency Evacuation Floor Plan Examples(PDF, 831KB)
• Floor Plan Example(PDF, 432KB)
• Emergency Evacuation Map Example(PDF, 3MB)
• Emergency Operations Plan (EOP) Template (non-educational)(PDF, 620KB)

Educational

EOP (Educational K-12) template and instructions can be found in the following link below

• Ohio School Safety Center

Site and Floor Plan Examples

There are examples below for the correct and incorrect Emergency Evacuation Plans orientation. These plans are what should be posted next to the door of each classroom.

• School Emergency Evacuation Plan Example-Wrong Orientation(PDF, 713KB)
• School Emergency Evacuation Plan Example-Correct Orientation(PDF, 193KB)
• School Emergency Evacuation Plan Example 2(PDF, 385KB)
• Site Plan Example(PDF, 653KB)
• School Floor Plan Example(PDF, 432KB)

Documents

• FIRE-DRILL-RECORD-LOG.pdf(PDF, 2MB)

High Rise/Risk

In the High-Rise program, each high-rise building is assigned to an individual fire company officer who conducts inspections three times a year. This assures that each high rise conforms to current fire codes and fire equipment is properly maintained in the high rise.

Publications

• High Rise Safety Program Guide(PDF, 3MB)
• NIOSH-Protecting Building Environments(PDF, 605KB)
• High Rise Apartments Buildings EAP Guide(PDF, 1MB)

Information and Forms

• Company Profile(PDF, 9KB)
• Emergency Telephone List(PDF, 10KB)
• Fire Drill Report(PDF, 20KB)
• Fire Prevention Inspection Report(PDF, 20KB)
• HR-1 Checklist Emergency Planning(PDF, 2MB)
• HR-2 Fire Protection Systems(PDF, 1MB)
• HR-3 Drills, Training and Rapid Key Entry Systems(PDF, 2MB)
• Physically Impaired List(PDF, 9KB)
• Tenant Training Record(PDF, 10KB)
• High Rise/High Risk Survey FP-340e(PDF, 258KB)

High Rise / High Risk Fire Safety Director Training

• FLSD course listings can be found at Fire Code Academy
• 2025 Course Flyer 2025-High-Rise-FLSD.pdf(PDF, 1MB)

Information and Contact Email

• Ohio Fire Code: Ch.4 OFC- Emergency planning and preparedness(DOCX, 35KB)
• Contact: CFD_EmergencyPlanningandPreparedness@columbus.gov

Documents

Fire Drill and Emergency Evacuation Drill Form

• CFD Form-Fire Drill Request Form(PDF, 661KB)

Temporary Door Locking Devices (building department must approve before installation)

• CFD Form-Temporary Door Locking Devices(PDF, 960KB)
• BBS Memo-Temporary Door Locking Devices Educational(PDF, 51KB)