Fire & Evacuation
Use these phrases when you need to escape a building during a fire emergency.
Key Phrases
There is a fire, so everyone needs to leave the building immediately through the emergency doors.
💡 Use this loud warning to tell people that they must evacuate the building immediately.
Could you tell me where the nearest emergency exit is located in this building?
💡 Ask this question to find the safest way out when you cannot see the signs.
I have already called the emergency services, so the fire trucks will arrive soon.
💡 Say this to confirm that professional help is already coming to the scene.
If we use the stairs instead of the elevator, we will be much safer.
💡 Remind your colleagues that using elevators during a fire is extremely dangerous.
The smoke is getting thick, so we might need to crawl on the floor.
💡 Give this advice when the air becomes dangerous to breathe during an evacuation.
Please let me help you because you seem to have trouble walking down the stairs.
💡 Offer your assistance to someone who is struggling to move down the stairs.
Are there any people who are still trapped inside the offices on this floor?
💡 Ask the firefighters or safety wardens if they have checked all the rooms.
We must go to the assembly point which is located in the main parking lot.
💡 Tell others where the designated meeting area is outside the burning building.