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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.

Practice Dialogue

Visitor
Do you hear that loud alarm which has just started ringing in the hallway?
Security Guard
We have a fire, so everyone must leave the building immediately through the emergency doors.
Visitor
Could you tell me where the nearest emergency exit is located in this building?
Security Guard
Please follow the green exit signs, and we will find the main door very easily.
Visitor
We should use the stairs because we must not use the elevator during a fire.
Security Guard
I will quickly help the older lady who is walking slowly behind us.
Visitor
I have already called the emergency services, so the fire trucks will arrive soon.
Security Guard
We should go to the assembly point which is located in the main parking lot.

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