• Assembly Occupancies (exception: religious facilities with an occupant load less than 2000 persons).
• Educational Occupancies.
• Hazardous Occupancies.
• Institutional Occupancies.
• Residential Occupancies used as Boarding Houses, Hotels and Motels.
• Residential Occupancies arranged for occupancy as Residential Care/Assisted Living Facilities for more than 5, and less than 16 occupants (excluding staff).
• High-rise Buildings.
• Mercantile Occupancies with an occupant load of 500 or more persons, or more than 100 persons above or below the lowest level of exit discharge.
• Covered Malls exceeding 50,000 square feet.
• Underground Buildings.
• Buildings with an atrium in Assembly, Educational or Mercantile occupancies.

For the content requirements of a Fire Safety and Evacuation Plan, you may access the FPB 110 01 Requirements for Fire Safety and Evacuation Plans.pdf (61k) document for generic information required in the plan. Below is a list of some sample plans for specific types of occupancies, as well as a "general" type plan, that may be downloaded and used as a guide to assist you in the development of your plan.

General Evacuation Plan.pdf (41k)

Church Evacuation Plan.pdf (37k)

College Evacuation Plan.pdf (26k)

Group Home Evacuation Plan.pdf (13k)

Hotel Motel Evacuation Plan.pdf (41k)

Nursing Home - Assisted Living Evacuation Plan.pdf (52k)

School Evacuation Plan.pdf (29k)

Small Home Day Care Evacuation Plan.pdf (13k)

Special Occupancy Evacuation Plan.pdf (64k)

Plan Implementation and Training

Fire Safety and Evacuation Plans shall be reviewed and updated annually, or as necessitated by building changes, staff changes, etc. All employees shall be properly trained in the contents of the plan, and the plan shall be maintained on site for review by employees and fire personnel.

For plan and approval information, contact Senior Fire Inspector Patricia "Dale" Carter at 704-336-8800. email: pcarter@ci.charlotte.nc.us