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Report fires and emergencies
Record emergency numbers, internal reporting methods, alarm signals, and who contacts responders.
Editable U.S. workplace template
Emergency Action Plan Templates by Industry
Last reviewed: June 8, 2026 · Review with a qualified safety professional when required.
Download a real written EAP template—not an unrelated map page. Complete the six 29 CFR 1910.38 plan subjects, assign people and alternates, document site procedures, and send the finished draft for qualified review.
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Federal OSHA scope: 29 CFR 1910.38 applies when another covered OSHA standard requires an EAP. More than 10 employees generally determines written versus oral form after that duty exists; it does not create the duty.
Editable Word document
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Six tailored industries
Choose a starting point
One collection. Two planning paths.
Start broad with the general workplace plan, or open a page shaped around the conditions your team reviews.
What the template helps you document
These sections track the federal EAP subjects without implying that the same plan, map, or procedure applies to every workplace.
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Evacuate or shelter
Document site-verified escape assignments, assembly areas, shelter locations, and assistance needs.
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Address critical operations
Identify trained employees, shutdown duties, time limits, abandonment criteria, and alternate escape arrangements.
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Account for employees
Define rosters, assembly reporting, visitor and contractor handling, and the responder handoff for missing people.
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Assign rescue or medical duties
Name only trained and authorized personnel, and prohibit improvised rescue, firefighting, or re-entry.
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Name plan contacts
List the people or job titles employees can contact for more information about the plan and their duties.
Emergency Action Plan Templates by Industry
Choose the page that matches your workplace. Each one has unique hazards, procedures, roles, accountability, training, and a tailored gated document.
Office EAP Template
Build a written EAP for offices, software companies, call centers, and data-center support spaces without confusing the plan with a posted evacuation map.
Open template page →Warehouse EAP Template
Document emergency actions for distribution centers where forklift traffic, high storage, loading docks, contractors, and changing inventory affect communication and accountability.
Open template page →Manufacturing EAP Template
Create a site-specific EAP framework for factories and plants where process hazards, machine lines, hot work, chemicals, utilities, and shutdown assignments can change the appropriate response.
Open template page →Retail EAP Template
Plan for employees, customers, vendors, and changing store conditions without assigning untrained staff to control hazards or guarantee customer behavior.
Open template page →Healthcare EAP Template
Document workplace emergency roles for clinics and healthcare operations while recognizing that patient movement, defend-in-place, life-safety systems, licensing, and accreditation need facility-specific clinical review.
Open template page →School EAP Template
Create a staff workplace EAP framework for schools, colleges, and training facilities while coordinating student safety, reunification, lockdown, licensing, and district requirements separately.
Open template page →Start with the general workplace template
Use the editable version when you need to type directly into the document. Use the print version to complete it by hand or save a PDF after review.
A map supports the plan—it is not the plan
The written EAP assigns reporting, evacuation, accountability, critical operations, rescue or medical duties, and contacts. Add a map only when it helps communicate site-verified routes and locations.
Draft a supporting EAP map →Use the template safely
The download provides structure. Your workplace provides the facts.
Complete it for one actual facility
Identify the real occupants, shifts, alarms, emergencies, exits, assembly or shelter locations, operations, and contacts.
Coordinate connected programs
Do not use this form as a replacement for separately applicable fire, process, hazardous-material, healthcare, school, security, or emergency-management programs.
Review and communicate it
Have a qualified person verify the plan, obtain required approvals, then review applicable procedures and assignments with affected employees.
Download the workplace EAP template
Choose the editable Word document or open the printable version to save as PDF.
Emergency Action Plan template questions
Does every employer in the United States need an Emergency Action Plan?
No. Federal OSHA 29 CFR 1910.38 applies when another covered OSHA standard requires an EAP. More than 10 employees generally determines whether a covered plan is written or may be communicated orally; headcount alone does not create the EAP duty. State-plan, adopted-code, permit, licensing, insurer, and AHJ rules may add separate requirements.
What is included in the downloadable EAP template?
The document covers the six minimum plan subjects in 29 CFR 1910.38(c), plus fields for emergency scenarios, alarm meanings, assigned roles and alternates, assembly areas, shelter, accessibility, training, contacts, revisions, and qualified approval.
Are the industry templates different from one another?
Yes. Each document retains the same core EAP structure but changes its scenarios, plan priorities, procedures, roles, accountability, critical-operation, rescue or medical, and training prompts for that industry.
Does the template guarantee OSHA or fire-code compliance?
No. It is a drafting and recordkeeping aid—not legal advice, an OSHA endorsement, an AHJ approval, or proof of compliance. A qualified reviewer must adapt it to the actual workplace and verify all applicable federal, state, local, adopted-code, licensing, permit, insurer, and AHJ requirements.
Is an evacuation map the same as an Emergency Action Plan?
No. The EAP is the written procedure and responsibility document. A verified map may support route communication, but it does not replace employee assignments, reporting, accountability, critical-operations, rescue or medical, contact, and training procedures.
Scope of these planning templates
These editable templates provide general information and a planning starting point, not legal advice. They do not determine whether a particular employer must maintain an EAP, replace workplace hazard or adopted-code analysis, or guarantee completeness, compliance, AHJ approval, inspection results, or any legal outcome. Have a qualified reviewer confirm the finished plan against the actual workplace, applicable federal or state-plan rules, adopted codes, and local requirements.
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