Eptura Delivers Safer Emergency Response With New Interactive Emergency List Feature

Eptura, the global work tech pioneer announced an enhancement to its visitor management software with the new Emergency list feature to improve occupant safety and streamline the building evacuation process during emergencies.

Emergency list feature

The enhancement is intended for organizations that find themselves lacking data that indicates who is present in the building or on the job site between flexible working arrangements, external contractors, and guests amid the current evolution of workplace and manufacturing sites. 

Emergencies often occur unexpectedly and can rapidly deteriorate into chaos. Events such as fires, floods, natural disasters, and more, require robust emergency preparedness strategies to account for all building occupants in the case of an evacuation. 

Emergency response

Security teams have had to rely on a physical, static list of occupants, losing valuable time and leaving gaps

In some territories, authorities mandate that businesses develop such action plans to increase the efficiency of emergency response, including the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) regulations in the United States.

Historically, security teams have had to rely on a physical, static list of occupants, losing valuable time and leaving gaps in the emergency response process.

Real-time progress

Eptura’s introduction of the Emergency list feature is designed to make this process faster and more accurate while accounting for modern flexible workplaces where any number of employees, contractors, vendors, and visitors may enter and exit the building or job site throughout the day. 

By providing a digital list of all building occupants in real-time, the Emergency list enables security teams to monitor the real-time progress of evacuation efforts and provide emergency responders with an accurate, up-to-date evacuation list with a centralized view of people on site.

Advantages

With this enhancement to Eptura’s visitor management system, first responders gain a critical advantage that can help protect against unexpected hazards in the workplace, get people to safety more quickly, and save lives in emergencies. 

Key capabilities available in the Emergency list feature include:

Accessible via the visitor management dashboard or mobile app, the Emergency list function eliminates the need for teams to print and manually check names off a list during an emergency or roll call.

The enhanced Emergency list offers greater functionality with digital interactive lists that can be accessed on the move, including post-emergency reporting to help teams analyze and improve their future evacuation procedures.

“Emergency preparedness is an essential part of workplace safety and a good way to ensure that businesses achieve the best possible outcomes when faced with an emergency,” said Paul Phillips, Chief Technology Officer of Eptura.

Paul Phillips adds, “Given the yearly increase of guest check-ins and flexibility of working arrangements available to employees today, it can be a challenge for businesses to keep track of all their workspace occupants, especially during the chaos of an emergency. This makes it crucial for organizations to have emergency capabilities built into their visitor management tools to respond to events as they unfold and be prepared for the unexpected.”