Household Emergency Drill Record

Who this is for

A dated record of the practices a household actually ran. Each line says what was practised, who was in the house, which way they went, how long it took by your own clock and what did not work. The sheet sets no timetable and no target time — it records what happened.

Families with children or older relatives at home, shared houses agreeing a way out between them, childminders and carers who practise with the people they look after, and anyone whose insurer or scheme asks what they have done.

What this helps you track

• What was practised, and on what date
• Who was in the house and who took part
• Which exit or route was used, and which was blocked
• How long it took, by your own timing
• What went wrong, what was changed and who checked it

How to use it

1. Write the address, who lives there, the meeting point you have agreed and the year at the top.
2. After each practice, add a line: the date, what was practised and who took part.
3. Write the route that was actually used rather than the one you meant to use, and note anything that was in the way.
4. Time it if you want to — the column takes your own figure and is compared with nothing.
5. Write plainly what did not work, then what you changed, and tick it off when the change was made.
6. Sign and date the sheet, keep it with the household papers, and start a fresh one when it fills.

Formats

• Printable PDF (A4 and US Letter)
• Fillable PDF with form fields
• Fill in online, saved in your browser

The printable is laid out inside a box that fits both A4 and US Letter, so the two files are identical and neither one is scaled. The fillable PDF has real form fields. The online version keeps what you enter in your own browser and builds the completed PDF on your device.

How to print

Download the A4 or US Letter file to match the paper in your printer, open it in a PDF reader and print at 100% — not "fit to page", which shrinks the writing space. Both files leave a 14 mm margin, which clears the unprintable edge on home printers. To print the online version with your entries in it, use the Print this sheet button, which prints only the sheet and none of the page around it. More on printing.

Questions

How often should we practise?

The sheet does not say. How often a household practises anything is for the household, and anyone with a duty to run drills will have that set out for them elsewhere. This page records the ones you did.

What counts as a drill?

Whatever you practised: getting out, meeting up, turning something off, ringing somebody, getting a wheelchair or a pushchair down a hallway. Write it in your own words in the what column.

Why record the route that was used?

Because practices go wrong in useful ways. A door that was locked, a hallway full of bikes or a child who went the wrong way is the whole value of having done it, and it is only fixed if it is written down.

Is the time column a target?

No. It is there because people find their own numbers interesting over a few practices. Nothing on the sheet compares it with anything.

Can a childminder or care worker use this?

Yes. Put the setting in the address field and the people present in the who column. Whatever your own scheme or registration asks you to record goes in the notes.