Evacuation Plan Maker: Fire Escape Map for Your Floor

An online tool for making a fire evacuation plan for a small business — a café, office, store or warehouse. You draw the floor in meters or trace a photo of the floor plan, escape routes lay themselves to the nearest exits, and the escape plan is laid out after ISO 23601 with a legend, safety notices and a "You are here" point turned to match the wall it hangs on.

How to make an evacuation plan

4 steps
1
Draw the premises

Walls in meters, rooms by size or a traced floor plan photo; doors, windows, exits, stairs.

2
Add signs and spots

Extinguishers, hose reels, call points, first aid, the breaker panel and the spots where sheets will hang.

3
Check routes and sheet

Routes lay themselves; the check lists the clauses that are not yet met.

4
Download and print

A PDF for a print shop or film, or tiles for a home printer — a separate sheet for each mounting point.

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Draw your premises and get a sheet ready for the wall

Walls are drawn in meters: "Wall" — click at every corner, or type the length. A simple room — straight away as a rectangle by its size:

Room by size, m
m

Plan type
Sheet
Printing
Details on the sheet

This is a custom, not a requirement of ISO 23601. Leave it empty if you do not need it.

What is on the floor

Tick what you have: if something ticked is missing from the plan, the check reminds you.

Text on the sheet

Where and how to mount
  • At the entrance to the floor, by stairs and elevators, at corridor junctions and waiting areas. A room plan goes by the room exit.
  • The spot must be well lit, and no furniture or racks may cover the plan.
  • Mounting height is usually eye level: the middle of the sheet about 1.5–1.7 m (5–5.5 ft) above the floor.
  • The plan is turned to fit its spot: each mounting point gets its own sheet where what is ahead of the reader is at the top. Do not hang one sheet everywhere.
  • After a refit, moved racks or a changed evacuation procedure, redo the plan.

Escape routes

Sheet

Plan check

    The check compares the plan with the clauses of the standard that can be seen on the drawing. The spot, lighting, an up-to-date layout and unlocked exits are yours to check; the person in charge of the premises is responsible for the plan.

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    Features

    A sheet for every mounting point
    Mark where the plans will hang — each sheet gets its own "You are here" and is turned so that what is ahead of the reader is at the top.
    Routes lay themselves
    From every room to the nearest exit, never through a wall; routes to emergency exits are drawn differently. You can edit them by hand.
    Sizes in millimeters of paper
    Capitals at least 3 mm, signs 8–15 mm, a 9 mm "You are here" circle, walls 2–3 mm at any scale; the check names the clause and what to fix.
    Trace a photo of the floor plan
    A photo taken at an angle is straightened, the scale comes from a labeled dimension, and a second measurement shows the error in percent and fixes the proportions. A PDF floor plan opens as the underlay right away.
    Print at home or at a shop
    Vector PDF in CMYK with text as outlines, a glow-in-the-dark film mode, or Letter/A4 tiles with overlap, marks and a 100 mm ruler.
    Country presets
    ISO 23601 with presets for the US, UK, Germany, France, Spain, Brazil, Korea, the UAE and more: emergency numbers, "You are here" color, second language.

    FAQ

    How high should an evacuation plan be mounted?

    ISO 23601 does not set a height. In practice the middle of the sheet goes at eye level — about 1.5–1.7 m (5–5.5 ft) above the floor; Germany commonly uses 1.65 m and Korea 1.5 m. More important is the spot: at the entrance to the floor, by stairs and elevators, at corridor junctions, well lit and uncovered.

    Why can't one plan hang everywhere?

    An escape plan is oriented to its spot: left and right on the sheet must match the left and right of a person facing it, and "You are here" must be where that person stands. Mark every mounting point — the tool makes a separate sheet for each, turned to its wall and labeled with where it goes.

    What sheet size should I use?

    ISO 23601 practice is at least A3 for floor plans and A4 for single rooms such as hotel rooms. In the US, Tabloid (11×17 in) is a common size. For Russia the minimum is 600×400 mm for a floor and 400×300 mm for a room, so A2 and A3 fall short there — the check tells you by how many millimeters.

    Do I need a glow-in-the-dark plan?

    It depends on local rules: some codes ask for photoluminescent plans or emergency lighting at the plan. The tool gives both outputs — a paper sheet and a PDF for printing on glow-in-the-dark film without background fills, because ink over the film dims the glow.

    Can I make the plan from a photo of the floor plan?

    Yes. Upload the photo — the tool finds the sheet and corrects the perspective. Mark two ends of a labeled dimension and enter it to set the scale; a second measurement across the first shows the error in percent and fixes the proportions. Then trace the walls over the underlay; the underlay never prints.

    Does the tool's check replace an inspection?

    No. The check compares the drawing with the clauses that can be verified on paper — sizes on the sheet, legend, orientation, routes, safety notices — and lists the rest as yours to check: lighting at the spot, an up-to-date layout and unlocked exits. The person in charge of the premises remains responsible for the plan.

    What if the floor is too large for one sheet?

    Split it into sections: choose Section and draw the boundaries with the Section tool. Each mounting point's sheet then shows its own section, routes leaving it end with an arrow, and an overview of the whole floor with that section highlighted goes into the side column on its own — kept under 10% of the sheet area.

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    Who is this tool for?
    🦺 Safety officers and site supervisors
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