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Responding to Emergency: How to Prepare for an Evacuation | David Gilmore on Let's Talk Facilities
June 24, 2026
Aaron and Nick sit down with David Gilmore from Evac Services to talk about emergency planning, what good preparation looks like and why most buildings are less ready than they think.
Welcome to another episode of Let's Talk Facilities. Aaron and Nick sit down with David Gilmore, Director of Evac Services, for a conversation about what emergency planning actually looks like when it is tested in real life.
Dave talks through why most emergency plans do not survive first contact with a real incident, what the fight flight or freeze response means for FMs running a drill and why life safety is everybody's responsibility and not just the warden with the clipboard.







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