List of Proposed Changes to Form per Public Comments

Questionnaire on Emergency Evacuation Procedures
OMB Control No. 0693-0051
Description of Changes to Instrument

Previous Question
(5) After initial alert, did you receive any
additional instructions/information from any
of the following while you were on the floor?
If yes, number all that apply in the order that
you received these instructions beginning with
(1). If necessary, you can number the same
source of information more than once.

Proposed Question
(5) After initial alert, did you receive any
additional instructions/information from any
of the following while you were on that floor?
If yes, number all that apply in the order that
you received them, beginning with (1). If
necessary, you can number the same source
of information more than once.

Brief Description of Changes
The previous version had “the floor”. The
proposed version has “that floor”.
The previous version had “received these
instructions”. The proposed version has
“received them”.
One possible answer was modified.
Was: Evacuation coordinator/fire warden/fire
safety staff for building (What did he/she say?
Proposed: Floor warden (What did he/she
say?)

(6) Please number the following actions from
what you did first (1) after the first alert to
what you did next (2), and continue to
number all of the actions that you performed
until you entered the stairwell/exit. Please
number the following actions (only those that
apply) on the lines provided. If necessary, you
can number the same action more than once.

(6) Please number the following actions from
what you did first (1) after the first alert to
what you did next (2), and continue to
number all of the actions that you performed
until you entered the stairwell/exit. Please
number the following actions (only those that
apply) on the lines provided. If necessary, you
can number the same action more than once.

Two possible answers were modified.
First changed was: Sought more information
about the event. (What information did you
find?)
Proposed: Sought more information about the
event. (What information did you seek?)
Second changed was: Looked for others in the
building.
Proposed: Looked for others on the floor.

(7a) Could you see others around you on the
floor?

(7a) Could you see others around you on your
floor?

The previous version had “the floor”. The
proposed version has “your floor”.

Previous Question

Proposed Question

Brief Description of Changes

(12*c) And, what caused this change? Please
mark all that apply.

(12*c) And, what caused you to leave the
stairwell? Please mark all that apply.

The previous version had “this change”. The
proposed version has “you to leave the
stairwell”.
One possible answer was changed.
Was: Instructed to do so
By Who?
Proposed: Instructed to do so
By Whom?

(15a) Did you receive information or
instructions that influenced your behavior
while in the stairwell/elevator?

(15a) While in the stairwell/elevator, did you
receive information or instructions that
influenced your behavior?

(15b) If yes, mark all that apply in the order
that you received these instructions beginning
with (1) until you entered the stairwell/exit. If
necessary, you can number the same source
of information more than once.

(15b) If yes, number all that apply in the order
that you received them, beginning with (1). If
necessary, you can number the same source
of information more than once.

(24c) Current status:

(24c) Current status: Option added.

The previous version had “while in the
stairwell/elevator” at the end of the question.
The proposed version has these words at the
beginning of the question.
The previous version had “mark”. The
proposed version has “number”.
The previous version has “these instructions”.
The proposed version has “them”.
“until you entered the stairwell/exit” was
removed in the proposed version.
The proposed version includes an additional
option of “Living with Partner”.