Emergency evacuation management method, system, and program product

A system for evacuating an occupant of a physical area during an emergency event, the system comprising:

• means for identifying the emergency event;
• means for automatically informing the occupant of the emergency event;
• means for obtaining a location of the occupant;
• means for obtaining an evacuation status of the occupant;
• and
• means for providing instructions to the occupant based on at least one of the emergency event, the location, and the evacuation status.

The system 13, further comprising:

• means for initiating a first response operation for the response plan;
• means for obtaining a result of the first response operation;
• and
• means for initiating a second response operation for the response plan based on the result.

A computer program product comprising a computer useable medium having computer readable program code embodied therein for responding to an emergency event, the program product comprising:

• program code configured to identify the emergency event;
• program code configured to activate a response plan based on the identified emergency event;
• and
• program code configured to perform a response operation based on the response plan, wherein the response operation includes:
• program code configured to obtain a status and a location of an occupant;
• and
• program code configured to provide instructions to the occupant.