its sad and surprising that we don’t have a fire plan, but in reality, there isn’t one that can be made. I could think for my 20 horse section, 8 could go in one of the large paddocks, then 3 in one small turnout, and there’s 9 horses who NEED individual turnout (they fight, viciously) and only three more paddocks. I can’t even imagine trying to get 80 out. (with only 20 small turnouts, 3 large, and two electric wire fence.

makes me think..
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The barn was built ‘inside out’. Instead of a central alley with stalls on each side…the stalls were back to back…and you just had to go on either side of the building to get to ‘your’ horse. A 12×12 stall opened into an individual ‘paddock’ about 12×24 feet. That paddock opened straight into a large corral. The corral was built the entire distance of the length of the stalls and paddocks. So, all that was needed was to open gates. The stall doors were about 4 feet wide, and the paddock gate was 12 feet. The large corral also had 2 gates on each end that opened up into large pastures. Fire exstinguishers were located on each corner of building and placed every 3 stalls…where there were small tack rooms. I love the way that stable was set up. The tack rooms did go from one side of the building to the other…like small alleyways…so you could cut through to the other side.

We never had ‘drills’. But there was a ‘fire plan’ set of directions of what to do. There was a phone on one end of the barn that rang directly to the MP’s [military police] office. You just dialed 0, reported, and then open all gates to the stalls. Believe me…if there had ever been a fire…we would have had more help than necessary!

There was also other buildings, and all had the same phone line to the MP’s office. That’s the only ‘fire plan’ I’ve heard of for stables…but that’s the only place I’ve ever stabled too.
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we also have plastic covers over all our lights… so if they got hit for some reason the bulb wouldnt break
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(Once at my old boarding barn, a middle-aged guy came in looking for a job mucking stalls. As he sat waiting to speak with the barn manager, he lit a cigarette…as he sat right underneath the huge "NO SMOKING" sign. Guess who didn’t get a job that day?)

I wish more barns thought this stuff out and discussed them with their boarders. Posting a huge "BARN RULES" sign is always a good idea, too, and a fire plan can be worked into that. Funny (and scary) how many otherwise well-run barns neglect posing their rules, policies and emergency procedures!
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