The Emergency Response Preparedness Levels Based on Knowlwdge in High Rise Building

Among different types of occupancies, a commercial high rise building presents a greater challenge to emergency due to its complexity. This study aims to identify emergency response preparedness levels of employees based on knowledge. This study used cross-sectional with 25 participants using random sampling. The method used is interview to the employees. The result showed that 80% employees having good preparedness of emergency response because they have been given an explanation of it when safety induction. This significant correlation between knowledge to emergency response preparedness (p= 0,002; α = 0,005). It’s recommended to maintain and increase the employees emergency response preparedness. Management should be conduct training or simulation of emergency response for employee. Besides that, it is also necessary to be given periodic safety induction for all employees.