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What the file includes
An Excel file with nine sheets for the plan, brigades and drills of the year.
Plan
The 13 items of 8.1 and the 3 of 8.2, with how they are met, the annex and the equivalence with the internal program. It tells you whether brigades are mandatory and how many drills the standard requires.
Areas, routes and brigades
Areas with fire risk, evacuation routes, what the site map must show and each brigade member with their duties, training and equipment.
Drills
The written planning of 10.2 and the results log of 10.3, with the year's count against what the standard requires.
Equipment and directory
The 7.7 emergency equipment inspections and the directory of emergency services and mutual aid.
What Mexican standards require
- Every workplace has a plan. NOM-002 requires «a fire emergency response plan» (5.5) with the thirteen items of 8.1, as applicable, and three more at high fire risk (8.2). There is no official form: the content is assessed (13.2).
- Brigades, only at high fire risk. They are mandatory at workplaces classified as high fire risk (5.6). Their size is calculated from workers per shift, rotation and drill results (9.1).
- One or two drills a year. At least one at ordinary fire risk and two at high fire risk (5.7), by area or for the whole workplace (10.1), with written planning (10.2) and a record of results (10.3).
- Training for everyone. An annual theory and practice program (5.8): all workers learn fire basics and extinguisher use (11.1 and 11.2), and high-risk brigade members learn more (11.3).
- Civil protection runs separately. The internal program is required by civil protection law and enforced locally (RLGPC 76 B XI). If the authorized contingency plan includes the chapter 8 items, it meets that part of NOM-002 (13.2).
- Kept for three years. Evidence and records are kept for three years, on paper or electronically (13.6).
Sources: NOM-002-STPS-2010 (DOF 09-12-2010), confirmed by the STPS in September 2026; an amendment is scheduled, but as of October 21, 2026 no draft had been published, so the 2010 version applies; General Civil Protection Law and its Regulation; Federal Occupational Safety and Health Regulation. Checked on October 21, 2026.
How to use it in five steps
Enter the fire risk
The sheet tells you whether brigades are mandatory and how many drills the standard requires.
Answer each item
Whether it applies, how it is met at your plant, which annex it is in and who is responsible.
Areas, routes and brigades
The areas with risk, the routes, the site map and each brigade member with their training and equipment.
Plan and log the drills
The written planning and the results; you update the plan with them.
Review and keep it
Emergency equipment and directory up to date; everything is kept for three years.
Download the emergency plan (Excel)
It is a working guide: not an official form or legal advice, and each company is responsible for how it uses it.
Before the drill, the practice
The Fyware Safe fire simulator has each person choose the right extinguisher and put out the five classes of fire, without using up a single extinguisher or making smoke.
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Need the training or a drill observer?
SIISA Consultores (site in Spanish and English), serving all of Mexico, sends observers to your drills to time them, count people and record deviations and recommendations, and delivers the fire extinguisher and brigade course. It is a Fyware partner.
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Frequently asked questions about the emergency response plan
Is there an official STPS emergency plan form?
No. NOM-002-STPS-2010 says what the plan must contain (8.1 and 8.2) and assesses it as a document (13.2), but it does not publish a form. Some states publish terms of reference for the internal civil protection program.
Do all companies need fire brigades?
Under NOM-002, only high fire risk workplaces (5.6). At ordinary fire risk, the plan, the drills and extinguisher training for everyone are still mandatory, and Mexico's Federal Labor Law requires staff trained in first aid at every workplace (art. 504). If the local authority requires an internal program, an internal unit with its brigades comes through that route.
How many brigade members do I need?
The standard sets no number: it is calculated from workers per shift, rotation between shifts and drill results (9.1). The NOM-002 guide says a brigade generally has three to seven members, but that guide is not mandatory.
More questions
How many drills are needed per year?
Fire drills: at least one at ordinary fire risk and two at high fire risk (NOM-002 5.7), by area or for the whole workplace (10.1). If there is an internal civil protection program, the Regulation requires at least two a year with different scenarios (RLGPC 76 B V), and the local authority may require more.
Does the internal civil protection program count for NOM-002?
For chapter 8, yes: it is met when the current contingency plan authorized by civil protection includes that chapter's items (13.2). Brigades, drills, training and extinguishers are still assessed under NOM-002.
How long are drill records kept?
Three years, on paper or electronically (NOM-002 13.6). The two years you see elsewhere belong to NOM-030 and NOM-019.
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