Method guide · Arrange people and ideas
Rescue Route
Build a recovery route backwards from a safe state, then test withdrawal signs and return destinations.
- People
- 4–30
- Base procedure time
- 45 minutes
- Recording
- Shared record
Purpose: Make a decision; Build working relationships.
English guide
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How this method works
A walking conversation that constructs the route from failure to safety in reverse. Use it when a recovery plan exists but uncertainty about when to return or what signs require stopping encourages dangerous continuation. Put the worst failure and minimum safe state at opposite ends of the floor. Walk backwards from safety and arrange the necessary recovery points. Then walk forwards from failure, adding withdrawal signs and return destinations at each point. The result is a recovery route with withdrawal signs and a person responsible for monitoring. It is not a substitute for emergencies involving human life where specialist procedures take priority.
Phase schedule
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- Place the failure0–6 minutes from the start (6 minutes)
Action: Place. Participation: Everyone.
Shared record
- Define safety6–11 minutes from the start (5 minutes)
Action: Define. Participation: Everyone.
Shared record
- Walk backwards11–23 minutes from the start (12 minutes)
Action: Walk. Participation: Groups of 3–6.
Shared record
- Place the warning signs23–35 minutes from the start (12 minutes)
Action: Place. Participation: Groups of 3–6.
Shared record
- Choose a recovery route35–45 minutes from the start (10 minutes)
Action: Choose. Participation: Everyone.
Shared record
Facilitation steps
- For 6 minutes, write a possible failure as an observable state and place its card at the start of the passage.
- For 5 minutes, write what must be protected and its minimum acceptable state, then place the safe-point card at the distant end.
- For 12 minutes, walk backwards from safety towards failure and write the recovery action needed immediately beforehand, one per point card.
- For 12 minutes, walk forwards from failure and place withdrawal signs and return-destination numbers at every point.
- For 10 minutes, have another group test the route if there are at least 2 groups; with one group, switch roles internally. Test by reading only the signs.
If something changes
If
Six minutes into backwards walking, fewer than 2 recovery-point cards have been placed.
Then
Write one check needed immediately before reaching safety, then ask what comes before it and add another point.
If
During the forward test, people continue at least 2 points past a withdrawal sign.
Then
Add the stopping role and return-destination number to the sign card, then retry only that section.
If
Five minutes into selection, 3 or more initial monitoring signs remain.
Then
Keep the sign observable soonest and move the others below the route as secondary monitoring.
Preparation
Materials
- One failure-point card per group, approximately A3 size
- One safe-point card per group, approximately A3 size
- 6 recovery-point cards per group
- 2 withdrawal-sign cards per point
- One dark-coloured pen per person
Room and setup
- One floor area per group where the failure and safe points can be placed at least 4 m apart
- One turning passage per group, at least 1 m wide, allowing movement backwards from the safe side
Adjust for people and time
With fewer than 4 people, one person tests the route backwards and another tests it forwards. With 4–30, divide participants evenly into 1–5 groups of 3–6, with no group above 6. Each group builds one route using one floor area and passage. With one group, switch designer and tester roles internally; with at least 2, another group tests the route. Above 30, each group passes only its first withdrawal sign and safe point to everyone and appoints a common monitoring person.
Safety and non-applicable situations
Do not substitute this workshop for life-threatening emergency procedures or specialist response. Preserve observable withdrawal signs, stopping roles, return destinations, and monitoring responsibility rather than continuing past a sign.
Historical translation and source notes
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- The source’s below-four-person version requires one person to test backwards and another forwards; it does not define a solo version.
Manuscript's recorded references
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- Taiwa no Fumen editorial team: Rescue Route
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