Must employers hold fire/emergency evacuations exercises by law ?

Answer:
While there may not be an exact law that states emergency evacuation exercises must be carried out, all employers have a lawful obligation to provide a safe environment for their employees, and must, by law, inform the workers of all safety procedures within the company.

Some employers do indeed run practice emergency drills at random intervals to keep employees on their toes. Others furnish their new employees with a (tedious, some may think) health and safety lecture/video to get the safety procedures across.

Sadly, others just point their employees to the health and safety handbook (of which, somewhere nestled among the pages is the designated safety point in case of emergency evacuation), advise them to read it, and ask for their signature to verify that they have.
Unfortunately, even with signature stating otherwise, not all employees read it, but the employer has fulfilled his lawful obligations and will not be to blame should anything go wrong.

Maybe there should be a law, as no handbook, lecture, or video, is as effective as hands-on experience of a proper evacuation complete with fire bell ringing, although the downside of course is that employees may use it as an impromptu excuse to take a much-welcomed cigarette break...

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no, the evac routes must be posted in a well visible spot though. and the emergency exits have to be marked with signs. also some places have to be kept clear for fire code saftey

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MOSTLY BIG CORPORATIONS DO JUST SO EMPLOYEE'S DON'T PANIC IF THERE REALLY WAS AN EMERGENCY.

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no they don't have to, as long as everyone knows the way to leave in a emergency then it is alright, also all walk ways that are a fire exit must be clear all the time, most company's do a drill once every three weeks, just so the staff are aware of exits,keep safe all the best