Transcript Fire or Emergency Procedures - Edinburgh Napier University

Fire or Emergency Procedures
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 Fire or Emergency Procedures
• Please read the blue and white
notices provided throughout the
University
• These give details of the
University’s fire and emergency
procedures
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 On discovering a fire
• Raise the alarm
• Immediately operate the nearest break glass
alarm call point
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 On hearing the alarm
• Evacuate the building
• Use the nearest available exit
• NEVER use the lift
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 On hearing the alarm
• Assemble at the designated assembly point
• Keep access routes clear for emergency services
• Location of assembly points available on the
intranet
http://staff.napier.ac.uk/has under Fire and Emergency / Assembly Points
• Do not re-enter the building until authorisation
given by Senior Fire Co-ordinator / Fire Officer in
charge
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 Campuses without Disabled
Refuges
• Anyone with mobility difficulties should not use
stairways or lifts
• They should proceed to the nearest place of safety
• Their whereabouts should be reported to the
security control room on ext 4444
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 Disabled Refuges
• Refuge points are provided at:
– Sighthill
– Merchiston
– Craiglockhart
• Refuge points provide safety for at least 30 minutes
until assistance arrives
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 Disabled Refuges –
Sighthill, Craiglockhart & Merchiston
• Fitted with two-way communication systems
• When the fire alarm sounds proceed to your nearest
disabled refuge
• Press the “press for help” button once to initiate a call
(do not continue to press or hold during a call)
• This will also indicate at the fire panel that someone is in
the specified refuge point
• The call will be answered. If you get no reply, do not
panic - your call has been logged with the 24 hour
Sighthill Security office
• Remain in the refuge until assistance arrives
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 Disabled Refuges –
Sighthill, Craiglockhart & Merchiston
Disabled Refuge Signage –
Craiglockhart & Merchiston
Disabled Refuge Signage –
Sighthill Campus
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 Disabled Refuges
• Location of refuge points available on the staff intranet
http://staff.napier.ac.uk/has under Fire and Emergency / Disabled Refuges
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 PEEPs (Personal Emergency Evacuation Plans)
• All staff and students who may need assistance in
an emergency evacuation should have a Personal
Emergency Evacuation Plan (PEEP) drawn up
• The relevant School or Service should contact the
Health & Safety Team in the first instance
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 Summary – in the event of a fire
• If you discover a fire – raise the alarm
• On hearing the alarm – leave by the nearest exit
route
• Keep well clear of the building
• Do not use lifts
• Assemble at the designated assembly point
• Do not re-enter the building until authorised
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Health & Safety Team, Sighthill Campus
Tel:
0131 455 6377
Email: [email protected]
Web: http://staff.napier.ac.uk/has
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