Corporate Essential Mandatory Training

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Corporate Essential Mandatory Training
Fire Safety
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FIRE SAFETY IN MERSEY CARE Executive Director
Kim Crowe Director of Patient Safety Steve
MorganHead of Safety and Security Tony Crumpton

• Trust Fire Safety Team
• Fire Safety Specialist Team Leader - Alan
  Briggs
• alan.briggs_at_merseycare.nhs.uk tel. [phone]
  2287
• Fire Safety Advisor George Shield
• george.shield_at_merseycare.nhs.uk tel. [phone]
  2306

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Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005

• Written Fire Risk Assessment
• Premise Fire Safety Manual (Log Book)
• Fire procedures (inc. evacuation)
• Records of staff training
• Records of fire drills
• Records of tests (fire alarms fire equipment
  etc.)
• Detail of the fire alarm system
• Plan of the building

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FIRE ROUTINE PROCEDURES

• You need to know-
• What to do if you see a fire, and
• What to do when you hear the fire alarm

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If YOU discover a fire

• Raise the alarm - operate nearest fire alarm
  call point
• Dial Emergency Number - (if applicable) or Call
  999
• Attack the fire if possible - using available
  fire fighting equipment and without putting
  yourself at risk
• Leave via the nearest exit
• Go to the Assembly Point Roll Call

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If YOU Hear the Fire Alarm

• Leave via the nearest exit
• Go to the Assembly Point Roll Call
• Do not re-enter the building until told to do so
• Dont forget to
• Close Doors and Windows!!
• Do NOT use lifts.
• Turn off electrical and cooking appliances

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EVACUATION?

• KNOW your FIRE Strategy
• - Simultaneous or Two-stage
• Continuous Alarms
• Intermittent Alarms
• Voice Actuated Alarms
• Progressive Horizontal Evacuation
• Role of Fire Wardens/Marshalls
• Role of Fire Teams

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and REMEMBER!

• Assist people with a Disability (PEEPS)
• Move in a calm and orderly manner
• Do not run
• REPORT the Incident (DATIX)

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FIRES, FALSE ALARMS FAULTS

• Main Causes of Fires
• SMOKING
• COOKING
• ELECTRICAL
• ARSON
• False Alarms (Unwanted Fire Signals to Fire
  Rescue Service)
• Faults report all system problems

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THANK YOU STAY FIRE SAFE!!

• Alan Briggs
• Trust Fire Safety Specialist
• T 0151 471 2287
• Email alan.briggs_at_merseycare.nhs.uk