Delayed Fire Evacuation Procedure If you discover a fire: • If you discover a fire in a communal area or in your home, activate the nearest fire alarm break glass point. • If it is safe to do so, call the fire brigade by dialling 999. • Proceed to the nearest fire exit. • Do not go back to your home or stop to collect personal belongings. • Do not attempt to extinguish the fire. • Do not use the lift.
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Delayed evacuation
If the fire alarm sounds and the fire is not in your home, please take the following action: • Remain where you are, in the communal area or in your home unless you are advised to leave by Wales & West Housing staff or a member of the emergency services. • Do not open your door to check corridors or to speak to neighbours. • Get dressed in warm clothes and sit by a window with the curtains open so that Wales & West Housing staff and the emergency services can see who is in the property. • Await further instruction as to whether you need to move to an alternative area of safety, such as a communal area, or whether evacuation is necessary. • If it is necessary to evacuate, please familiarise yourself with the procedure below.
Procedure to follow if evacuation is necessary: • • • • • •
Proceed to the nearest available fire exit, do not stop to collect personal belongings. If you come across the fire, do not attempt to extinguish it; exit via another route. Do not use the lift to exit the building. Close doors behind you as you exit the building to help prevent the spread of smoke. Go to the assembly point stated on the fire action notices situated around the building. Do not re‐enter the building for any reason until instructed by someone in authority that it is safe to do so.
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