Residential Buildings Academic Buildings
Normal Access/
Permitted Access
Horizontal access to ground floor
Lift and stairs to upper floors where available
Automatic detection and sounders Alarm System
Method of assistance and equipment provided
Liaise with your Departmental Disability Co-ordinator
Residential Buildings Academic Buildings
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Ground floor bedroom provided.
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Telephone provided in room to contact Security Services
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Carer (if required) in adjacent room.
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Security staff are trained to use
Evac+chairs and carry one in a
Security Van to respond to evacuation need from an upper floor.
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Your designated carer (if required) will be required to assist with the evacuation while conditions remain safe
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Store the University
Emergency Number (024765
22222) in your personal mobile phone and keep it with you at all times.
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Security staff are trained to use
Evac+chairs and carry one in a
Security Van to respond to an evacuation.
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The Arts Centre and Rootes Social
Building have their own evac-chair provision with trained staff.
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The following buildings have designated ‘Refuges’ with intercom communicators:
IDL
MAS
CMC
Bluebell residences
Sherbourne residences
Arthur Vic 1 residences
See guide to using an intercom
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Store the University Emergency
Number (024765 22222) in your personal mobile phone and keep it with you at all times.
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Your designated carer (if required) will be required to assist with the evacuation while conditions remain safe.
Safe Route, Refuges All ground floor areas will have routes which can be used in the event of an emergency to exit a building.
All fire escape stairs are enclosed in fire and smoke resisting construction.
Lobbies/ landings can be used as temporary places of safety.
You should confirm the locations of the nearest refuges on the floors where they normally work or attend lectures/meetings.
If you on an upper floor and are aware of the location of a fire, then travel horizontally across an upper floor to the stair most remote from the incident.
If you need to use a refuge contact Security Service by asking a colleague or
Evacuation Warden to report your location to the responding Security Service

Emergency Egress
Procedure
Officers or call Security Services direct on 024765 22222 .
Do NOT use lifts if on an upper floor in any other buildings for emergency egress purposes unless it is listed above.
You will be evacuated if it is judged necessary by Security Services in consultation with the Fire and Rescue Service.
If visiting a student/area on a ground floor level:
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Get ready to evacuate (with assistance from carer as required),
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Ring Security Gatehouse (024765) 22222 to let them know where you are,
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Evacuate by the nearest building exit on the same level;
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Go to assembly point well clear of building,
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Confirm to the Security Officer that you have been successfully evacuated.
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Additional actions
If on an upper floor level:
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Go to the nearest designated safe “Refuge” in a fire escape stairway (ask your escort or colleagues to assist with opening fire doors along the route),
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Use the refuge intercom to communicate your location to the Security
Gatehouse. If there is no intercom, use your mobile phone to call Security
(024765) 22222 ,
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In addition ask a fellow student or colleague to inform the Security Officer at the Building Fire Panel of your location (normally adjacent to main entrance),
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Wait in the refuge with your escort until the fire alarm is silenced and you receive confirmation from the Security Officer that it is safe to return,
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If evacuation is confirmed because there is a real fire, a Security Service
Officer will be sent to your refuge. They may choose to evacuate you or simply move you horizontally to a safe area of the building.
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If judge to be necessary you will be transfered to the evacuation chair and you will be taken down the stairs, out of the building to the designated assembly point.
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Your wheelchair or other mobility aids will be recovered from the Refuge, when the Building is declared safe to enter.
1. If you require special assistance to transfer or have other restrictions on your transfer you will require an individual assessment and a
Personal Emergency Evacuation Plan (PEEP) as described in guidance to
Category D .
2. Check out two evacuation routes from the areas you normally occupy,
3. Ensure that Security Gatehouse have a mobile contact number to check on your location in an evacuation.