Fire

1

• Fire
• Safety

University on-line annual fire training http//89.
234.2.27/cwleedsuni/FIRETRAINING/main.asp
2

• Everybody has a responsibility for ensuring the
  safety of the building on a day to day basis
• Don't tamper with any fire safety equipment.
  Don't prop open fire doors.
• Make sure you don't create any risks. If you are
  working in a laboratory make sure you are aware
  of the risk assessments for your experiments. In
  offices the main sources of ignition are likely
  to be electric equipment. The main sources of
  fuel are paper.
• The use of open bar electric heaters is forbidden
  by the university. Any personal electrical
  equipment brought into the department MUST be
  tested before use.
• If you see anything unsafe, e.g. damaged fire
  equipment, fire doors not closing properly or
  unsafe working practices in a lab then report it
  to the safety officers (Jim McQuaid/Dave Banks),
  the safety administrator (Biba Husak) or to one
  of the fire wardens.

3

• Out of hours working
• When working alone or out of hours there is
  obviously an increased risk from any incident
  since help may not be easily available. You
  should take extra care. Medium / high risk
  activities (e.g. working in labs or the workshop)
  will require additional risk assessment for out
  or hours work and some activities may not be
  allowed. Normal hours are Monday Friday,
  0800-1800 during academic term time and 0800-1700
  out of term time. All day during weekends and
  public holidays is classified as out of hours.
• The university lone-working policy is available
  at http//www.leeds.ac.uk/safety/loneworking/lwrkp
  ref.htm
• If you are working out of hours in the
  Environment building then you need to sign in and
  out using the book in the foyer. This is
  important so the fire brigade and security have a
  record of who is in the building in case of
  emergency.

4

• Visitors to the school
• If you are responsible for any visitors then you
  should ensure they know what to do in case of
  fire. If the alarm sounds you should assist in
  evacuating them from the building and reporting
  to the assembly point.
• For events such as open days or public lectures
  the organisers should have a written statement
  detailing the fire safety procedure. In addition
  to the normal fire alarm procedures, this should
  include assisting in the evacuation of all
  visitors from the building and directing them to
  the assembly point. The organisers should ensure
  that all staff and helpers at the event (e.g.
  undergraduate helpers on open days) are made
  aware of the procedure.
• The school safety manager should be notified of
  any lectures or demonstrations involving
  combustion, smoke or other materials likely to
  trigger an alarm so that smoke detectors can be
  isolated. Staff conducting such demonstrations
  should be familiar with the use of fire fighting
  equipment.

5

• In event of fire
• The fire alarm is a continuous alarm sounding. If
  you hear this alarm you should immediately
  evacuate the building by the nearest exit.
• If you are teaching you should ensure that all
  the students leave the lecture venue.
• For the Environment building the assembly point
  is the open space outside the Old Mining Building
  next to Woodhouse Lane OR the area outside Colour
  Science towards clothworkers courtyard.
• For the Earth Sciences buildings, see maps in
  individual building foyers.
• Do not stop to collect personal belongings.
• Do not use the lifts.
• Do not re-enter the building until told it is
  safe to do so by a fire warden or by security.

6

• Assembly points

Earth sciences
7

• If you discover a fire
• Sound the fire alarm.
• Only attempt to put out the fire if it is safe to
  do so.
• Always ensure that your escape route is clear,
  your route into the building may NOT be the
  closest/fastest exit route.
• Evacuate yourself from the building.
• Report to the fire wardens outside the building
  with details of the location and type of fire.

Fire warden info will be posted in foyer areas
8
FIRE WARDENS MARSHALLS

• Earth Sciences Buildings
• Hyde Terrace Clare Gordon Roger Clark
• Springfield Mount Dave Bond
• West Wing L7 (basement) Gareth Keevil
• West Wing L8 Jerry Lee
• West Wing L9 Ian Burke
• West Wing L10 Matt Hobby
• Senior Common Room Robert Finch Kirk Handley
• L10 EVL and SCR Gary Keech Phil Murphy
• L7 (Polishing and Thin section area) Robert
  Marshall
• L7 (Engineering Workshop) Rhys Moore
• Environment Building
• Ground Floor/Basement Andrew Ross (Environment
  Chief fire warden)
• 1st Floor Mark Bart and Jim McQuaid
• 2nd Floor Chris Morgan
• 3rd Floor Colin Pitts

• Earth Sciences Buildings
• Hyde Terrace Clare Gordon Roger Clark
• Springfield Mount Dave Bond
• West Wing L7 Gareth Keevil West Wing L8
  Jerry Lee
• West Wing L9 Ian Burke West Wing
  L10 Matt Hobby
• Senior Common Room Robert Finch Kirk Handley
• L10 EVL and SCR Gary Keech Phil Murphy
• L7 (Polishing/Section) Robert Marshall L7
  (Workshop) Rhys Moore
• Environment Building
• Ground Floor/Basement Andrew Ross (Environment
  Chief fire warden)
• 1st Floor Mark Bart and Jim McQuaid
• 2nd Floor Chris Morgan
• 3rd Floor Colin Pitts

9
(No Transcript)
10

• Fire Exits

11

• Environment
• (ground floor)

12

• Environment
• (first floor)

13

• Environment
• (second floor)

14

• Environment
• (third floor)

15
Useful Websites

• School Safety pages
• the first stop for your HS queries
• http//www.see.leeds.ac.uk/safety
• University Safety Advisory Services
• http//www.leeds.ac.uk/safety

16
Health and Safety
University on-line annual fire training http//89.
234.2.27/cwleedsuni/FIRETRAINING/main.asp
www.leeds.ac.uk/safety
17
(No Transcript)