Emergencies

Fire

If you discover a fire:

Activate your nearest fire alarm switch (located on each floor)'
Phone Emergency Services (Dial 111) giving details of address and fire location.
Evacuate the building as below.

Leave the building following the Fire Exit signage (down the stairwell and out through the ground foyer).

Do NOT run or return to collect personal belongings.
Do NOT use the lifts.
Do check your immediate neighbours are leaving and assist anyone with mobility problems.
Assemble across the road in the Guyton’s Carpark

During the earthquake:

Drop (to the ground where you are, do not try and move to another spot), cover (take cover under sturdy furniture or cover your head and neck with your arms) and hold onto something sturdy, if possible.
Do NOT attempt to leave the building during an earthquake as you risk being hit by falling bricks and glass.

Stay where you are if it is safe to do so.
Earthquakes aren’t like fires and so long as the building shows no obvious signs of distress, the safest place to be is inside and away from falling glass and debris.
If the fire alarm sounds after an earthquake, follow the fire evacuation procedures above. If the fire alarm sounds it must be treated as a fire event.
Make sure that you have a plan of where to go to meet family.
When you do eventually evacuate remember to take your wallet, mobile phone, any medications and emergency supplies.
Turn off as many appliances as practicable in case you are absent for some time. Remember to text rather than call family and friends to leave phone lines available for Civil Defence and Emergency Services.

Report any structural damage to the Building Manager or contact your own insurance company for any contents damage.