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Fire safety
Who is obliged to undergo fire safety training?
According to fire safety regulations, every employee and person who is a permanent user of a building, regardless of their job function and position, should participate in fire safety training. Newly hired employees, on their first day of work, receive fire protection training as part of their general health and safety training. Subsequent training on this subject takes place as part of periodic training in occupational health and safety.
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Every employee should:
receive initial training and participate in periodic training;
- check the facility’s fire safety instruction (link here!!);
- comply with fire safety regulations and not cause incidents that may lead to fire;
- know the accepted methods of alerting others to fire and other emergencies, and also evacuating people and property;
- know the location of, and how to use, the equipment, firefighting tools, extinguishing agents and main shutoff valves and circuit breakers in the premises used;
- notify their superiors of faults and anomalies that could cause a fire or other hazard.
The owner, manager, user of the building should:
- comply with the fire protection technical, construction, installation and technological requirements for the building/facility;
- equip the building/facility or grounds with the required firefighting equipment and fire extinguishers;
- ensure that firefighting equipment and fire extinguishers are maintained and repaired in such a way as to ensure their efficient and reliable operation;
- ensure that the occupants of the building/facility or grounds are safe and able to evacuate;
- prepare the building/facility or grounds for rescue operations;
- make workers familiar with fire regulations and fire safety instructions;
- determine how to deal with a fire, natural disaster or other local emergency.
Familiarise yourself with the instructions on what to do in the event of a fire or other emergency (Appendix 2 to the Work Regulations).
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FIRE SAFETY INSTRUCTION
Are you familiar with the Fire Safety Instruction for the building in which you work?
The supervisor should provide employees with information on what to do in the event of a fire or other emergency requiring evacuation. In carrying out this duty, fire safety instructions for the building in which the employee is working should be made available. Every new employee, regardless of his or her future position or the type of work to be performed, is obliged to familiarise himself or herself with the fire safety instructions.
This should be confirmed in writing.
For more information, see ZW 73/2018
If you see a fire or other hazard you must:
- notify those in the vicinity;
- if it is safe to do so, establish the nature and extent of the incident and whether people’s lives are at risk;
- alert the following immediately:
- State Fire Service (phone 998 or 112);
- University Monitoring Team (phone 71 340 76 44 or 71 340 76 45 or 2112);
- Porter;
- undertake evacuation while remaining calm and avoiding panic.
Note!
Only if it is safe to do so may firefighting operations be carried out using hand-held fire extinguishing equipment.
In the event of an emergency (accident, breakdown), relevant services must be notified:
Emergency Medical Service (phone 999 or 112) and/or the Police (phone 997 or 112).