Make a list of your achievements toward your long-term goal and remind yourself that intentions don’t count, only action’s.
It’s important that you know the plan for your specific building. You should make sure you know, and practise your escape plan. If you don’t know, contact your building’s owner, landlord, managing agent, or warden.
It’s really important to have the right number of smoke alarms in the right places in your flat. You should have at least one – probably in your hallway. Don’t put a smoke alarm in your kitchen. It is likely to keep sounding when you cook; this will become annoying, and you may start to ignore it, or worse still, take the batteries out or remove it entirely. If the smoke alarm doesn’t work, it can’t help to save your life.
UK Fire Audit works with you to ensure compliance.
TIt is often safer to ‘stay put’ (stay in your flat) unless your flat is being affected by fire or smoke. This is because the building is designed so that fire does not spread from where it starts. However, if you feel threatened by smoke or fire, get out and stay out. When you stay put in your flat, you reduce the risk of entering a smoky corridor unnecessarily and potentially being overcome by smoke. Staying put also means firefighters can tackle the fire safely and quickly without being delayed by many residents evacuating down the stairways. If the fire service needs to fully evacuate the building, they will knock on your door. Unnecessary evacuation can obstruct the fire service and delay them putting the fire out.
When the alarm sounds: Leave your flat and close the doors behind you Move as quickly but as safely as you can, and don’t stop to investigate or pick up valuables Use the stairs to make your way out of the building - never use the lift call 999 as soon as you are safe to do so - don’t assume someone else has made the call.
It is important to keep communal corridors free of clutter, including bikes, pushchairs, bins and mobility scooters. This is so that they are free for access and that there is nothing that could start a fire.
Your flat’s front door is an essential part of the fire precautions for your building. It must be maintained as a self-closing fire door. If you want to change your own flat’s door you must make sure that it meets the required standard, is installed correctly and certified.
You would not usually see firefighting equipment in the communal area of flats as they do not contain anything which could catch fire. Riser pipes (either wet or dry) are installed in your building for the fire service to use to supply water to each floor. The pipes are usually painted red and access points are normally via a secured cabinet. It is important that any damage to this equipment is reported to the building owner, landlord, residents committee, housing provider, or managing agent as soon as you see it.
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