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How do I get out of here?
Personal Emergency Evacuation Plans in HEIs
Module 2
June 26th 2014
How do I get out of here !
Understanding PEEPs in
relation to Legislation,
Risks and Resources
Karl Flynn,
College Fire / Safety Officer
Content
• Legislation
• Fire Strategy / Risk Assessment
• Buildings and Population
• Evacuation plans / PEEPs
• Resources
• Training
Who is responsible?
It is a common misconception that management responsibility
ends with getting people with disabilities to the safe areas on
upper floors and the Fire and Rescue Service will do the rest.
Whilst fire fighters will, no doubt, do whatever is necessary to
save life, it is of enormous benefit if the evacuation of people
with disabilities is started before the fire service arrives at the
scene, so that fire fighters are free to concentrate on other
aspects of dealing with the incident. It is the responsibility of
the building management to make every effort to get
everyone to safety. It is, therefore, essential that organisations
provide sufficient levels of trained staff to deal with the safe
evacuation of everyone in the building.
NDA – Promoting Safe Egress and Evacuation for People with Disabilities
Legislative Background
• Fire Services Act
• Safety Health and Welfare at Work Act
• General Application Regulations
• Building Control Act (Fire Certificates)
• Building Regulations / TGD ‘B’ & ‘M’
• Disability Act
Safe Evacuation for all. Fire Services Act
Section 19 of the Fire Services Acts 1981 & 2003
states:
“potentially dangerous building means any building which would, in the event of a fire…, constitute a serious danger to life…”
• Adequate means of egress from the building
• Notices as to the procedure which should be followed in the event of fire
• Appliances or fittings for enabling the
occupants to escape on the occurrence
of fire
Safe Evacuation for all: SHWW 2005 Act
• To ensure the safety, health and welfare at work
of all employees and others
• Place of work: the design, provision and
maintenance of safe means of access to and
egress from place of work
• Prepare and revise adequate plans and
procedures to be followed and
measures to be taken in an
emergency
General Application Regulations 2007
• Regulation 25 … an employer shall ensure that
places of work, where necessary, are organised to
take account of persons at work with disabilities,
in particular as regards doors, passageways,
staircases, showers, washbasins, lavatories and
workstations used or occupied directly by these
persons”
• Manual Handling /
People Handling?
Guidance and Codes of Practice
• NDA – Promoting Safe Egress and Evacuation for
People with Disabilities
• General Application Regulations – guidance HSA
• Technical Guidance Document ‘B’ and ‘M’ of
Building Regulations (fire safety / disabled access)
• Code of Practice for Fire Safety in the Design,
Management and Use of Buildings – BS 9999
Overall Fire Safety Management Strategy
P.A.L.E
Prevent
Alert
Limit
Evacuate / Extinguish
Fire RiskAssessment
It is not acceptable to rely on the
intervention of the Fire Service
It is not acceptable to leave a
disabled person in a refuge area
Fire Risk Assessment
Safe evacuation of all occupants
Fire Risk Assessment
Building Emergency
Evacuation Plan
Building Occupantsand
Personal
Emergency
Evacuation Plan
(PEEP)
• What is the evacuation strategy for the building?
Total evacuation
Phased evacuation
Zoned evacuation
• Fire Safety Certificate granted by local Fire
Authority outlines the evacuation strategy
• Building is designed based on the evacuation
strategy, including building structure (passive) and
fire safety systems (active)
Fire Risk Assessment: Building
• Fire alarm – audibility of sounders, number, location & height of BGU’s, visual/vibrating devices, paging system
• Compartmentation – fire resistance and fire doors
• Escape routes and final exits – complexity and familiarity of routes, travel distances, stairs, ramps, level thresholds, fire doors along routes
• Refuge / rest areas and communication system
• Evacuation lifts or normal lifts
• Way-finding – directional signs, low level signs, handrails, directional sound, colour contrasts, thread indicators, number & location of emergency lights
• Signage – height of signs, size of print, tactile info
• Equipment and facilities – evacuation chairs
Fire Risk Assessment: Building
Fire Risk Assessment:Population
• Mobility impairment – range / speed of movement
• Sensory impairment – ability to gather information, e.g.
sight and sound
• Cognitive or mental health impairment – capacity to
process information and react appropriately e.g.
dyslexia or autism
• Hidden disability – stress of situation
triggers condition e.g. asthma or
heart problem
Personal Emergency Evacuation Plan
• Prepare a PEEP for all known disabled persons and
standardised PEEPs for potential visitors
• Facilitate independent escape if possible - provide
suitable aids and adaptations
• Risk of overplaying safety issues?
• What can person do in exceptional circumstances not
just everyday situations
• Assign “buddies” if necessary and train accordingly
• Test procedures / drills regularly
• Identify time required for each
person’s escape
Chair Evacuation:Safe System of Work?
• Alarm operates - able bodied follow evacuation plan
• People who need assistance – move or are assisted to safe refuge
area
• Evacuation chair operator plus assistants (as necessary) respond
to safe refuge area where needed
• By use of communications ascertain situation and respond
accordingly
• First choice stay where you are, ready to evacuate if needed
• If threatened – move horizontally to another refuge area if
safe to do so
• If still threatened – evacuate vertically and out of building
• If threatened or uncertain at any point evacuate out of
building
Safe Refuge?
• TGD ‘B’ / old BS5588 / now BS9999 annex g
• Protected while waiting for assistance
• Wheelchair accessible (900 x 1400mm)
• Clear door opening 850mm / corridor 900mm
• Temporary waiting areas
• Not left alone awaiting the Fire Service
• Reasonably safe from effects of fire
• Place of relative safety prior to ultimate safety
• Fire compartment / fire protected stairwell
• Flashing beacons, vibrating devices, pagers
• Orientation information, tactile map, large print etc.
• Use of lift (evacuation / passenger lift?)
• Walk down stairs slowly on their own
• Move down stairs on bottom
• Walk / move down stairs with assistance
• Carry down – own chair or other chair
• Assistance with opening doors /
automated doors
• Wait for Fire Brigade !
Alternativeevacuation plans
Test the plan
The purpose and objectives of fire evacuation drills
include:
• to identify any weaknesses in the evacuation strategy
• to test the procedure following any recent change to working practices
• to familiarise new occupants with procedures
• to test the arrangements for those with disabilities
• to identify weaknesses in emergency communications procedures and systems
• to identify positive and negative reactions
of staff with designated responsibilities
such as Fire Wardens
Resources
People, time, money
Who pays?(Equipment, training,
building upgrade, time)
Department?
Estates?
Disability Office?
Safety Office?
Training
• Volunteers / Assistants
• 24/7 or after hours
• Organisation culture
• Time
• REGULAR hands-on
practical retraining