In case of fire or fire alarm activation at BIO

When the fire alarm is triggered, immediately leave the building through the nearest escape route and meet at the assembly point (Propeller). The building must be evacuated as quickly as possible, which should take no longer than 5 minutes, preferably less.

Site managers (wearing yellow vests) ensure that everybody leaves the building. Unless this causes a danger to their personal safety, the site managers check all the rooms in their area and ensure that nobody was left behind. After doing so, they leave the building and report the evacuation status of their area to the user representative (wearing an orange vest).

If you see that the yellow vest still hanging in place during a fire alarm and/or know that the site manager is not present during the fire alarm, take the initiative to substitute for them: put on the yellow vest and check the premises. It is the shared responsibility of everyone located in each corridor: to substitute for thesite manager, if necessary. Below are the guidelines for site manger(yellow vest).

Fire instructions site managers are available at the HSE-gateway

As substitute for the site manger (yellow vest) check your area, if it is safe to do so, and report the status to the user representative (orange vest). If it is not safe to check the area (obvious signs of fire) or you have not done it for other reasons, report it to theuser representative. They need to receive that information, also (or especially) when the area is unchecked.

After having received the status reports from the site managers, the user representative immediately goes to the fire board located at the building entrance. There they meet the operating personnel and find out which alarm has been triggered. The fire protection officer contacts the fire brigade if this has not been done previously.

The fire protection officer (orange vest) informs the evacuated persons if (and when) it is safe to re-enter the building. This can be done by gesture communication with the site managers (yellow vests), who in turn tell the employees that they may re-enter the building.

Fire instructions main fire protection officer (also called user representative)

There are two orange vests hanging in the vestibule, by the fire board, belonging to the main fire protection officers (53A and 53B). In BIO-building there is only one available vest.If an orange vest is not in use, this indicates that the main fire protection officer is not present (just like for the yellow vests of the site managers). In such a case, the first site manager who comes down to report on the evacuation status of their area must put on the orange vest and substitute for main fire protection officer. This includes the following tasks.

• Receive feedback on the evacuation status of specific floors, from the site managers. A list of evacuation areas should be in the vest pocket.
• Together with the local fire protection officers, make sure that everyone moves away from the building to the assembly point (Propeller).
• Communicate with the firefighters and the security guards.
• Inform the site managers and the evacuees about the situation.
• Let the evacuees know if (and if so, when) it is safe to re-enter the building.

If a person is unable to use stairs, in an evacuation ensure the following.

• Take the person out into the stairwell, which is the safest place in case of fire. The site manger must either assist the person with mobility impairment or ensure that the disabled person is helped into the stairwell by someone else, and that the user representative is notified of the need for help to get the disabled person out of the building.
• The user representative also reports to security (telephone 55 58 80 81), (who have an evacuation chair in the car) or to the Fire Brigade (who will be able to enter the building and take the person out). 
• If the situation indicates that evacuation is not necessary, the person does not need to be taken out of the building.
• Example of such a situation: fire drill or if the fire or incident is located and assessed so that evacuation is unnecessary. Assessment is made in collaboration with one or more of these: user representative, site managers, security guards, fire birgade.
• Always report to the user representative.

If a person with mobility problems has a permanent workplace in the building, provision of a centrally located evacuation chair should be considered.