fire drill

Re: fire drill

Charlotte says smile — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 18:00:10 GMT

no its just a communal staff area to do work and it has our practice library in it. no-one lives there

Re: fire drill

Sal the 1st — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 17:58:56 GMT

Do you live in the flat upstairs? and does the flat come as part of your wage or do you pay rent? The reason I ask is because if you pay rent or your wage is lower because of the flat (benefits in kind) you are classed as a tenant and as a tenant you have more rights, the Landlord (ie whoever owns the building) now has to ensure that there is a working fire alarm/smoke detector installed in their property.

The non working fire alarm is a Health and Safety issue - if you were to be inspected by the fire brigade - which ok is unlikely - the chances are somebody would be in big trouble.

Re: fire drill

Charlotte says smile — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 17:53:20 GMT

on the case of fire drills, we do not have a fire alarm at work, we do have a base for one but its broken because its under a leaky ceiling so is always getting wet. if a fire is discovered then our precautions is to just shout fire, i have asked for a couple of fire alarms to be fitted but they always just say we are looking into it. i do worry about this as we have had 1 fire drill since i have worked in the practice and i was in the flat upstairs so didnt hear anything, it was only after 20mins later that someone came upstairs moaning at me that i missed the fire drill and id be dead by now!! im sure this is illegal but not certain adn i have asked and asked about getting at least a couple of fire alarms, i have tried to do something my self as i brought a couple of cheap fire alarms and asked my OH to fix them up for me but bosses got very annoyed because OH was not insured to do that job.

Re: fire drill

S-J — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 17:17:59 GMT

we had to change our fire drill recon spot last year as we realised that yep we had escaped the potential fire all ourside nice and safe, apart from the fact we were all stood next to the big gas cylinders whoops

so yeah now we all go to the end of the road

Re: fire drill

Kerry Spain — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 13:59:57 GMT

This is one of my biggest fears... well actually it's a phobia. I wake up randomly at least 2-3 times a week and I'm convinced that I can smell smoke (always in the middle on the night). In actual fact I can't, it's just something I do and have to live with now. I'm so paraniod about fire I have a mini fire extinguiser and a fire blanket in the house too.

Re: fire drill

Caro Laithwaite VN — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 09:45:59 GMT

The fire brigade gave my folks a fire check for oldies. Wonderful they insisted that as my Dad is deaf they put an extra loud bell under his bed. He still doe's not hear a thing, it just goes off randomly and my Mum is to scared to tell the fire brigade in case:
1) they blame her
2) they tell her off for not reporting it
3) they may have a real fire one day (the fact she would ignore it because of the false alarms she refuses to acknowledge)
4) The come back and put some new foul appliance in that will be even worse.

Re: fire drill

Christine Chapman — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 09:40:05 GMT

Oh no Sal!! I'm so pleased everyone is OK!!

Re: fire drill

Christine Chapman — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 09:38:35 GMT

Hahaha I don't mind so much if it's toast cause it will be daytime. Night time is a different story, I will probably 'freeze' with fright!

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Sal the 1st — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 09:38:15 GMT

yes it was a toaster that caught fire. It caught fire because the bread bag was actually touching the toaster and melted onto and into the toaster causing the fire. The flat is gutted. still smells very smoky this morning but everybody is ok

Re: fire drill

Caro Laithwaite VN — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 09:31:51 GMT

They are always going off the ones l know. Toast is one of the biggest problems In fact that may be the cause of Sal and the Boys woes.

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Christine Chapman — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 07:17:30 GMT

I installed smoke alarms last week!! Now I'm terrified if they go off!!

Re: fire drill

Caro Laithwaite VN — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 13:40:04 GMT

If he is worried you could tape the keys to the window ledge if you have white windows and use white tape it is not obvious they are there. Or tape them and put a small ornamant over the top of them.

Re: fire drill

Sandra Taylor RVN, MBVNA — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 13:09:29 GMT

I have windows that lock, but keep the keys in them for fire reasons, hubby decided one time to remove them and put them in a "safe" place, whenI went to open the window next I asked where they were, he said I have put them away, we dont want someone trying to break in and see the keys.I pointed out they would still have to break the bloody window first and then have no need for the damn keys, I also pointed out that if there was a fire how in the hell were we to escape if he had moved the keys.

Keys are now back in all the windows.....MEN!!!! urghhh

Re: fire drill

Saskia Quinn — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 09:39:40 GMT

Sal, thats terrible for you. I am glad you are ok though. Some good advice there for the rest of us, thanks

Re: fire drill

Caro Laithwaite VN — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 09:37:52 GMT

FFS am glad you were all ok. Does this mean that your flat has a lot of smoke damage if so who will replace things and will you have to be moved to a new flat?

Stay low in a fire go on all 4s it keeps you out of the smoke just crawl fast. When l am above ground floor l always look for emergency exits and decide what window l can get out of, if mattresses can be pushed out to land on, sheets tied to make a rope etc.

Re: fire drill

Sal the 1st — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 09:18:00 GMT

we are all ok - just posted as a warning to others

Re: fire drill

Mrs Dot Dot — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 09:14:18 GMT

Good advice Sal! Scary experience but hope you are all ok, and your flat X .....Are you able to go back to your flat?