Fire Policy - King's High
Fire Policy - King's High
Fire Policy - King's High
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Location of Assembly Point<br />
Assembly points are located as follows; Playground outside St Mary’s and Sixth Form<br />
Centre. An alternative assembly point is located in St.Mary’s garden in the event of full<br />
site evacuation.<br />
Provision for out of hours<br />
Before 8.30am and after 3.45pm and all weekend the above procedures for sounding<br />
the alarm and evacuation still apply. When the School Office is unattended the<br />
Domestic Services Manager or Duty Caretaker or most senior member of staff will make<br />
the decision regarding identification of fire, briefing the emergency services on arrival<br />
and safe return to the building. The senior member of staff is responsible for accounting<br />
for all people.<br />
Procedures for liaison with the <strong>Fire</strong> Service on arrival and during the evacuation<br />
The Evacuation Control Officer (ECO) will meet the <strong>Fire</strong> Service on arrival and give<br />
details of any missing persons. The ECO will be identified by a high visibility vest. The<br />
<strong>Fire</strong> Floor Plan will be kept in the Office with the attendance registers. The ECO will<br />
pass this information on to the <strong>Fire</strong> Service on their arrival.<br />
Specific arrangements for high fire risk areas and how this is conveyed to the <strong>Fire</strong><br />
Service upon arrival<br />
The ECO will meet with the fire service and provide plans of the School showing high<br />
risk areas such as COSHH storage, boiler house, kilns, art and DT rooms.<br />
Arrangements for Fighting <strong>Fire</strong>s<br />
A number of staff have received <strong>Fire</strong> Awareness training which included the use of fire<br />
extinguishers. A fire must only be tackled by staff who have received training to do so<br />
and only if it is safe to do so.<br />
Location of <strong>Fire</strong> Risk Assessment and Responsibilities<br />
The <strong>Fire</strong> Risk Assessment is located in the Foundation Health & Safety Office Red<br />
Housea and the Foundation Health & Safety Manager is responsible for ensuring that it<br />
is updated annually. The Foundation Health & Safety Manager and the Deputy Heads<br />
are jointly responsible for ensuring all recommendations following a <strong>Fire</strong> Risk<br />
Assessment are carried out.<br />
KHS <strong>Fire</strong> Action <strong>Policy</strong> November 2011 Page 8