For a fire to start or develop, three factors must be present: oxygen, temperature and flammable material. A fire always spreads upwards in seconds, sideways in minutes and downwards in hours. If one or more of these elements are changed or removed, the fire will die out.

Follow the alerting instructions and attempt to extinguish the fire if you feel safe and qualified to do so:

• Remove the oxygen (for a fire in a small room): Close doors and windows and make sure no oxygen is introduced (e.g. via an open window).
• Lower the temperature (in case of fire in electrical installations or flammable liquids): Use a carbon dioxide extinguisher to cool the fire to a temperature where the fire dies out.
• Remove the flammable material (in case of a fire in a rubbish bin or similar): If possible, grab the object and throw it out the window.
• Once alerting and evacuation is initiated in the actual area where the fire is burning, alerting and evacuating neighbours starts first upstairs, then to the side and finally downstairs.

Read more about fire here.

Use the yellow and orange vests during evacuation.

Always consider your own safety when assuming the role of meeting point or evacuation leader.

Orange vest – Meeting Point Leader

The meeting point leader puts on the orange vest and follows the instructions on the orange instruction sheet. The meeting point leader’s task is to meet the evacuees at the specified meeting point outside the building.

Yellow vest – Evacuation Leader

The employee who puts on the yellow vest is the evacuation leader and must folllow the instructions on the yellow instruction sheet. The evacuation leader’s task is to clear Science Faculty Administration of people. In connection with the evacuation of the area, the surrounding areas must be informed that evacuation is taking place. As soon as possible, the local management must be informed about the incident.

Once the  evacuation leader has ensured that all rooms in the Science Faculty Administration are empty of people, they must leave and then report to the meeting point leader that the Science Faculty Administration is empty.