OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH & SAFETY Emergency Information Faculty of Education, Humanities & Law Staff Student Visitor Emergency Information
NEED TO KNOW If you are new or returning to the University, Faculty or Building, there are emergencies that happen … We need to know what to do.
SCOPE This covers: Types of emergencies: evacuation, fire, medical, First Aid, security. Persons with disabilities. Contact people and numbers: Emergency Services. Campus security. Police. Poisons information. Medical centre.
ALERT SIGNAL Sounds “BEEP-BEEP”: 1. Prepare to leave: Double click to play 1. Prepare to leave: Gather small, valuable, personal belongings only Switch off computers & electrical appliances Do not lock office or internal doors Await further instructions or evacuation signal.
EVACUATION SIGNAL Sounds “WHOOP-WHOOP”: Double click to play Evacuate via safest route outside, then to delegated Assembly Area. Exit routes are marked with “EXIT” green signs Do not run. Do not use lifts. Mobility impaired persons should report to a fire warden.
EVACUATION SIGNAL Do not re-enter the building until instructed to do so by Wardens. Check all are present.
PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES Disability Services are available to students and staff with disabilities. A Disability Advisor may be consulted to develop a Personal Evacuation Plan (PEP) for the building. Contact Health, Counselling and Disability Services for access to University support and services. Phone: 8201 2118 | TTY: 8201 3242 | Email:disability@flinders.edu.au
MEDICAL EMERGENCY/ FIRST AID Phone Emergency Services operator 0, 000 University desk phone or mobile phones; 000, or 112. Ask for “Ambulance; I am in Adelaide, South Australia”. Give more Exact Location. Number of people. Type of emergency – main symptoms eg. unconscious, stopped breathing, cut & bleeding, fainted. University Security 12880.
MEDICAL EMERGENCY/ FIRST AID Contact a First Aid trained person Fetch a First Aid kit Post “Look-Outs” for directing the ambulance Danger Response Airway Breathing Circulation Pressure, Immobilisation, Elevation
PHONE NUMBERS Emergency Services 0 - 000 Police 0 - 131 444 Ambulance Fire Fire Department (St Mary’s) 0 - 8204 3840 Poisons Information Service 0 - 131 126 Flinders Campus Security 12880
FIRE If you discover a fire: Sound the alarm; notify others. Safely leave the building: close doors and windows (don’t lock). Initiate Evacuation procedures.
SUMMARY Types of emergencies: fire, evacuation, medical, First Aid, security. Contact people and numbers: Emergency Services 0 - 000 or 112 mobile. Campus security 12880. Police 0 – 131444.