1. OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH & SAFETY Emergency Information
Faculty of Education, Humanities & Law
Staff
Student
Visitor
Emergency Information

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. ALERT SIGNAL Sounds “BEEP-BEEP”: 1. Prepare to leave:
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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.

5. EVACUATION SIGNAL Sounds “WHOOP-WHOOP”:
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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.

6. EVACUATION SIGNAL
Do not re-enter the building until instructed to do so by Wardens.
Check all are present.

7. 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: | TTY: |

8. 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

9. 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

10. PHONE NUMBERS Emergency Services 0 - 000 Police 0 - 131 444 Ambulance
Fire
Fire Department (St Mary’s)
Poisons Information Service
Flinders Campus Security
12880

11. 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.

12. SUMMARY
Types of emergencies: fire, evacuation, medical, First Aid, security.
Contact people and numbers:
Emergency Services or 112 mobile.
Campus security
Police 0 –