Fire Safety

Stay Put policy

If your home has been designed to suit a stay put policy

This means you are usually safest to stay in your home when there is a fire elsewhere in the building, until told otherwise by the fire service or you do not feel safe to do so.

If there is a fire elsewhere in the building
The building is designed to contain the fire in the section of the flat or communal area where it starts. This means if the fire is elsewhere, it should be safe for you to stay in your own flat.

You must leave your home immediately if smoke or heat affects you, or if you are told to do so by the fire service. If you are in any doubt, get out.

Evacuate

If your home has been designed to suit an evacuate policy
Upon hearing the fire alarm, wherever you are in the building, you must leave via the nearest fire exit, go to a place of safety away from the building, and make your way to the assembly point. Please familiarise yourself with the fire action notices in the building.

If there is a fire in your home

• Never tackle it yourself – get out, stay out and call 999
• Leave the room where the fire is immediately, then close the door
• Tell everyone in your home and get them to leave
• Close the front door behind you
• Wait outside, away from the building
• Do not use the lifts
• Plan your escape. Be prepared and don’t wait until it happens

If you are unaware of the evacuation policy for your home or you require special assistance in leaving the building, please let us know.