Fire Precautions
Important information: Fire precautions & building evacuation plan
Please read carefully as death, injury & legal liability may result from failure to comply.
If you have a balcony of any type, please also read our health & safety Balconies Guidelines.
STAY SAFE:
- In the event of a fire call 999 and do not assume that someone else has reported it. Please read the Fire Action Board, located on the notice board. Should you have any questions about the fire procedures please speak to your Property Manager.
- It is very important that the common areas are always kept clear; residents keeping pushchairs, bicycles or other equipment in these areas present a significant hazard to a safe building evacuation.
- Should there be a fire anyone doing this may be held liable for any consequences that result.
- Any equipment that blocks the halls, stairs or landings cannot be permitted or condoned under any circumstances.
Leaseholder responsibilities & requirements
You are responsible for the following:
- Fire prevention
- Fire detection by maintaining smoke detectors according to the manufacturer’s instructions
- Evacuation of all people in your apartment
If you sublet the apartment you must ensure that all your tenants are familiar with and understand this information. As a requirement of your Lease/Deeds you must consider the following matters in accordance with current Fire Regulations and Guidance. Failure to follow this guidance will put the lives of yourself and others at risk.
- Alterations to your apartment: do not make any alterations to your apartment which may reduce its ability to withstand or contain a fire, for example, drilling holes through walls.
- Front door: do not change or modify your front door without written permission from the Permissions team who can be contacted at admin@crabtreeproperty.co.uk. They will give you information on the standard a new door should reach. The front door should be fire resistant for a minimum of 30 minutes. Your letterbox must be fitted with a spring to keep it closed to stop the spread of smoke.
- Fire detection: you must provide a sufficient amount of smoke detectors within your apartment. They must be maintained according to manufacturers’ instructions. If you have a gas boiler it is prudent to have a carbon monoxide detector installed within your apartment.
- Emergency lighting: during a fire the lights within your apartment may fail. For a safe fire evacuation you must have a maintained back-up lighting system, such as a torch kept by your front door.
- Evacuation route: make yourself familiar with your fire evacuation plan and how to escape the building and where to assemble once you are outside. You are responsible for the safe evacuation of everybody in your apartment. This information can be found on the building’s Fire Action Notice, which is on the notice board.
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