Table of Contents
- 1 What are the procedures for sounding emergency alarms in the workplace?
- 2 What is your action if you hear emergency alarm?
- 3 What are the basic components of a fire alarm system?
- 4 What should you do when you hear the general emergency signal?
- 5 Who has the responsibility to check all areas and sweep employees to emergency exits?
- 6 Can a communication system serve as an emergency alarm?
What are the procedures for sounding emergency alarms in the workplace?
The employer shall establish procedures for sounding emergency alarms in the workplace. For those employers with 10 or fewer employees in a particular workplace, direct voice communication is an acceptable procedure for sounding the alarm provided all employees can hear the alarm.
What is your action if you hear emergency alarm?
If you hear a fire alarm: STOP WORK AND EVACUATE THE BUILDING. Keep fire doors in stairways closed. Do not block the fire doors, stairways, or exits. Evacuate and proceed until you are outside of the building.
What are the procedures to be followed when dealing with a fire alarm?
Fire Alarm Evacuation Policy
- Never ignore or assume the alarm is false or the result of a test.
- Everyone must evacuate the building by way of the safest and closest exit and/or stairway.
- Never use an elevator to exit during a fire alarm activation.
- Once outside the building, move away from the building.
What is an employee alarm system?
The employee alarm system shall provide warning for necessary emergency action as called for in the emergency action plan, or for reaction time for safe escape of employees from the workplace or the immediate work area, or both. The two most common types of alarms are audible and visual devices.
What are the basic components of a fire alarm system?
Basic Fire Alarm System Components
- Fire alarm initiating devices.
- Fire notification devices.
- Fire alarm control panel.
- Primary power supply.
- Backup power supply.
What should you do when you hear the general emergency signal?
1) General Alarm: Once the general alarm signal onboard is activated, i.e. seven short one long blasts (7 short 1 long blast), every ship crew must follow the instruction and duty’s listed in the muster list and proceed to the designated muster station.
How do you respond to a fire emergency?
Visible Smoke or Fire:
- Activate the fire alarm pull station and evacuate the building.
- Do not use the elevators. Exit through a stairway that leads directly outside. Be familiar with at least two means of exit from your area.
- Call the University Police at x2911 from a “safe” phone near an exit. Provide information.
What must each alarm have?
These include: The alarm must be able to be heard above ambient noise by all employees in the workplace. The alarm must be recognizable as a signal to evacuate the work area or carry out an emergency response. The employer shall establish procedures for sounding emergency alarms in the workplace.
Who has the responsibility to check all areas and sweep employees to emergency exits?
Review the plan with each employee. During an evacuation emergency, who has the responsibility to check all areas and sweep employees to emergency exits? Trained marshals and wardens.
The employer shall establish procedures for sounding emergency alarms in the workplace. For those employers with 10 or fewer employees in a particular workplace, direct voice communication is an acceptable procedure for sounding the alarm provided all employees can hear the alarm. Such workplaces need not have a back-up system. 1910.165 (c)
Can a communication system serve as an emergency alarm?
Where a communication system also serves as the employee alarm system, all emergency messages shall have priority over all non-emergency messages. [ 29 CFR 1910.165 (b) (4)] Procedures for sounding emergency alarms in the workplace.
What should you do when a fire alarm sounds?
When the Fire Alarm sounds, act immediately to ensure your safety. The Fire Alarm System is designed and engineered to provide you with an early warning to allow you to safely exit the building during an emergency situation. Never ignore or assume the alarm is false or the result of a test.
What does it mean when you hear an evacuation alarm?
This alarm doesn’t always mean you will go on to evacuate, so do not evacuate unless you hear the evacuation tone, and you’re instructed to do so. When it’s time to evacuate, you will start to hear this evacuation tone instead of the previous one. It will repeat at close intervals and is easy to identify by the rising and falling sound.