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Fire safety at IKOS

Emergency numbers

  • Fire - 110
  • Police - 112
  • Ambulance - 113

Alarm and Security Centre at UiO: 22 85 66 66

Contact the emergency services first, then the Alarm and Security Centre.

The following procedures apply when the fire alarm activates

  • Close the windows and doors, leave the building. Don't lock the door!
  • Before leaving the floor, check the neighboring rooms on both sides
  • Teachers must ensure that all students leave the classroom
  • If someone needs medical attention, hang a note on the door and notify the person in charge at the fire control center as soon as possible
  • Use the stairs – do not use the elevator

Contact persons for the different floors

Contact persons for the different floors are responsible for knowing the general fire instructions and are responsible for fire protection on their floor.

Fire instructions and user instructions are made known to employees and students with workplaces on the floor.

Contact persons are also responsible for routinely checking escape routes and other fire safety measures on the floor. Errors and deficiencies must be reported to UiO's head of fire protection with a copy to the department's administrative head and case manager for HSE.

In the event of a fire alarm, the floor contact must

  • put on a fire safety vest and encourage others on their floor to get out
  • leave the building and ensure that people are not left standing directly outside the front door
  • report to the person in charge at the fire control center about persons who have not left the building and their whereabouts
  • inform users on their floor about why the fire alarm was triggered

Fire protection routines

Routines for the individual employee and student

According to UiO's routines for fire protection, all employees – including temporary and temporary staff – and students with a more or less fixed reading room seat, must know the general fire instructions and otherwise do their part to avoid fire.

Routines for the individual teacher, meeting leader, conference leader and the like

Anyone who at all times has a leadership position in teaching rooms, conference rooms and the like (teachers and conference leaders), is responsible for evacuating the room when the alarm goes off.

Routines for contact persons for the different floors

The contact persons must participate in the work to prevent fire. When the fire alarm goes off, they must put on a fire vest and try to get everyone on the floor out.

See Function description for Floor Contact

For teaching and conference rooms, the floor manager's responsibility is limited to reporting errors and deficiencies.

Routines for the institute management

Managers of units at UiO are responsible for keeping up-to-date lists of floor and department managers in their own operations. The unit manager must ensure that the floor managers attend a mandatory firefighting course that is organized regularly.

The fire protection manager for the area (local area manager in the technical department) must have an overview of the floor and unit manager in his area.

The head of the department is the head of the unit. At IKOS, responsibility is taken care of by the administrative manager. An overview of floor contacts is sent to the technical department.

According to the fire instructions for the unit manager, the unit manager must keep updated lists of floor contacts.

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Published June 8, 2023 10:36 AM - Last modified Mar. 22, 2024 8:47 AM