Fire and Emergency Response

Fire and Emergency Response

The information and resources provided below are designed the support Part 3 Section 10 of Policy 2 – Work Health and Safety concerning fire and emergency response.

All our churches and halls are Class 9b Public Buildings and as such must:

• develop an emergency plan for fire or other emergencies;
• display an evacuation diagram, showing the exits and the position in relation to the exits, clearly and prominently at the workplace, where practicable;
• conduct emergency control organisation inspections;
• practice the evacuation procedure at reasonable intervals, where practicable; and
• train persons who would be required to help control or extinguish a fire and provide appropriate protective clothing and equipment to these persons.

Common Issues:

• Not completing Mandatory Testing and Inspections for public buildings within the legislated time frames.
• Lack of compliant emergence evacuation diagrams in public buildings (see above).
• In rented or leased residential properties, non-hardwired smoke detectors must be replaced every 10 years. This requirement applies to Diocesan owned Rectories occupied by clergy and to properties leased under the Residential Tenancies Act.

Training

The online courses listed below can be accessed by contacting learning@perth.anglican.org:

• Emergency preparation
• Emergency Response
• General evacuation training
• Handling bomb threats and suspicious items