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P ersonal E mergency E vacuation P lans PEEPS

P ersonal E mergency E vacuation P lans PEEPS. Health and Safety Unit. Course Agenda. What is a PEEP Legislation PEEPs who needs them Evacuation principles PEEP Needs Responsibilities Constructing a PEEP Questions. What is a PEEP.

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P ersonal E mergency E vacuation P lans PEEPS

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  1. Personal Emergency Evacuation Plans PEEPS Health and Safety Unit

  2. Course Agenda • What is a PEEP • Legislation • PEEPs who needs them • Evacuation principles • PEEP Needs • Responsibilities • Constructing a PEEP • Questions

  3. What is a PEEP A PEEP is a document that details how the safe evacuation will be conducted of a person with a disability or injury from a building in the event of an emergency situation.

  4. Why do we have to have a PEEPLegislation • HSWA (health and safety at work act) 1974 requires employers to provide: • Safe means of access; (right of entry). • Safe means of egress; (right of exit). This will include safe means of egress in the event of an emergency.

  5. The Regulatory Reform 2006(Fire Safety) Safe evacuation procedures; • Must be pre- planned. • Identify the needs of disabled persons. • Must ensure that proper arrangements for their assistance to evacuate the building are in place.

  6. DDADisability Discrimination Act 1995 Requires that disabled people should not be treated less favourably without justification, for a reason which relates to their disability Requirement on duty holders to make “reasonable adjustments” to prevent discrimination

  7. PEEPS – Who Needs Them? • Anyone who could have a problem escaping from a building in the event of an emergency. • Temporarily impaired • Pregnancy, injuries (e.g. broken leg) • Permanently impaired • hearing, sight, mobility. • Others (children)

  8. PEEPS – Who Needs Them? • Before we can start we need a mechanism for identifying persons “at risk” • Staff • Students • Scheduled and unscheduled visitors • Contractors

  9. Emergency Evacuation Principles • Historically, emergency procedures have usually been generic • “On hearing the alarm, leave by the nearest available exit” • We need, to consider the capabilities of individuals • Risk Assessment or PEEP

  10. PEEPs – Identifying Needs • Staff • Pre-employment questionnaire • Diversity “data base” • Management referral • Students • Admissions forms • Personal tutors

  11. PEEPs – The Responsibilities PEEP’s are no different to any other form of Risk Assessment who should complete them. Staff • Line Managers Students • A member of SAS staff in the Faculty Student Life Visitors (groups) • The Conference Office

  12. PEEPs – When Do We Do This? • Existing Staff and Students • As soon as impaired ability to evacuate is “declared” or there are “reasonable grounds to suspect an impairment” then duties will exist under HSWA 1974 • New staff, students, visitors and contractors • New staff and students - preferably prior to taking up post or starting studies at the University or, alternatively, as soon as possible after arriving

  13. PEEPs – How Do We Do This? • PEEPs • Actively involve the impaired person • Complete the dedicated questionnaire form (this will help to provide relevant information). • Identify and physically explore the escape routes available and confirm that these are usable • Identify any hazards that will prevent or restrict escape • Identify possible strategies that do not require escape from the building • The involvement of designated trained personnel

  14. PEEPs – How Do We Do This? • Consider all areas that you reasonably expect the assessed person to use • Lecture/ Classrooms • WC’s • Meeting Rooms • Offices • Laboratories • Halls of Residences • Refectory's What times? 24 hours a day?

  15. PEEPs – How Do We Do This? • Where necessary identify control measures that may be required to facilitate access • Relocate the activity (close to the ground floor) • Structural changes or local repairs (ramps rails) • Signs, adaptive technologies • Provision of refuges • Provision of suitable communication • Training for the assessed person • Training for dedicated assistants

  16. PEEPs – What Next? • Document the results of the findings Using the appropriate form. • Distribute to all concerned (next slide) • Hold a test situation with all concerned • Make adjustments if required

  17. PEEPs • A copy of the PEEP must be given to; • The person the PEEP is designed for • The Safety Coordinator for the department • Personal Tutor/s • Other relevant persons named within the PEEP • CaRes staff if required.

  18. PEEPs – Continuous Improvement • Monitor the assessment at regular intervals • Make sure the PEEP remains relevant • Get feedback following fire alarms and drills to gauge how successful our arrangements are • Review the assessment at least annually. This may be more frequent if the impairment condition changes.

  19. Guidance from HM Government Guidance from HM Government as described in constructing a evacuation from an educational premise. “ The plan should not rely on the fire and rescue services involvement for it to be effective”.

  20. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION www.mmu.ac.uk/humananresources/health Are there any further questions?

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