MAJ Azmi Adam Assistant Director Central Enforcement Department, Singapore Civil Defence Force

1. ROLE OF SECURITY OFFICERS IN FIRE INCIDENT MANAGEMENT MAJ Azmi Adam Assistant Director Central Enforcement Department, Singapore Civil Defence Force Presented by:

2. SCOPE Introduction – Fire Statistics Lesson Learnt from recent fire • Guidelines for Security Personnel to Handle Fire Incidents in High-Rise Buildings

3. INTRODUCTION No of Fire Incidents

4. INTRODUCTION

5. TRENDS OF FIRE INJURIES

6. NO OF FIRE INJURIES (JAN-JUN 2014)

7. No of Fire Fatalities – 10 Year Trend

8. Marina Bay District RECENT FIRE

9. Fire Fighting Operations

10. Guidelines for Security Personnel to Handle Fire Incidents in High-Rise Buildings

11. What happen when a fire is detected in the building? Fire Scenario

12. DECAMS FIRE Control & Indicating Equipment Fire Detectors Fire Alarm Device Alarm Monitoring Station Fire Service SignallingTransmitter Fire Alarm Signal Manual Call Points Fault Signal Automatic Fire Protection Equipment Control for Automatic Fire Protection Equipment Power Supply Equipment

13. DECAMS Continued...... Fire Control & Indicating Equipment Fire Alarm Device Alarm Monitoring Station Fire Service SignallingTransmitter Fire Alarm Signal Fault Signal Identify location and investigate the cause of the Alarm

14. Singapore Civil Defence Force’s Guidelines for Security Personnel to Handle Fire Incidents in High-Rise Buildings: • (1) The security team shall handle fire alarm activation in pairs according to organisational procedures 31 storey Guidelines for Security Personnel to Handle Fire Incidents in High-Rise Buildings 29 storey Lets work in pair buddy! Ok..lah. 1 storey

15. (2) Upon hearing the fire alarm, security officers shall ascertain the location of the fire from the main fire alarm panel and use the fire lift to go to two storeys below the “fire” floor and proceed cautiously to the “fire” floorvia staircase to verify the fire incident. 31 storey 29 storey Guidelines for Security Personnel to Handle Fire Incidents in High-Rise Buildings 28 storey It’s at the 30th storey. Let’s go buddy! FCC 1 storey

16. (3) The Security officer shall then bring the fire lift down to the 1st storey and await the arrival of the Singapore Civil Defence Force. He is to provide relevant details on location, type of fire and possible hazards within the building and especially the fire floor to SCDF upon arrival. 31 storey 29 storey Guidelines for Security Personnel to Handle Fire Incidents in High-Rise Buildings 1 storey

17. The Security officer shall notreactivate any of the lifts that have been ‘homed’ by the activation of the fire alarm until at such time that the incident has been investigated and mitigated. 31 storey Guidelines for Security Personnel to Handle Fire Incidents in High-Rise Buildings Lets Bypass the lifts 29 storey 1 storey

18. (5)      If the location of the fire is indicated to be at the basement, the Security officer shall notproceed to fire floor. He shall check CCTV, if available, to verify the fire incident. 31 storey 29 storey Guidelines for Security Personnel to Handle Fire Incidents in High-Rise Buildings 1 storey Basement 1 Basement 2

19. In the event of small fire, security personnel shall attempt to extinguish or control the fire without taking undue risk, before the arrival of the Singapore Civil Defence Force. Guidelines for Security Personnel to Handle Fire Incidents in High-Rise Buildings

20. (7)     In the event of a fire that has gone out of control, the security officer shall not attempt to extinguish the fire. He shall proceed to initiate the relevant evacuation procedures Guidelines for Security Personnel to Handle Fire Incidents in High-Rise Buildings

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