General
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Where are you based for most of your time at College?
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On which days are you expected in College?
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Are you aware of the emergency procedures for the areas where you are based?
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Can you hear the fire alarm in the areas where you work or are based?
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Can you move quickly in the event of an emergency?
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Are you able to use stairs to enter/leave buildings without difficulty?
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Could you raise the alarm if you discovered a fire?
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Are you able to leave your work area without assistance in the event of an emergency?
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If assistance is needed, do you have a nominated person to help you in an emergency?
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Is this arrangement a formal one?
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Are you always in easy contact with those who are designated to help you?
Hearing impairment
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Can you hear the fire alarm under normal circumstances?
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Do you have adequate devices to allow you to hear the alarm clearly?
If 'no', please make a note below of any special or purpose designed device that could assist you in hearing the alarm more clearly. -
Are there sufficient measures in place that would assist you in leaving the building safely in the event of an emergency?
If 'no', please make a note below of what additional measures could help:
For example:
Would visual alarm indicators help?
Would written emergency procedures help?
Would emergency procedures with BSL interpretation help?
Would an assistant/buddy system help? -
Are you happy that all issues are covered above?
If 'no', please make a note of any additional concerns below
Visual impairment
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Are you able to leave the area/building safely in the event of an emergency?
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Are you able to move around the building without aids or assistance?
If 'no', please make a note of the equipment or support that you have access to - this could include use of a cane, guide dog, support worker etc -
Under normal circumstances, how long does it take you to leave the area/building using your current support methods?
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Are there sufficient measures in place to assist you in leaving the area/building in the event of an emergency?
If 'no', make a note below of any additional measures that may be of assistance.
These could include:
Emergency procedures in Braille, audible methods, large print, tactile floor surfaces, signage etc -
Are you happy that all issues have been covered above?
If 'no', please make a note of any additional concerns below
Mobility impairment
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Can you leave the building unassisted?
If 'no' what support is necessary to assist you?
This could include:
Use of a wheelchair, or use of a support person etc -
If you use a wheelchair, are you able to leave the chair and move short distances if required?
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Is your wheelchair a standard size and able to fit through standard size doors?
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Have you ever been shown how an evac chair operates to assist you in leaving the area in an emergency?
If 'no', please make a note below to provide information about:
Would you be able to use a chair if required?
Would you like a familiarisation session to show you how they work? -
Has the concept of 'fire refuge points' been explained to you?
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If necessary, would you find it acceptable to use a fire refuge point?
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Do you have access to a support person or buddy who would assist you and stay with you in an emergency?
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Are there sufficient measures in place to assist you in leaving the area in the event of an emergency? If 'no', please make a note below of any additional measures that you feel would assist you.
These could include: relocation of the class to a ground floor level, implementing buddy systems, provision of emergency procedures in a format suitable to the individual, per-planning emergency evacuation routes. -
Are you happy that all issues have been covered above?
If 'no', please make a note below of any additional concerns that you may have.
Tour of the work area/building that you most commonly use.
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Is the directional and instructional signage adequate and relevant?
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(if you have a hearing impairment) - are there illuminated alarm devices within the toilet areas that you would use?
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(if you have a partial mobility or visual impairment) - do you routinely negotiate stair wells and/or lifts?
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If you use stairs, are the edges of the treads of the stairs adequately identified?
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If you use lifts, is there easy access/egress from the lift and is the lift easy to operate?
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If you use a lift, is there an emergency telephone or other communication method installed in the lift?
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There will be fire doors with self closing devices on your exit routes - are you able to negotiate these doors without too much hindrance?
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If there are internal or external steps on your exit route, can you negotiate these without too much hindrance?
Summary of arrangements
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PEEP - summary
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This PEEP belongs to: (include the staff/student ID number, contact details and the course being studied)
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Days and times in College
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I will be informed of an evacuation by:
Existing alarm
Visual alarm system
Buddy/support system
Other.............. -
The following methods of assistance will be used to help me exit the building in an emergency:
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The following persons have been designated to provide assistance to help me exit the building in an emergency:
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The following procedure will be followed: ( from the discovery of a fire - to the alarm activation - to leaving the work area - to arriving at the refuge point or assembly point)
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The following training/practice requirements have been identified:
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A copy of my PEEP has been provided to:
