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Emergency preparedness
Fire

Please pay particular attention to the advice outlined below regarding fire safety. 

The University has developed emergency plans to ensure that all buildings are evacuated in an orderly and controlled manner during an emergency situation thereby minimising potential injury to personnel, visitors, public, property or the environment.

Action on discovering a fire:

  • If you discover a fire, raise the alarm immediately.  The fire alarm can be activated by breaking a break glass unit (red square box with glass panel).
  • To break use your thumb to apply pressure on the black dot in the centre panel of the unit.

On hearing the fire alarm all building users must:

  • Ensure that you turn off any equipment that you are using e.g. office equipment, lights etc.
  • Evacuate the building by the nearest exit route.
  • Close all doors after you.
  • Assist in the evacuation of disabled personnel, if necessary.
  • Proceed to the assembly point.
  • Do not go upstairs for any reason.
  • Do not go to lockers/workstations etc to collect personal belongings.
  • Do not use the lift.
  • Do not re-enter the building until the “all-clear” has been given either by the evacuation control team or the fire brigade officer in charge.

If you need to contact the emergency services follow the advice below:

Dialling from SETU landline: Dial (9)-999 or (9)-112. (Please note you need to dial “9” first to get an outside line).

Dialling from non-SETU landline or from mobile phone: Dial 999 or 112

When connected:

1. Ask for the correct service i.e. Fire, Ambulance, Gardai and give the following information:

  • Your name
  • Telephone number
  • Campus location
  • Exact location on campus
  • Type of incident
  • Type of injury (if known)

2. Don’t hang up until the operator clears the line

3. After you contact the emergency services, please contact the porter on duty or the security office (087-9400888) and advise them of the situation.

Waterford Campuses

Cork Road Campus

  1. Engineering & science building - porters entrance on pathway
  2. Tourism & leisure building - on access road approaching building
  3. Tourism & leisure building - car park area
  4. Tourism & leisure building – on access road behind building
  5. Front car park - Cork Rd side
  6. Front car park - Cork Rd side
  7. Below library at entrance to disabled parking area
  8. Health sciences building - in carpark across from steps
  9. Health sciences building - on circular pathway at IT Building side.
  10. Main car park
  11. Main car park
  12. Main car park

College Street Campus

  1. Main Car Park
  2. Main Car Park
  3. Outside Chapel Area
  4. St Dominics Car Park                                          

Applied Technology Building

  1. Main car park
  2. Main car park
  3. Apprentice Building – across from compound entrance

West Campus

  1. Main car park
  2. Main car park
  3. Side car park
  4. Beechfield House car park
  5. Archive Centre car park
  6. Carriganore House – across from entrance

Granary Campus

  1. Outside General Office Supplies, Hanover St.

Carlow and Wexford Campuses:

Each area of the campuses have an assigned assembly point, students and staff should familiarise themselves with the location fire exits and assembly points. There are ‘You are here’ signs located on the back of room doors and in the stairwells which indicate the location of the fire exits and the directions to the nearest assembly point.

When the fire alarm is sounded, all staff and students must:

  • Stop all work and activities
  • Put chairs, stools away and remove other items to ensure passageways are clear
  • Switch off all moving machinery and equipment
  • Leave the area using the designated evacuation route
  • Walk and move quickly, do not run
  • Do not shout, keep quiet and pay attention to the fire marshals
  • Stay with a group, do not straggle
  • Avoid crowding, do not push
  • Do not return to the building to collect personal items etc
  • After leaving the building, move directly to the assembly area
  • Do not smoke at any time during the evacuation

You should only return to the building when instructed to do so by the Fire Marshals

Anyone caught maliciously breaking/ vandalising any of the fire break glass units, exiting through a designated fire doors or tampering with fire fighting equipment will be subject to disciplinary regulations.

The Health & Safety Office prepares Personal Emergency Egress Plans (PEEPs) to ensure the safe evacuation of disabled personnel in an emergency situation. 

 

Staff members should contact the Health & Safety Office(s) who will arrange for PEEP to be prepared.

 

Students should contact the Disability Office who will advise the Health & Safety Office and arrange for a PEEP to be prepared.