Basic information

Other information

The site falls within the area of the following rescue service: Central Finland. The rescue department's estimated time of arrival at the site is approximately 20 minutes.

Number of people

Safety organisation for the property

Accidents

Risks

• falling down
• slipping
• tripping
• snow or ice falling down on people
• accidents happening in the children’s playground
• traffic accidents
• drowning

Consequences

• damage to property
• personal injuries

Actions and safety and security preparations

• The build-up of snow and ice on roofs must be monitored in the winter.
  • Hazard spots are to be reported immediately to the management.
  • In hazardous situations traffic or parking must be prevented in the area where ice or snow can fall down.
• Childrens' playgrounds are inspected and serviced regularly, and detected defects are intervened with immediately.
• The yard area is to be kept neat and in good condition.
  • Winter upkeep will be taken care of.
• Close call -situations are intervened with immediately. Close call -situations are investigated and necessary measures are taken to counteract the situation to prepare for and prevent similar situations.
• First-aid training has been arranged for the personnel.
• First-aid supplies have been acquired and they are replaced regularly.
• Everyone must familiarise themselves with the general first aid instructions.

Fire hazards

Risks

• Human behaviour
  • careless smoking
  • accidentally leaving electronic appliances on
  • grease or other fire in the kitchen
• Electrical devices
  • short circuits
  • broken electronic appliance
  • hob in communal areas
• Arson
  • unlocked waste shelter
• Safety procedures
• Others

Fire-hazardous locations are, for example club facilities, technical areas and other equivalent property areas.

Consequences

• damage to property
• smoke damage
• personal injuries

Actions and safety and security preparations

• Human behaviour
  • Independent fire inspections are performed yearly within the property
  • It is important to take care of exiting safety:
    • personnel keep the escape routes clear.
    • active intervention in defects.
  • The rescue plan is kept up to date and studied.
• Electrical devices
  • Electrical repairs and installations are contracted to TUKES-registered professionals. The contractor must have sufficient installation certificates and experience from similar work.
  • Electrical switchboards are marked and materials are not kept in front of them.
  • The hob is not to be used as a storage surface for different kinds of objects.
• Arson
  • An additional fire load is not accumulated.
• Safety procedures
• Others
  • Flammable substances are not to be stored in the attic of the property. Flammable substances must be stored in the spaces reserved for them.
  • Ventilation and sweeping
  • The time period between cleaning AC ducts is usually 10 years.

Water damage

Risks

• Environment
  • flood
  • heavy rain
• Structures
  • waterproofing failure of structures
  • an accident caused by structural and material errors
  • broken pipes
• Equipment
  • washing machines and refrigerators breaking down

Consequences

• damage to property

Actions and safety and security preparations

• Structures
  • HWA works, inspections, and installations are contracted only to professionals.
    • An HWA contractor must possess sufficient installation certificates and the contractor must have done similar work before.
  • An assessment of the state of the plumbing is carried out regularly.
  • Leaves and litter on the roof and in the gutters should be removed.
• Equipment
  • Supervised use of household appliances and emphasising the importance of their maintenance.
    • The filters and lint strainer in the dish washer and the laundry machine must be cleaned regularly.
    • The back of the fridge must be vacuumed once per year. At the same time, the condition of the fridge is also to be inspected visually, with regard to the compressor and drip tray.

Cases of illness

Risks

• heart failure
• diabetic shock
• stroke
• cerebral haemorrhage
• epilepsy
• fainting

Consequences

• personal injuries
• death

Actions and safety and security preparations

• Guaranteeing speedy access to help within the property.
• Everyone should familiarise themselves with the first aid guidelines attached to the rescue plan and giving first aid should be rehearsed.
• First-aid training has been arranged for the personnel.
• First-aid supplies have been acquired and they are replaced regularly.
• Ambulance guidance has been organised and this has been passed on to the personnel.
• The stopping of rescue vehicles outside the exterior doors is to be made possible.

Radiation or gas hazard

Risks

• radioactive substances or dangerous gases getting into the environment
• an accident while transporting a dangerous substance
• an accident in a nuclear plant

Consequences

• radiation sicknesses
• death

Actions and safety and security preparations

• Acquiring iodine pills as needed (2 tablets per person).
• The emergency stop for the ventilation has been labelled and passed on to the staff.
• There are instructions for different situations in the rescue plan.

Storm damage

Risks

• various natural phenomena

Consequences

• blackouts
• damage to property
• personal injuries

Actions and safety and security preparations

• The state of the building and exterior areas is to be taken care of.
• The curfew set by the authorities must be respected.
• When taking shelter indoors, you must stay away from windows and glass doors.
• Prepare yourself independently for long power blackouts by, for example:
  • a lamp and batteries

Criminal activity

Risks

Consequences

• damage to property

Actions and safety and security preparations

• Burglary
  • Marking and photographing of valuables.
• Vandalism
  • Supervising general cleanliness and order, and intervening actively in shortcomings.
  • Graffiti and other smudges and smears should be cleaned without delay.
• Personnel are responsible for reporting faults.

Safety equipment

Ventilation emergency stop

If the building is subjected to an external danger, such as fire gases from an adjacent building, the ventilation must be shut off. In such a case, the rescue authorities usually issue an emergency warning, providing additional instructions, such as to turn off ventilation systems.

Air ventilation can be stopped by anyone.

Ventilation emergency stop: Ilmastointikoneiden luona

First aid

According to the Occupational Safety and Health Act (738/2002) 46 §, the employer is obligated to ensure the availability of first aid to employees and other personnel at the work place, to provide directions for getting first aid, as well as reserve enough first aid supplies at the work place or in its close proximity.

• First aid training has been organised.
• The ambulance will be directed to: Seurakuntatalon eteen.
• Emergency contact person: Anne Lahtinen 040 8050062.

Fire safety

Emergency exit routes

The principle of exit safety is that all spaces of the building must haveat least two exit routes at all times which do not require keys or othertools to open the doors. Doors are not to be kept double-locked during working hours. Objects are not to be stored in front of the exits.

Ventilation device

Alerting help

In all urgent emergency situations, whether it be a police, fire department, paramedic, or a social worker case involving an urgent need for help CALL THE EMERGENCY NUMBER: 112

Call the emergency number yourself if you can

It is important to make the emergency call yourself, if the matter concerns you. The victim has more knowledge on the situation, based on which the dispatcher can send help accordingly. Using middle-men to make the call can delay getting the right kind of help on site.

Tell what happened

The emergency centre dispatcher will ask the caller about what happened so that they can send the appropriate assistance.

Give the exact address and municipality

The emergency centre might have several same addresses in different municipalities/cities in its service area. Therefore it is also important to know the name of the town/city/municipality where the accident has taken place.

Answer the questions that are asked of you

The questions asked by the dispatcher are important. They do not delay alarming for help. In urgent cases the dispatcher already alerts the authorities and other partners during the call, and gives them more information on what has happened.

Act according to the information given to you

The dispatcher is trained to give instructions in various types of situations. It is important to follow the given instructions. Correct initial actions often play an important role in the end result.

End the call only after you're given permission to do so.

Ending the call too soon may delay the help from arriving. After you are given the permission to end the call, end it. Keep the phone line open. The dispatcher or the help on its way may need additional information on what has happened.

In an emergency, the rescue department shall be guided as follows:

Seurakuntatalon eteen

Sudden illness or accident

Clarify and check

• What has happened?
• Check the person's condition (do they wake up, are they breathing?)

Give first aid if needed.

• Turn an unconscious but breathing patient into the recovery position on their side.
• If the person is not breathing, start with first aid.

Make an emergency call.

• Call the number 112.
• Tell where you are calling from. Keskustie 23, HALLI
• Tell what happened
• Act according to directions.
• Inform the emergency centre of any changes that take place in the condition of the patient.

Fire

Save and warn

• Rescue those in immediate danger and warn others.
• Direct people to the gathering area.

Extinguish and contain

• Try initial extinguishing and avoid smoke. Do not put yourself in danger.
• Contain the spreading of the fire and smoke by closing the windows and doors that lead into the fire area.

Alert

• Alert the fire department by calling 112 from a safe location.
• Say where you are calling from, where the fire is (address and floor) and if there are people in danger.
• Do not hang up the phone until you are given permission to do so.

Guide

• Direct the rescue personnel to the location.
• In an emergency, the rescue department shall be guided as follows: Seurakuntatalon eteen

In evacuation situations the gathering area is: Seurakuntatalon parkkipaikka

Back-up gathering area: Terveyskeskus

Fire action guide, when safe exits are blocked

Sometimes a fire in another location prevents safe exit from the building. In these cases it is smartest to stay in a smokeless space and keep all doors and other openings closed.

Stay in the fire compartment that you are in.

• It is safe to stay behind the fire door. Fire doors withstand fire for at least half an hour.
• Jumping from a height has fatal consequences, reamining in a smoke-free area does not.

Go to a window and attract attention. If you do not manage to do this, let people know your location by calling 112.

Follow directions from the authorities.

Action in the gathering area

When people have left the building and proceeded to the gathering area, the representative of the personnel begins to direct activities. Based on the situation at hand, it is necessary to consider whether it is safe to remain in the designated gathering area or if people should be directed elsewhere, for example into a pre-arranged interior area or to a property in the vicinity.

No-one may leave the gathering area without the permission of the person responsible for the gathering area. Activity in the gathering area is directed by the building's safety personnel. The safety personnel give information on the progress of the situation and notify when it is permitted to return into the property.

Factors to bear in mind in the gathering area:

• Taking care of anyone who may be injured; the safety personnel are to be informed
• looking after people with reduced mobility or otherwise poor physical condition
• if one is aware of someone having remained inside, this is to be reported

Back-up gathering area

If the gathering area is not safe, then people are to move on to a safe back-up gathering area defined separately by the protection managers. Authorities will also provide instructions about shelter locations for long-term shelter.

Assisting people with reduced mobility in emergency situations

In an emergency situation, the movement of people with reduced mobility out of the building may be difficult and slow. Try to help them as much as you are able to.

Things to consider when helping people with reduced mobility

• Help a person with reduced mobility to exit, within the limits of your own capabilities.
• Take care of the person you helped also after getting out.

Water damage

Action guide

• Disconnect power from where the leak is and from its proximity.
• Stop the water from flowing, from i.e. the water mains, if possible.
• Notify of the situation immediately:
  • to the maintenance personnel: Henry Väisänen, phone 040 8050060
  • to the housing manager: Taloustoimisto, tel. 040 8050000
• Contact the emergency number if needed 112.
• Main water shutoff: Rakennuksen takaosa, tekninen tila
• Heat distribution room: Ulkona keittiön oven vieressä
• Electricity switchboard: Viraston käytävällä

Should there be threat of water outside the building

• Inform property maintenance and, if needed, the emergency centre on 112.

Under threat of violence

In an unarmed threatening situation, act in the following way.

• Act calmly and try to calm the person with your behaviour.
• Make sure you do not turn your back or let yourself be cornered, so that you will always have an escape route when a threatening person comes close.
• Call for help depending on the circumstances.
• Escape and help others escape.

Take care of your own safety. Seek to direct the threatening person to a place where they cannot harm others. After the event, contact the police about the incident if required.

If the threatening person is armed, act in the following way.

• Do not resist.
• Do whatever the person threatening you tells you to do.
• As the situation permits, try to warn others.
• By closing doors, you can limit a person's movement within the property.
• After the situation, call 112 to get professional help on site as fast as possible. Listen to directions and act accordingly.

Every threat and sighting of a possibly threatening situation must be taken seriously and the police must be informed immediately. Through your own behaviour, you can affect the progress of the situation, and thus you should take all threatening situations seriously and try to calm down already begun situations.

Bomb threat

A bomb threat is often unfounded and made by a disturbed individual, but it should always be taken seriously, and each threat should be notified to the police. In this situation, it is important to keep calm.

When the threat is made by phone

• Remain calm. Prolong the call.
• Make notes. Write the threat down word-for-word.
• Ask questions.
  • Where is the bomb?
  • What does the bomb look like?
  • When will the bomb explode?
  • Why?
• Try to get your colleague's attention already during the phone call, so that he/she can inform the person responsible for safety during the call.
• Pay attention to the caller's speaking style and tone of voice.
  • Does he/she use noticeable dialect or other special characteristics?
  • Is he/she agitated?
  • Is he/she reading the message from a piece of paper?
• Listen to the background noises as well (e.g. traffic or discussions in the background).
• After the call, notify the safety and security personnel on your premises or property (cf. chapter of safety and security personnel).
• If this is not possible, call the police immediately at 112 and act according to their instructions.

A suspicious object or threatening letter

• Do not touch the object.
• If the item in question is a letter or other such object that you have handled, pay attention to the places you have touched and place the letter in a plastic pocket, for example.
• Notify immediately the personnel responsible for safety and security on your premises and the property (cf. chapter on safety and security personnel) as well as the police at emergency number 112.
• Isolate the area as well as possible. Keep in mind possible police investigations (fingerprints and footprints are first-class evidence).
• Do not panic. Act according to the instructions from the police and the safety personnel.

Public warning signal

The public warning signal is a one-minute-long ascending and descending tone or a warning announcement by the authorities. The length of the ascending tone is 7 seconds. The public warning signal means an immediate danger threatening the public.

The All Clear signal is a one-minute-long monotonous signal. It is an announcement of the threat or danger having passed.

Act in the following way after you've heard the public warning signal

• Proceed indoors. Close doors, windows, ventilation holes, and air conditioning devices.
• Turn on the radio and wait for instructions.
• Avoid using the phone to prevent telephone lines from getting jammed.
• Do not leave the area unless urged to do so by the authorities.

Blackouts

Action during a power cut

Electricity is down in the operating premises, but the lights of public areas are still working

• If possible, check the fuses in the operating premises' own electrical switchboard.
• If the problem was not solved, contact property maintenance (tel. 040 8050060).

Electricity is down in both the operating premises and the public areas

• Use a flashlight
• Direct others, if so needed.