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Introduction

The drafting, upkeep and communication of the rescue plan are based on the requirement of the Rescue Act (379/2011). In this rescue plan, there is an account:

  1. for the conclusions of the assessment of hazards and risks;
  2. for the safety arrangements of the building and the premises used in the operations;
  3. regarding the instructions to be given to people for the prevention of accidents and acting in accident and danger situations;
  4. other possible actions for independent preparation at the location. (Rescue Act 379/2011, Section 15))

The rescue plan must be kept up to date and it must be communicated in the necessary way to the persons in the relevant building or other site. (Government Decree on Rescue Action 407/2011, Section 2.)

There are also other requirements for safety in the Rescue Act; the most important of these are:
The owner and holder of the building and the operator must, for their part take care that the building, structure and its surroundings are kept in such condition that:

  1. the risk of the starting, intentional starting and spreading of a fire is slight;
  2. the people in the building can vacate the building in the event of fire or other sudden danger situation or they can be rescued in another way;
  3. rescue operations are possible in the event of fire or another accident;
  4. the safety of rescue personnel has been taken into account. (Rescue Act 379/2011, Section 9))

The following equipment and devices must be kept in working order and serviced and inspected appropriately:

  1. extinguishing, rescue and prevention equipment;
  2. devices that facilitate extinguishing and rescue work;
  3. fire detection, alarm and other devices signalling the risk of an accident;
  4. the lighting and signs of the exit routes;
  5. the equipment and devices of the civil defence shelters (Rescue Act 379/2011, Section 12))

The owner and holder of the building and the operator must, for their part:

  1. the starting of fires is to be prevented, as well as the arising of other hazardous situations;
  2. the protection of persons, property and the surroundings in danger situations is to be prepared for;
  3. the extinguishing of fires, and other such rescue measures that they are able to do independently, are to be prepared for;
  4. start action for securing safe exit from fires and other danger situations, as well as action for making rescue operations easier. (Rescue Act 379/2011, Section 14))

Basic property information

Kyseessä on entinen hotellirakennus, jossa toimii nykyään R-Kioski myymälä, kuntosali, autokauppa, kauneushoitola, parturikampaamo, ravintola ja toimistotiloja. Rakennuksessa on kolme kerrosta ja siinä on käytössä automaattinen palovaroitinjärjestelmä, josta tosin ei ole enää hälytyksen siirtoa hätäkeskukseen. Rakennuksen poistumisreiteillä on käytössä valaistut poistumisreittiopasteet ja tiloista löytyy käsisammuttimet, vähintään 1 kpl / toimija. Lisäksi osassa tiloja on pikapalopostit.

Basic information

Property name Jämsän Kansallistalo Oy
Building name Kansallistalo
Building address Koskentie 6
42100 JÄMSÄ
Number of buildings 1
Number of operators 6
Year of construction 1984
Surface area 3,071 m²
Number of floors 4
Fire class P1
Building material Steel reinforced concrete
Use Premises

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 9 minutes.

Fire alarm manager S & L Turvapalvelut Oy
phone 050 5960060
Location of the fire alarm 1. kerros, Lindemanintien puoleisen sisäänkäynnin tuulikaapissa (Alpha Bar & Lounge pääsisäänkäynnin tuulikaapissa)
Maintenance Jouko Liivenkorkee
phone 040 0245324
Electricity supplier Vattenfall Verkko Oy
tel. 020 58611
service line 020 690911
http://www.vattenfall.fi
Water company Jämsän Vesi liikelaitos
tel. 020 6382000
service line 040 0243561
http://www.jamsa.fi/fi/liikelaitokset/jamsan-vesi-liikelaitos
Surveillance company's contact info S & L Turvapalvelut Oy
tel. 050 5960060
On-call tel. 050 5960060
Insurance company of the property Pohjola Vakuutus Oy
tel. 03 030303
https://www.op.fi
Gathering area Rakennuksen takana, O.K Auton edustalla olevan, parkkipaikan pääty
Back-up gathering area Viranomainen määrittää tarvittaessa
Number of civil defence shelters 1
Location of civil defence shelter VSS1 Kellarikerroksessa, kuntosalin perällä. Myös suoja kuntosali-käytössä
Heating type District heating
Main water shutoff Säterintien puoleisen A porraskäytän kellarikerroksessa, kuntosalin miesten pukuhuoneen WC:nseinäpaneelin takana
Heat distribution room Lindemanintien puoleisen C porraskäytävän kellarikerroksessa, eli kuntosalin tiloissa kellarikerroksen kulmauksessa
Electricity switchboard Säterintien puoleisen A porraskäytän kellarikerroksessa, käynti joko takapihan kautta tai kuntosalin tiloista
Ventilation device Alpha Bar & Loungen sisäänkäynti Lindermanintien puolella, ullakkokerroksessa IV-konehuoneet
Air ventilation emergency stop

IV-konehuoneesta

Päävesisulku
Päävesisulku
Sähköpääkeskus
Sähköpääkeskus
Vesisulkujen paikannuskaavio
Vesisulkujen paikannuskaavio

The premises of the property

Business premises
Location Name
1-2. kerrokset ja kellarikerros Karboni Oy
1. kerros Säterintien puoleinen pääty BuB Karhula
Koskentien puoleinen pääty, 1. kerros R-Kioski
Liikehuoneisto 2,3 ja 4 Jämsä Tehdas Hub etätyötilat
Lindemaninkadun puolella, 1. kerros Jämsä Tehdas Hub etätyötilat
Takapihalla, 1. ja kellarikerroksen autohalli O.K. Auto Oy
Takapihan puolella, Koskentien puoleinen pääty Jämsä Tehdas Hub etätyötilat
Takapihan puolella, Koskentien puoleinen pääty Parturi-Kampaamo Anne & Pirjo

Number of people

Jämsä Tehdas Hub etätyötilat
During the day In the evening At night
On weekdays 20 10 2
On weekends 5 2 1
O.K. Auto Oy
During the day In the evening At night
On weekdays 3–4 0 0
On weekends 1–3 0 0
Henkilökunnan määrä
Parturi-Kampaamo Anne & Pirjo
During the day In the evening At night
On weekdays 2 0 0
On weekends 2 0 0
Henkilökunnan määrä
R-Kioski
During the day In the evening At night
On weekdays 1–2 0 0
On weekends 1–2 0 0
Henkilökunnan määrä
Total
During the day In the evening At night
On weekdays 26–28 10 2
On weekends 9–12 2 1

Organisation

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Safety personnel for the property

Manager of civil defence shelter VSS1 Matti Järvelä
Deputy manager of civil defence shelter VSS1 Pentti Moilanen
Person responsible for civil defence shelter VSS1 Matti Järvelä
phone 050 0644301
matti.jarvela@siriuspro.fi

Operators' safety personnel

Company Person Contact information
BuB Karhula Mika Saarinen
Contact
Hupikeskus Karhula
tel. 040 8243745

Jämsä Tehdas Hub etätyötilat Petteri Koskinen
Head of the establishment
Region: Jämsä Tehdas Hub
Jämsän Kaupunki
tel. 040 1842276

Jämsä Tehdas Hub etätyötilat Petteri Koskinen
Contact
Jämsän Kaupunki
tel. 040 1842276

Jämsä Tehdas Hub etätyötilat Petteri Koskinen
Contact
Jämsän Kaupunki
tel. 040 1842276

Karboni Oy Toimipiste
Contact
tel. 045 6707319
O.K. Auto Oy Juha Salonen
Contact
O.K.Auto Oy
tel. 050 5527850

Parturi-Kampaamo Anne & Pirjo Toimipiste
Contact
tel. 040 5937123

R-Kioski Kirsi Sinijärvi
Contact
0405028870 Kirsin oma numero
tel. 050 4134831

Important numbers of the property

Task Name Telephone number Service phone number
Janitor Jouko Liivenkorkee 040 0245324
Lift maintenance
Surveillance company's contact info S & L Turvapalvelut Oy 050 5960060 050 5960060
Maintenance
Name Telephone number Duty hours
Exit guide, security or signal light: Service person 050 5960060
Fire alarm: Attendant S & L Turvapalvelut Oy 050 5960060
Fire extinguisher: Service person Susanna Kivelä 040 05470978
Fire hydrant: Service person Matti Järvelä 050 0644301
Maintenance duty Matti Järvelä 050 0644301 Continuous duty
Ventilation device: Service person 050 5960060

Other important numbers

Operator Telephone number Duty hours
Public emergency numbers 112 24 h
Poison information centre 0800 147 111 24 h

Risks

From the point of view of safety and security, a risk is the combination of the probability of an accident happening and the possible consequences. Recognising risks in any property is an important part of safety and security. In the following pages, risks related to individuals, property, and environment are recognised. For all recognised risks, there are suggestions on how to act accordingly to eliminate, diminish, and manage risks. Only a recognised risk can be controlled.

Risk classifications concerning the property and people:

  • Accidents
  • Fire hazards
  • Water damage
  • Cases of illness
  • Radiation or gas hazard
  • Storm damage
  • Break-ins, vandalism, etc.

Accidents

Risks

  • falling down
  • slipping
  • tripping
  • snow or ice falling down on people
  • traffic accidents
  • high drop
  • electric shock
  • cut wound
  • injury caused by work equipment

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.
  • 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.
  • The persons in the companies responsible for safety have been nominated.
  • The persons responsible for safety take care of safety matters relating to their work location.
  • Everyone must familiarise themselves with the general first aid instructions.

Fire hazards

Risks

  • Human behaviour
    • careless smoking
    • storing items in passageways
    • storing items in staircases
    • fire doors open
    • accidentally leaving electronic appliances on
  • Electrical devices
    • short circuits
    • broken electronic appliance
  • Arson
    • fire load on the side of the building
  • Safety procedures
    • fire alarm device fault
    • inspection of extinguishers not done
    • fire hydrant servicing not done
    • lack of indicator light centre maintenance
  • Others
    • Invalid storage of flammable substances and chemicals

Fire-hazardous locations are, for example 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 persons in the companies responsible for safety have been nominated.
    • 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.
  • Arson
    • An additional fire load is not accumulated.
  • Safety procedures
    • The location has an automatic fire alarm system.
    • The testing and maintenance of fire alarm equipment are carried out in accordance with the maintenance programme.
    • The property has initial extinguishing devices.
    • Initial extinguishing equipment is inspected in accordance with directives.
    • Escape routes are marked with signs.
    • The persons responsible for hot work have been specified.
  • Others
    • Flammable substances are not to be stored in the basement or attic. 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

  • The route to the main water stopcock is marked with signs.
  • 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.
  • 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 property has a civil defence shelter that can be used for shelter in the event of a radiation hazard.
  • The operating condition of the civil defence shelter is maintained.
  • Civil defence shelter operators have been nominated and trained for their task.
  • 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

  • Burglary
    • it is possible to access the building's premises unsupervised
  • Violence
  • Vandalism

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 procedures

Extinguishing equipment

Location Extinguishing equipment
Kaikkien toimijoiden tiloissa vähintään 1kpl, isoimmilla toimijoilla useita Fire extinguisher
Toimitiloissa Fire hydrant
Hand-held fire extinguishers should be inspected:
  • at least yearly when the extinguisher is subjected to factors affecting its operational ability, such as moisture, vibration or fluctuations in temperature (outdoor areas)
  • at least once every two years (indoor areas)
Fire hydrants should be inspected:
  • The functionality of the rapid fire hydrants should be checked every year. A pressure test for the rapid fire hydrant hoses should be performed at five-year intervals.

Safety equipment

Exit guide, security or signal light

Emergency exit signs show how to to exit the building. Any faulty or incomplete signs must be reported to property maintenance services.

Exit guide, security or signal light
Location Rakennuksen poistumisreiteillä käytössä valaistut poistumisreittiopasteet
Description Akkuvarmenteiset poistumisopasteet
Location of centre Kellarikerros, sähköpääkeskuksessa
Coverage Poistumisreitit ja uloskäynnit
Service person phone 050 5960060
Turvavalokeskus
Turvavalokeskus

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: IV-konehuoneesta

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.

  • The ambulance will be directed to: Ambulanssi ohjataan lähimmän sisäänkäynnin kautta tapahtumapaikalle..

Fire safety

Fire alarm

The purpose of the automatic fire alarm system is to warn people in the property about an imminent fire. The system detects fires quickly as sensors react to the fire and the alarm bells start ringing. The system will alert the emergency response centre automatically.

Fire alarm
Location Rakennuksessa käytössä hätäkeskukseen kytkemätön palovaroitinjärjestelmä
Description

Palovaroitinjärjestelmästä ei enää lähde hälytyksiä aluekeskukseen, vaan hälytykset ohjautuvat S&L-turvapalveluille. S&L tai huolto tarkistavat hälytykset ja ilmoittavat asiasta tarvittaessa eteenpäin pelastuslaitokselle.

Tämä tarkoittaa myös sitä, että paloilmoitinpainiketta painettaessa käyttäjän tulee aina soittaa erikseen myös hätänumeroon 112.

Location of centre 1. kerros, Lindemanintien puoleisen sisäänkäynnin tuulikaapissa (Alpha Bar & Lounge pääsisäänkäynnin tuulikaapissa)
Coverage Kaikki rakennukset tilat
Type of centre ASI-manager EBL 512
Attendant S & L Turvapalvelut Oy
phone 050 5960060
Paloilmoitinkeskus
Paloilmoitinkeskus

Securing the functionality of the notification transfer connection

  • Periodic maintenance and malfunction repairs
  • Monthly testing of the notification transfer connection
  • Periodic inspections

Actions in the event of malfunction of the notification transfer connection

In the event that a malfunction is detected in the notification transfer connection, an enhanced surveillance is performed on the premises with the help of personnel.

  • Connection to the emergency centre
  • An on-call person to supervise the fire alarm centre
  • An on-call person makes the emergency notification if needed and guides the rescue department to the site of fire

Fire compartmentalisation

The purpose of fire compartmentalisation is to limit the spread of smoke and fire and to secure safe exiting. For this reason, it is very important that the fire doors are kept closed. Fire doors must not be wedged open.

The floors, basement floors and attic of the building are generally divided into separate fire compartments.

Spaces which differ from each other fundamentally in terms of usage or fire load are divided up into separate fire compartments, if it is necessary for the protection of property or personnel. (usage way compartmentalisation)

Fire compartmentalisations in the builidings:
Building Type Description
Kansallistalo Floor compartmentalisation, Usage method compartmentalisation Tekniset tilat, porraskäytävät ja hissikuilu omina palo-osastoinaan. Hotellin vanhat tilat on kerros-osastoitu ja huoneistoissa on EI30-luokituksen osastointi. Pääasiallisesti rakennuksen muu osastointi on EI60-luokituksen mukaan. Muiden toimijoiden tilat ovat pääasiallisesti omina palo-osastoinaan.

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.

There are the following types of evacuation procedure in the property:

Building Evacuation procedures
Kansallistalo

Poistuminen tapahtuu lähintä turvallista poistumisreittiä pitkin kokoontumispaikaille. Pääasiallisesti kaikista tiloista päästään poistumaan kahta erillistä poistumisreittiä pitkin ulos. Kaikkia porraskäytäviä pitkin on mahdollista poistua ulos, lisäksi kellarista pääsee poistumaan kahta porraskäytävää pitkin ja kellarin takaovesta.

Kaikki toimijat ovat itse vastuussa omien tilojensa tyhjentämisestä sekä asiakkaista että henkilökunnasta.

Gathering area: Rakennuksen takana, O.K Auton edustalla olevan, parkkipaikan pääty

Hot work

Hot work is defined as work in which sparks arise or in which naked flames or other heat sources are used and may cause a fire hazard. Such work includes e.g. oxyacetylene and arc welding, flame and arc cutting, disc cutting and metal grinding, which create sparks, as well as work involving the use of gas burners, other open fire or combustion air blowers. Alternative methods must always be considered for hot work due to the fire hazard it presents.

Carrying out hot work always requires a hot work licence. The person carrying out the hot work must have a valid hot work card.

Hot work licences can be granted by the following people responsible for hot work:

Matti Järvelä
Jämsän Kansallistalo Oy
phone 050 0644301
matti.jarvela@siriuspro.fi

The fire alarm system tender must take care of any deactivations needed so that the hot work or other refurbishment work does not cause an unnecessary fire alarm.

Any possible fire alarm system deactivations are to be fixed.

Action guidelines

The following pages contain a guide on accident prevention and on how to act in accident and danger situations. Read the action guide carefully!

The correct actions, solutions, and choices prevent and limit accidents. This way accidents can be minimised or they can be prevented altogether.

Safety and security are our shared concern!

Safety organisation

Safety personnel for the property

Manager of civil defence shelter VSS1 Matti Järvelä
Deputy manager of civil defence shelter VSS1 Pentti Moilanen
Person responsible for civil defence shelter VSS1 Matti Järvelä
phone 050 0644301
matti.jarvela@siriuspro.fi

Operators' safety personnel

Company Person Contact information
BuB Karhula Mika Saarinen
Contact
Hupikeskus Karhula
tel. 040 8243745

Jämsä Tehdas Hub etätyötilat Petteri Koskinen
Head of the establishment
Region: Jämsä Tehdas Hub
Jämsän Kaupunki
tel. 040 1842276

Jämsä Tehdas Hub etätyötilat Petteri Koskinen
Contact
Jämsän Kaupunki
tel. 040 1842276

Jämsä Tehdas Hub etätyötilat Petteri Koskinen
Contact
Jämsän Kaupunki
tel. 040 1842276

Karboni Oy Toimipiste
Contact
tel. 045 6707319
O.K. Auto Oy Juha Salonen
Contact
O.K.Auto Oy
tel. 050 5527850

Parturi-Kampaamo Anne & Pirjo Toimipiste
Contact
tel. 040 5937123

R-Kioski Kirsi Sinijärvi
Contact
0405028870 Kirsin oma numero
tel. 050 4134831

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:

Pelastuslaitos ohjataan lähimmän sisäänkäynnin kautta tapahtumapaikalle. Paloilmoitinkaappi sijaitsee B portaan sisäänkäynnillä, josta voidaan tarvittaessa paikantaa palohälytyksen sijainti.

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. Koskentie 6, JÄMSÄ
  • 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
  • Use the fire alarm button to alert the fire department and to warn others with fire bells.
  • After getting to a safe location, call the number 112 (also after using the fire alarm button).
  • 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: Pelastuslaitos ohjataan lähimmän sisäänkäynnin kautta tapahtumapaikalle. Paloilmoitinkaappi sijaitsee B portaan sisäänkäynnillä, josta voidaan tarvittaessa paikantaa palohälytyksen sijainti.
Using the lift in the event of a fire is strictly forbidden!

In evacuation situations the gathering area is: Rakennuksen takana, O.K Auton edustalla olevan, parkkipaikan pääty

Back-up gathering area: Viranomainen määrittää tarvittaessa

Capture in a shoplifting/theft situation.

When you detect a theft, get further help immediately if possible, and notify the security (tel. 050 5960060).

  • Do not speak to the person inside the shop, but follow them with your eyes.
    • Shoplifting/theft has not happened before the suspect has passed the checkout counters without paying for the product.
  • Address the person after they have passed the checkout counters, but do not accuse them of anything and remain calm.
    • Provocation may lead to conflict. Do not make threats, false promises or call the person a "thief", for example. Remember to keep a safe distance.
  • Do not let the person leave or throw the item away, but ask them to step aside to clarify the matter.
    • Observe especially the place (pocket, bag, etc.) where the person has put the stolen item. When you take the person aside, it is easier to observe him/her and other business can continue with no disturbances. Remember your own safety!
  • In the event that a security person cannot attend to the matter, report the matter immediately to the police by calling 112.
    • According to legislation, those who have been caught in the act of shoplifting must be immediately turned over to the police.
  • Each shoplifting (shoplifting, theft) must be reported to security (tel.050 5960060).

The person shall receive a fine for shoplifting/theft (penalty) or the matter shall be processed in court (theft). In the event that the stolen item is not retrieved in original condition, or other property has been damaged, a demand for compensation can be made (the police will inquire these issues from you). When recording these demands, the police will also want to know where the person took the item, where he/she put it (whether he/she detached possible alarm devices etc.) and where the person was caught. The witnesses and possible camera recordings should also be mentioned when turning over the suspect.

Robbery

The situation is a robbery if the person uses violence or threatens with violence in order to take your possessions. The robbery may also be armed (knife, gun, etc.)

During robbery

  • Remain calm, obey the robber
    • Panicking or resistance may escalate into violence. Also remember the safety of others present.
  • Act with delay. Provide the robber with products or money in order of value — from the smallest to the biggest. Also include recognisable products or marked banknotes.
    • Delaying gives time for help to arrive and for catching the robber on location. In the event that the robber is interrupted, the loot shall remain small. Recognisability will help track the robber in the event that he/she is not immediately caught.
  • Remember the robber's characteristics, style of speech and direction of escape.
    • When you act calmly, these issues are easier to remember after the situation. Eye-witnesses shall also be interviewed for their observations.

After the robbery

  • In the event that you have not yet called for help, notify security immediately (tel. 050 5960060).
  • Close the shop, do not let new people enter, ask witnesses to remain on location if possible.
    • In the event that eye-witnesses wish to leave, ask for their contact information. You can give eye-witnesses pen and paper and ask them to write down the robber's characteristics. This will stop them from talking with each other and calms them down.
  • Estimate the value of the loot. Tell the police all the information you have when they arrive and act according to their instructions.
    • Remember that without permission by the police, you are not allowed to give statements to the press etc. Your supervisor will make the decision to inform other parties.

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

Gathering area: Rakennuksen takana, O.K Auton edustalla olevan, parkkipaikan pääty
Kokoontumispaikka
Kokoontumispaikka

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

Back-up gathering area: Viranomainen määrittää tarvittaessa

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: Jouko Liivenkorkee, phone 040 0245324
  • Contact the emergency number if needed 112.
  • Main water shutoff: Säterintien puoleisen A porraskäytän kellarikerroksessa, kuntosalin miesten pukuhuoneen WC:nseinäpaneelin takana
  • Heat distribution room: Lindemanintien puoleisen C porraskäytävän kellarikerroksessa, eli kuntosalin tiloissa kellarikerroksen kulmauksessa
  • Electricity switchboard: Säterintien puoleisen A porraskäytän kellarikerroksessa, käynti joko takapihan kautta tai kuntosalin tiloista
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.

Gas hazard

Public warning signal in danger situations concerning gas
Do the following
  • If you are indoors and can smell gas:
    • stay inside, get to the top floors and listen for further information on the radio
    • place a wet cloth over your mouth and breathe through it
  • If you are outside when you smell gas but are not able to get indoors:
    • hurry into side wind from underneath the gas cloud
    • try to get as high as possible, for example to the top of a hill
Additional information on taking cover from gas
  • Switch off air conditioning devices and close doors and windows tightly.
  • You can also close or tape inside doors and stay in upwind areas.
  • If you smell gas you can breathe through a moist and spongy cloth.
  • The authorities will announce on radio or with vehicles with loudspeakers when the gas cloud has dispersed. Ventilate indoors well after the event.
  • Stay on the upper floors until the danger is over.
  • Do not go into the basement.

Radiation hazard

A public warning signal is given upon the threat of radiation.

Go inside.

  • Close doors, windows, ventilation holes, and air conditioning devices.
  • The centre and basement of the building are the best places to take shelter. Take iodine tablets only when advised to do so by the authorities (there should be two iodine tablets per person).

Avoid moving outside

Additional instructions
You will get additional information from your city's rescue authorities, from broadcast media, and from Yle's (the Finnish Broadcasting Company's) Teletext page 867. You can also find information from the Finnish Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority's website www.stuk.fi and the website of the rescue authorities www.pelastustoimi.fi.

Blackouts

In the event of a power cut, the safety lights will remain on.

Using lifts during a power cut is not possible.

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 0245324).

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

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

In the event of a power cut, lifts will stop working. Should you be stuck on a lift due to a power cut or other failure, act as follows:

Contact the lift maintenance emergency line:

  • by mobile phone -

When necessary, you can call the general emergency number 112.

Civil defence

The purpose of the civil defence shelter is to protect people from collapses, explosion pressure waves and fragments, gases, radiation and fire. This property has a civil defence shelter. It is recommended that a civil defence shelter have an elected manager and deputy. It is good for the property's shelter's manager to learn how to use the equipment and how to prepare the shelter for use.

This property has a civil defence shelter:

Location Protection grade Surface area Defence shelter places Location of equipment
Kellarikerroksessa, kuntosalin perällä. Myös suoja kuntosali-käytössä S1 71.3 m² 95 Väestönsuojan konehäkki

The civil defence shelter is in class S1. The civil defence shelter in protection class S1 is a newer shelter, built after 1971. It is possible to stay in this shelter model for long time periods. The shelter has a manually operated or mechanical air intake machinery, equipped with a pre-filter and an activated carbon particle filter.

The authorities provide instructions by radio if it is necessary to move to civil defence shelters and information on which of the public shelters people are to move to. Moving into the civil defence shelters therefore always happens as a result of direction by the authorities. Accidents occurring in normal times do not generally ever require taking cover in civil defence shelters, with taking cover indoors being sufficient. There are 110,000 spaces altogether in the civil defence shelters of Finland.

Storing movables

Storage of different kinds of objects may lead to a hazard of fire starting or spreading, the prevention of safe exit in an emergency situation and increased difficulty in extinguishing the fire.

The building's exit hallways and staircase areas must be kept walkable and clear of any obstacles.

Exit corridors, staircases, inside hallways, basement and storage area passages
  • It is not permitted to store any items.
Basement spaces
  • Do not store easily flammable material.
  • Storage of flammable liquids (e.g. liquefied gas and petrol) prohibited.
Under or near buildings
  • It is not permitted to store flammable material or other goods by the walls of the building, e.g. garbage containers, piles of cardboard, or transportation trays
Attention!
  • The rescue authorities can permit single case exceptions, for example for storing a larger amount or allowing storage in a different place or limit storing, if safety requires that

Attachments

This rescue plan has the following attachments:

Additionally, the Pelsu Rescue Plan service has the following attachments available:

Business space owner's responsibilities

The owner or business practitioner of the space must to the extent of his/her abilities supervise that rules and regulations for fire and accident prevention, and individuals' safety in the work place, are followed. It is recommended to appoint a person in charge of safety and security, who will take care of safety and security matters and work in cooperation with the property's appointed people in charge.

The owner and business practitioner of the space must both ensure that the building, structures and their environs are maintained in such a condition that

  • the risk of fire, intentional lighting of a fire, and the threat of spreading is minimal
  • people in the building can, in the case of fire, or some other kind of sudden danger situation, exit the building or they can be rescued in other ways
  • rescue action is possible in the event of fire or another kind of accident.

Easily flammable material or other items are not permitted to be stored in the attic, the basement, hallways or exit ways, under the building, or in its immediate proximity.

The following equipment and devices must be kept in working order and serviced and inspected appropriately:

  • extinguishing equipment
  • fire detection, alarm, and other detecting and alarming devices signalling danger
  • guides and lighting for exit ways.

The owner and user of the space are for their part responsible for the condition of the equipment and will notify of defects to the persons in charge.

The owner and business practitioner of the space must, for their part

  • prevent fires from starting and other danger situations from arising
  • prepare for the protection of people, property, and environment in danger situations
  • preparing for extinguishing fires as well as for other rescue operations, within their individual capabilities
  • start action for securing safe exit from fires and other danger situations, as well as action for making rescue operations easier.

How to use a small fire extinguisher

Extinguishers

  • Turn the extinguisher upside down and shake the extinguisher to ensure the powder's running.
  • Remove the safety pin.
  • Approach the fire from the direction of the wind.
  • If you are indoors, approach low on the floor, as this will improve the visibility.
  • Take a hold of the extinguisher's hose from the end and direct the extinguishing substance at the base of the flames, don't cut through them.
  • Start extinguishing from the front and continue towards the back, or from bottom to top.
  • Extinguishing can be improved with a back and forth motion.
  • The whole area that is burning must be covered in the extinguisher cloud.
  • After the flames are extinguished the extinguishing can be stopped.
  • Observer the burnt object and make sure that the fire is out.
  • If the target catches fire again, repeat the extinguishing.

Fire hydrant

  • Open the fire hydrant cabinet. If necessary, break the plastic covering of the lockguard by, for example, hitting it with your elbow.
  • Open the stopcock and pull out as much hose as you need.
  • Turn on the nozzle at the end of the hose and begin extinguishing from a safe distance.
  • Direct the water jet at the base of the flames and continue until the fire has been extinguished.
  • Make sure the fire has been put out. Suffocate or wet all possibly still- smouldering spots.

Do not put yourself in danger. Avoid breathing smoke. If the extinguishing is not succeeding, move to safety. Close the door to the space to limit the fire.

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