Contents
- Introduction
- Basic property information
- Division of responsibility
- Important phone numbers
- Hazardous situations and their effects
- Safety procedures
- Action guidelines
- Alerting help
- Sudden illness or accident
- Fire
- Fire action guide, when safe exits are blocked
- Action in the gathering area
- Assisting people with reduced mobility in emergency situations
- Water damage
- Under threat of violence
- Public warning signal
- Gas hazard
- Radiation hazard
- Blackouts
- Resident's safety and security guide
- Civil defence
- Storing in the property
- Attachments
- How to use a small fire extinguisher
- Home storage supplies
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:
- for the conclusions of the assessment of hazards and risks;
- for the safety arrangements of the building and the premises used in the operations;
- regarding the instructions to be given to people for the prevention of accidents and acting in accident and danger situations;
- 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:
- the risk of the starting, intentional starting and spreading of a fire is slight;
- 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;
- rescue operations are possible in the event of fire or another accident;
- 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:
- extinguishing, rescue and prevention equipment;
- devices that facilitate extinguishing and rescue work;
- fire detection, alarm and other devices signalling the risk of an accident;
- the lighting and signs of the exit routes;
- 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:
- the starting of fires is to be prevented, as well as the arising of other hazardous situations;
- the protection of persons, property and the surroundings in danger situations is to be prepared for;
- the extinguishing of fires, and other such rescue measures that they are able to do independently, are to be prepared for;
- 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
The housing complex has been implemented in co-operation with Varttuneiden asumisoikeusyhdistys Jaso.
Staircase B of the building has apartments for residents over the age of 55. The premises also have an activity director for coordinating activities.
Kangas premises
1st floor has recreational facilities, a gym, a laundry, a drying room, a plant room, a civil defence shelter and a storage space.
Floors 2-7 have apartments
8th floor has apartments and plant room IV
9th floor has apartments, sauna facilities and three storage spaces for movables and an unheated attic space
Basic information
Property name | Kangas |
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Building address |
Ailakinkatu 10A 40100 JYVÄSKYLÄ |
Number of apartments | 105 |
Building type | Apartment building |
Number of floors | 9 |
Year of construction of the property | 2021 |
Housing management office |
KOAS - Keski-Suomen opiskelija-asuntosäätiö
tel. 0291804444 http://www.koas.fi/ |
Organisation
Customer service |
phone 0291804444 asiakaspalvelu@koas.fi |
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Other information
The site falls within the area of the following rescue service: Central Finland.
Heating type | District heating |
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Main water shutoff | Heat exchange plant room: 1st floor. Access to the room from outside, on the left side of the staircase, room 113. (The gable end facing Rusokinkatu). Apartment-specific water seals are located on the side of the corridor in the ceiling in front of the doors to the apartments. |
Heat distribution room | 1st floor. Access to the premises on the left side of the stairwell door, room 113, (gable end facing Rusokinkatu). |
Electricity switchboard | On the 1st floor. Access from the corridor leading to the outdoor recreation store, room 112. |
Ventilation device |
Plant room on 8th floor, room 803.
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Air ventilation emergency stop |
On the 1st floor, in connection with the entrance at the gable end facing Rusokinkatu. |
Location of the fire alarm | On the 1st floor, in connection with the entrance at the gable end facing Rusokinkatu. |
Maintenance | TL-Maint Oy phone 0207622480 service 0207622480 |
Gathering area | On Annankatu, in front of day-care centre Touhula. |
Back-up gathering area | Will be indicated when required |
Key storage lock box | In connection with the entrance at the gable end facing Rusokinkatu, as well as on the wall facing Ailakinkatu, next to the door to the sprinkler centre. |
Number of civil defence shelters | 1 |
Location of civil defence shelter VSS1 | 1st floor, (outdoor recreation store) |
Division of responsibility
Party | Area of responsibility | |
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Property management | Responsible for the management of the entire property, managing maintenance contracts and equivalent matters, addressing reported security or other breaches or assigning them to other parties. The manager is the contact person for regulatory control and other such matters and participates in e.g. fire inspection rounds | |
Property maintenance | Responsible for the technical systems and security devices on the property, management of the yard area, necessary snow clearing etc. The maintenance person observes any issues while moving around the property and manages them on their own or reports the issue to the manager. | |
Resident | The resident is responsible for their own living area and storage booth as well as their movables and operations in the company. The property systems or fixed structures on the residents' premises are managed by the maintenance company. | |
Normal information flow in terms of deficiencies: Resident--- Maintenance company --- Management |
The residents can report the safety observations or other deficiencies to the maintenance or the property management by phone or by e-mail, the necessary contact information can be found e.g. in the "Organisation" chapter of this plan.
Important phone numbers
Important numbers of the property
Task | Name | Telephone number | Service phone number |
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Maintenance company | TL-Maint Oy | 0207622480 | 0207622480 |
Lift maintenance | KONE Hissit Oy | 080015063 |
Other important numbers
Operator | Telephone number | Duty hours |
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Public emergency numbers | 112 | 24 h |
Poison information centre | 0800 147 111 | 24 h |
Hazardous situations and their effects
Danger refers to a factor or circumstance that may cause harm or an adverse event.
Risk refers to the combined effect of the probability and severity of damage associated with a threat.
Risk and probability | Reasons for a risk to materialise | Consequence |
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Arson (unlikely) | Bin store, vehicles, goods stored next to a wall of the building, extra goods in the stairway | Property damage, risk of personal injury |
Fire (possible) | Open fire, candles, smoking, electrical equipment, switchboards and electrical installations, vehicles, hot work, cooking | Physical injury, property damage |
Malicious damage, vandalism (unlikely) | Inadequate lighting, front door or door to the common premises left open | Property damage |
Theft (unlikely) | Front door or a door to the common premises left open, door opened to an unknown person | Property damage, risk of physical injury |
Accident (possible) | Slippery conditions in winter, snow or ice falling from roofs, falling in the stairwell/common premises/in one’s own apartment | Physical injury |
Water damage (possible) | Deficiencies in maintenance/supervision, freezing, blockages, equipment failure, storm | Property damage |
Gaz hazard (unlikely) | Transport of hazardous substances in the vicinity, fire in the vicinity | Finding refuge indoors |
Power outage (possible) | Lightning, storm, equipment failures | Equipment failures |
Traffic accident (possible) | Traffic in the vicinity, traffic in the yard | Physical injury |
Accident involving the transport of hazardous substances on a motorway (unlikely) | Traffic, transport of hazardous substances | Finding refuge indoors |
Radiation hazard (unlikely) | Radiation accident | Finding refuge indoors |
Safety procedures
Extinguishing equipment
Location | Extinguishing equipment | Description |
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In the kitchen of the common premises | Fire blanket | |
In the common premises and along the corridor of the dwelling units. | Fire extinguisher | 6 kg dry powder extinguishers, suitable for extinguishing wood, textiles, plastic, petrol/oil and energized electrical appliances up to 1,000 V from a distance of approx. 1 m. |
- 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)
Safety equipment
Sprinkler equipment
The sprinkler system is an automatic fire extinguishing system which starts extinguishing a fire by spraying water at the location of the fire and, at the same time, passes on a fire alert to the emergency centre. The functioning of the equipment is based on the principle that when the temperature exceeds a certain level, the capsule of the sprinkler breaks and water is released to flow through the sprinkler.
The sprinkler equipment is maintained according to the maintenance plan. The equipment is tested monthly and inspected every other year.
Description | Automatic sprinkler system. As the sprinkler system goes off, the fire alarm will also ring in the KOAS corridors, but the base sound alarms in the apartments will not ring as the sprinkler goes off. |
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Location of centre | Access from Ailakinkatu, from the side of section B. |
Coverage | Part B entirely and in the common facilities in KOAS and Jaso (1st floor corridor, lounge, gym, laundry room, drying room, and storage space in the attic) |
Smoke extraction
The purpose of smoke ventilation is to remove fire gases, smoke and heat from the premises. The smoke ventilation equipment must be maintained and tested regularly according to the user maintenance instructions. The smoke ventilation equipment may only be used by the rescue services.
Location of smoke extraction hatches | Staircase A |
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Description | The electrical smoke venting system is controlled with the help of the smoke venting centre in the sprinkler centre. Smoke venting of staircase A takes place through natural ventilation via a rooflight with supply air coming in via the front door. Smoke ventilation of floors 2-8 and floors U takes place with the help of smoke extract fans. Smoke ventilation starts belatedly after floor-specific supply air and smoke control dampers open up. Smoke ventilation of the civil defence shelter takes place via the escape route hatch. Smoke ventilation is presented in more detail in the smoke ventilation diagram. |
Location of centre | Sprinkler centre: access from Ailakinkatu, the section facing staircase B, room 139. |
Smoke removal activation | From the smoke extraction center |
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.
Location | Staircase A |
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Description | Exit lighting system equipped with self-testing lighting unit batteries. |
Location of centre | Electricity switchboard |
Coverage | The exit routes are marked with illuminated exit route signs |
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: On the 1st floor, in connection with the entrance at the gable end facing Rusokinkatu.
Fire safety
Fire alarm
The purpose of an automatic fire alarm system is to notify the residents of an impending fire. The system will notice a fire quickly, as the sensors react to fire and the fire alarms go off.
Location | An alarm will not be automatically sent to the emergency centre, so call 112 about the fire. |
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Description | Fire detectors are multi-criteria detectors with both an optical smoke detector and a heat detector. |
Location of centre | On the 1st floor, in connection with the entrance at the gable end facing Rusokinkatu. |
Coverage | Dwelling units, dwelling unit corridors and the stair enclosure |
Type of centre | Schneider Sense FPD |
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.
Fire door closing system
A fire compartmenting system ensures that fire doors are closed and locked if a fire is imminent. Doors are closed automatically if the system detects signs of a fire. Nothing should be left in doorways to stop the doors from closing. The equipment must be maintained and tested at regular intervals according to the user and maintenance manuals.
Location | In the staircases and in the corridor between sections A and B. |
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Description | EI2 30 fire doors. In case the fire alarm goes off, the magnet that keeps the fire door open will be released, closing the door and preventing fire and smoke from spreading. |
Rescue route
The rescue way is a drive way, which the rescue department's vehicles can use in emergency situations to reach to within close proximity of the building.
- It is not permitted to park cars, pile up snow, set up lampposts, plant vegetation, or do, leave, or set up anything else that might block traffic on the rescue way.
- Escape routes must be indicated with a text sign in accordance with Ministry of the Interior decree no. 468 of 2003.
- A rescue way sign is not used if the rescue way is not marked in the building's construction permits.
- Please contact rescue authorities for advice on any escape route questions.
Location | On Ailakinkatu and Rusokinkatu |
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Description | On the side of the building facing Ailakinkatu and Rusokinkatu, rescue of people using an elevating-platform truck is possible. The dwelling units of the wing facing Ailakinkatu have balconies, with the units of the wing facing Rusokinkatu having French balconies. The inner courtyard of the building cannot be accessed by rescue vehicles. The door to the broom cupboard of each apartment will have a card with rescue instructions. |
Emergency exit routes
The principle of exit safety is that all spaces of the building must have at least two exit routes at all times, which do not require keys or other tools to open the doors. Exiting must also be possible to do in the dark, which is why the exit routes must be clear at all times. Objects are not to be stored in front of the exits. (Environment Ministry's regulation of fire safety of buildings.)
Exit ways and doors leading to them must be easily accessible and openable in emergency situations from the inside.
A door can be locked, for example, to prevent trespassing from the outside, but must it must be possible to open it from the inside without a key during the normal use of the building.
In the event of an emergency, exit via stairway A or, if this is impeded, then via stairway B.
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.
Performing hot work at a temporary hot work site always requires a permission granted by a person responsible for the hot work. The hot work permission ensures the actions of the different parties regarding safety and fire protection. The person conducting the hot work must have a hot work licence.
The property manager office grants the hot work permissions.
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!
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.
Sudden illness or accident
- Find out what happened
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- Has the person fallen or fainted?
- Are there possibly eye witnesses, that can tell you better about what has happened?
- Check the person's condition
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- Can you wake the person up by talking or shaking?
- Check breathing
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- If the person doesn't wake up, check breathing: place the back of your hand in front of the patient's mouth and feel if there is air flow.
- Make an emergency call.
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- Call the number 112.
- Tell where you are calling from.
- Tell what happened
- Act according to directions.
- Give first aid if needed.
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- If the person is not breathing, start with first aid.
- Turn an unconscious but breathing patient into the recovery position on their side.
- Observe the patient.
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- If there are changes in the patient's condition before the rescue department arrives, notify them by calling the emergency number 112, so that the emergency centre can re-evaluate your situation.
- Guide the professional help quickly to the patient
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- Tell the professional help what has happened and what has been done.
Fire
KOAS premises are equipped with a fire alarm system that will alarm locally. In case of a fire alarm, call the emergency centre's number 112. When the fire alarm goes off, everyone must immediately leave the building. If the sprinkler system goes off in Jaso's premises or in the common facilities, this will also start the fire alarm in KOAS corridors.
Save
- Asses the situation. Save the people who are in an immediate danger.
- Take care not to breathe in any smoke! Smoke is extremely poisonous and can kill quickly if breathed in.
Warn
- Warn other people in the building about the fire and the impending danger.
- Guide people to the assembly point.
Alarm
- Call the emergency number 112 from a safe place.
- Tell them who you are, where the fire is (address and floor), what is on fire and if any people are in danger.
- Do not cut off the call until you are given a permission to do so.
Extinguish
- Perform an early fire suppression if possible.
- Extinguish burning oil or fat by suppressing the fire with a fire blanket.
- If an electrical appliance catches fire, first turn off the appliance and then start performing an early fire suppression.
Limit
- Remove any close by, flammable objects and materials.
- Limit the spreading of fire and smoke by closing the windows and the apartment door as you leave.
Guide
- Guide the rescue personnel or arrange guidance for them. Example: one person guides them in crossroads and other person next to the building.
It is strictly forbidden to use an elevator during a fire!
In an evacuation situation the assembly point is: $(assembly point)
Alternate assembly point: $(alternate assembly point)
The danger is not over until the rescue department gives an permission to return to the building.
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 apartment and remain calm.
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- In apartment buildings, each apartment is its own fire compartment, and the spreading of fire from one apartment into the others has been prevented by structural measures.
- Jumping from a height has fatal consequences, remaining in the apartment doesn't.
- Go to a balcony or to a window and attract attention.
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- by shouting
- by flashing lights
- by waving something visible
- you can also call 112 and tell the exact address of where you are.
- Prepare for the spreading of the fire.
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- As a precaution, fill the bathtub and sink with water.
- If smoke starts to get in to the apartment from cracks in the door, the postbox, or through air ventilation, air out the apartment with fresh air and seal the leaking cracks and openings with wet textiles.
- If the apartment door starts heating up, cool it down with water.
- If flames start hitting the apartment windows, move easily flammable items away from the window.
- Follow directions from the authorities.
Action in the gathering area
When people have left the building and proceeded to the gathering area, one person must be appointed to take responsibility for the activities at the gathering area. 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 (the back-up gathering area).
Do not leave the gathering area without the permission of the rescue authorities.
Factors to bear in mind in the gathering area:
- taking care of any possible injured parties
- 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
In severe winter conditions or other situations, an additional gathering area may be needed. 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. If you know there is a neighbour with reduced mobility, for example handicapped, blind, or elderly, try to secure their safe exit in emergency situations. If you know your neighbour is at home, but you are not able to assist in moving them out, notify the rescue authorities about the situation as fast as possible.
Work in cooperation with the other residents.
- Things to consider when helping people with reduced mobility
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- Help a person with reduced mobility to exit, within the limits of your own capabilities.
- Listen to the person you're helping.
- Take care of the person you helped also after getting out.
Water damage
- Action guide
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- Disconnect power from where the leak is and from its proximity.
- Stop the water from flowing, from i.e. the water mains, if possible.
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Notify of the situation immediately:
- to the maintenance personnel: TL-Maint Oy, phone 0207622480, service 0207622480
- Contact the emergency number if needed 112.
- Main water shutoff: Heat exchange plant room: 1st floor. Access to the room from outside, on the left side of the staircase, room 113. (The gable end facing Rusokinkatu).
Apartment-specific water seals are located on the side of the corridor in the ceiling in front of the doors to the apartments. - Heat distribution room: 1st floor. Access to the premises on the left side of the stairwell door, room 113, (gable end facing Rusokinkatu).
- Electricity switchboard: On the 1st floor. Access from the corridor leading to the outdoor recreation store, room 112.
- Should there be threat of water outside the building
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- Find out what is causing the water threat.
- If there is a leak, try to block it.
- Try to prevent the water from getting into the building.
- by baggings
- by using plastic covers
- by directing the water away from the building
- Call for additional help if needed.
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.
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 warning is given in population centres with an outdoor alarm system and with an alarm attached to a vehicle in rural areas.
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
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- Proceed indoors.
- Stay 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 areas unless urged to do so by the authorities, so as not to endanger yourself on the way.
Gas hazard
- Public warning signal in danger situations concerning gas
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Additional information on the type of danger can be got from radio and television. The following are usually connected with a gas hazard.
- If you are indoors and can smell gas:
- stay indoors
- the top floors make the best shelter
- place a wet cloth over your mouth and breathe through it
- stay on the upper floors until the danger is over.
- 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
- press a wet cloth, tuft of grass, turf, or moss in front of your mouth and breathe through it.
- If you are indoors and can smell gas:
- Additional information on taking cover from gas
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- Switch off air conditioning devices and close doors and windows tightly. The more airtight you can make the building, the slower the gas can get inside.
- 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.
Radiation hazard
Radiation situations are monitored with gauges throughout the country. Even the slightest change is detected immediately and notified of. A public warning signal is given upon the threat of radiation.
- Go inside
- Close doors, windows, ventilation holes, and air conditioning tightly to prevent radioactive substances from getting indoors. The centre of the building is the best place to take shelter.
- Iodine tablets
- Take an iodine tablet only when the authorities tell you to do so either on the radio or on television. Iodine tablets prevent radioactive iodine from building up in the thyroid gland, but offers no other protection. You should not go outside the facilities to look for iodine tablets when the danger situation is present. You can acquire iodine beforehand from the pharmacy. Each property should have 2 iodine tablets per person.
- Protect your food and drinking water
- Put the food products that are out into plastic bags or tight containers. The refrigerator, freezer, and tight packages protect against radioactive dust.
- Moving outside
- If you must go outside, use tight clothing that covers the skin, for example rain gear. Upon coming back inside, take off your clothes in the entry hall and wash up well. Use a respiratory mask, towel, or paper towel to prevent radioactive particles from getting to your lungs.
- 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 from the rescue authorities website www.pelastustoimi.fi.
Blackouts
How to act during a power cut:
- First check the fuses. If they are intact, find out whether the electricity of your neighbour or neighbouring houses is working.
- If the electricity is out from a larger area, the problem is already known and actions to fix it have started. Most electricity suppliers have a taped recording of the malfunction on its fault service number, which will give information on the blackout situation in your area.
- When the electricity comes back but acts unusually, for example the lights burn brighter or dimmer than usual, the reason might a break in the electricity network's neutral wire. This can result in equipment damage, fire and, in the worst case, the risk of electric shock. In such situations, switch off the electricity from the main switch and call your electricity supplier's fault emergency number.
- When a power cut lasts longer, prepare yourself with warm clothes, especially in the winter, and home storage supplies. Instructions regarding home storage supplies can be found in the appendices.
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 - (KONE Hissit Oy, 080015063) or
- the emergency button inside the lift. (This will connect directly to the lift maintenance emergency line.)
When necessary, you can call the general emergency number 112.
Resident's safety and security guide
EMERGENCY NUMBER AND THE POLICE 112
MAIN SWITCHBOARD: On the 1st floor. Access from the corridor leading to the outdoor recreation store, room 112.
MAIN WATER SEAL: Heat exchange plant room: 1st floor. Access to the room from outside, on the left side of the staircase, room 113. (The gable end facing Rusokinkatu).
Apartment-specific water seals are located on the side of the corridor in the ceiling in front of the doors to the apartments.
VENTILATION EMERGENCY STOP BUTTON: On the 1st floor, in connection with the entrance at the gable end facing Rusokinkatu.
GATHERING PLACE: On Annankatu, in front of day-care centre Touhula.
CIVIL DEFENCE SHELTER: 1st floor, (outdoor recreation store)
Self-motivated precautionary measures refer to the prevention of accidents, the protection of people, property and the environment in dangerous situations, as well as to taking precautionary measures to prevent accidents. Personal first aid and manual extinguishing skills are good examples of self-motivated precautionary measures. The Rescue Act obliges all of us to take self-motivated precautionary measures.
Avoidance of accidents is normally simple. By immediately reacting to possible shortcomings and to broken equipment posing a hazard will go a long way to furthering safety. For example, an uncleared road, or a broken light in the basement may constitute a safety deficiency. Any observed shortcomings must be reported to the party responsible for it, such as the property manager of the building maintenance company.
Home emergency supply kit refers to such foodstuffs and other necessary items and substances that are needed in an emergency in order to survive, such as medicine, water containers, spare lights and a battery powered radio, which enable the household to survive one week in isolation. Every household should have a home emergency supply kit. Such a kit must also be maintained and updated whenever necessary. The content of the kit may vary, for example according to one’s food preferences.
Making an emergency call is easy. The emergency number is 112, which works almost everywhere in the world. The emergency centre, which responds to your call, will instruct you to act in the right way in any situation. Before calling 112, find out about the location of the accident and its nature, if possible. Better still, try to find out the precise address.
Finding refuge indoors is a means to protect against threats from outside, such as radioactive radioactivity and chemicals.
- Go indoors and stay there.
- Close any opening of the apartment and its ventilation. If you can't get the ventilation of the apartment stopped yourself, ask the emergency number of the maintenance company for help.
- Switch on the radio and wait for instructions; do not panic.
- Do not congest phone lines.
- Do not leave the indoor premises unless the authorities tell you to do so, so as not to place yourself in harm’s way after going outside.
General danger signal is a rising and falling signal one minute in length, or a warning announced by an authority. In such a situation, act in accordance with instructions for finding refuge indoors. The rising section of the signal is 7 seconds inlength, and the falling one is also 7 seconds. The danger over signal is flat signal one minute in length. It signifies that the threat or danger is over.
In the event of a fire* act as follows:
- RESCUE immediately those in danger.
- WARN others of the danger.
- ALARM. Call 112.
- EXTINGUIS THE FIRE, if you possible can.
- CONTAIN. Close the windows and doors.
- GUIDE the authorities to the scene.
Duty to render help is something that concerns us all. Duty to render help refers to such measures that we, within our limits, can take in order to prevent accidents and to help those who have had an accident. We also have an obligation to help authorities in accordance with their instructions.
Emergency medical care, that is, life-saving first aid is a civic skill that everyone should practice regularly. Training is provided by the Red Cross, for example. Its purpose is to prevent the condition of the patient from deteriorating before the arrival of professional assistance. Therefore, do not forget to make an emergency call. At the minimum, learn the following skills:
Recovery position refers to the positon that an unconscious must be placed (turned on his/her side). An unconscious patient is breathing but does not react to talk nor to being shaken. In a recovery position, the patient is lying on his/her side, with his/her head tilted back in such a way that the respiratory tract remains open. Please remember to make an emergency call!
Cardiac resuscitation/mouth-to-mouth resuscitation aims to maintain the circulation and oxygen supply of a person who is not breathing, before professional assistance arrives. During resuscitation , the patient’s rib cage is pressed 30 times and air is blown into the patient’s lungs 2 times, repeating these phases.
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.
In Finland there are enough civil defence shelters for approximately 3.8 million people. Civil defence shelters are found both in domestic and other properties. In addition to shelters in properties, there are also public ones, such as rock shelters. Such civil defence shelters are public, usually the responsibilitity of the cities and only located in major cities.
Under normal circumstances the shelters are used for various activities, such as sports or storage, or other kinds of useful purposes. A civil defence shelter must however be ready for use within 72 hours should the authorities give an order to prepare it.
With civil defence shelters it is important to protect metal parts from rusting, insulation staying intact, machinery remaining functional, and equipment kept safe in stock.
This property has a civil defence shelter:
Location | Protection grade | Surface area | Defence shelter places | Location of equipment |
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1st floor, (outdoor recreation store) | S1 | 85.5 m² | 114 | In the civil defense shelter |
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.
Väestönsuojan ylläpito
Väestönsuoja sekä väestönsuojeluvälineet ja -laitteet pidetään sellaisessa kunnossa, että väestönsuoja voidaan ottaa käyttöön 72 tunnissa. Väestönsuojaa voidaan käyttää myös muuhun toimintaan, kunhan käyttöönotto voi tapahtua em. ajan kuluessa. Normaaliolojen käyttö ei saa vahingoittaa väestönsuojaa eikä estää sen tarkastusta ja tiiveyskoetta. Väestönsuojassa ei saa säilyttää likaavia aineita eikä ympäröiviin rakenteisiin saa tehdä aukkoja. Suojaovia, -luukkuja ja ilmanvaihtolaitteistoja ei saa poistaa paikoiltaan eikä ilmanvaihtolaitteistoa saa käyttää normaaliolon ilmanvaihtoon. Suojaoven aukkoon saa asentaa oven. Normaaliaikanakin tulisi varmistaa, että osa väestönsuojasta on vapaana yllättävää suojautumistarvetta varten.
Lisäksi tulee huomioida seuraavaa:
- Väestönsuojan omistaja ja haltija huolehtii, että väestönsuoja, sen varusteet ja laitteet pidetään toimintakunnossa sekä huolletaan ja tarkastetaan asianmukaisesti.
- Nimetty henkilö huolehtii VSS-tarkastuksista ja suojan ovet, luukut, tiiveyden, ilmastointi- ja sähkölaitteet sekä viemäröinnit tarkistetaan vuosittain laitetoimittajan ohjeiden mukaisesti.
- Väestönsuojan laitteiden toimintakunnon varmistamiseksi suojat tulee tarkastaa ja huoltaa vähintään 10 vuoden välein, ellei valmistaja ole toisin esittänyt.
- Laitteiden toiminnan tarkastuksesta tulee laatia tarkastuspöytäkirja, johon tehdään merkinnät suoritetuista tarkastuksista laitekohtaisesti. Tarkastuspöytäkirja on pyydettäessä esitettävä pelastusviranomaiselle.
- Kiinteistön omistaja ja haltija huolehtii, että väestönsuojassa on jo sellaiset varusteet, että se pystytään ottamaan käyttöön. Näitä varusteita ovat esimerkiksi varavesisäiliöt, jäteastiat ja kuivakäymälät.
Väestönsuojan kunnostaminen siirryttäessä tehostetun suojelun toimintaan
- Väestönsuojaan siirtyvät asukkaat valitsevat keskuudestaan suojanvalvojan, joka vastaa suojan kunnostamisesta. Lisäksi suojanvalvoja vastaa suojan yleisestä järjestyksestä, siisteydestä ja kurista.
- Kohteen asukkaat tyhjentävät suojan varastoidusta tai muuten kerääntyneestä tavarasta ennen suojaan siirtymistä. Pääsääntöisesti suojassa säilytetyt ylimääräiset tavarat viedään asuntoihin.
- Väestönsuojasta löytyy suojan käyttökuntoon saattamissuunnitelma, jonka pohjalta suojaa lähdetään laittamaan kuntoon poikkeustilanteissa. Väestönsuojan ilmanvaihtokojeen läheisyydessä on ohjeistusta ilmanvaihtokoneen toimintaan liittyen. Ilmanvaihtokoneen suojakannen alta löytyy työkalut kojeen käyttöönoton helpottamiseksi. Pelastussuunnitelman liitetiedostoissa on lisäksi S1-luokan suojan ja sen laitteiden huoltokirja. Huoltokirjasta löytyy lisätietoa väestönsuojan käyttökuntoon saattamisesta sekä ilmanvaihtokoneen toimintaperiaatteista erilaisissa tilanteissa. Ilmanvaihdon toiminnan perusperiaatteista on kerrottu sivulta 37 alkaen.
- Tavaroiden tyhjentämisen jälkeen kaikki tilapäiset rakenteet puretaan ja viedään pois suojasta.
- Ovien ja luukkujen saranat, salvat yms. tarkastetaan, voidellaan ja huolletaan.
- Ovien tiivisteet tarkastetaan ja laitetaan paikoilleen ohjeiden mukaan.
- Tarkastetaan hätäpoistumiskäytävän ja –luukun käyttökelpoisuus ja toiminta. Tarkasta luukku myös rakennuksen ulkopuolelta. Luukku saattaa olla maan peitossa.
- Kuivakäymälät (15 kpl muovipusseja/käymälä) jaetaan kuivakäymälätiloihin. Eristetään käymälätilat verhoilla tai levyillä. Käymälätiloja tulee olla yksi jokaista alkavaa 20 m2 kohti.
- Kaikkien vesijohtojen ja lämpöjohtojen ja viemäreiden venttiilien toiminta tarkastetaan kääntämällä ne ääriasennosta toiseen.
- Varavesisäiliöt puhdistetaan ja täytetään. Varmistetaan samalla tarvittavat täyttöletkut yms. välineet. Sulkutelttaan tulevat suihkut asennetaan ja kokeillaan. Vettä on varattava vähintään 50 litraa jokaista varsinaisen suojan alkavaa neliömetriä kohti eli 50 x 80 = 4000 litraa (tai 30 litraa/hlö).
- Lattiakaivot puhdistetaan ja niiden toiminta kokeillaan kaatamalla niihin vettä. Huom! Viemäröinnissä on sulkuventtiili.
- Ylipaineventtiilit tarkastetaan ja nivelkohdat voidellaan.
- Normaaliolojen ilmanvaihtoaukot suljetaan asentamalla paikoilleen suojakannet tiivisteineen.
- Paineventtiilien kunto tarkastetaan suojan ulkopuolelta.
- Ilmanvaihtokanavat ja suodattimet puhdistetaan.
- Kaikki ilmanvaihtoon liittyvät putket, liitokset ja laitteet tarkastetaan. Erityissuodattimet asennetaan paikoilleen laitteen käyttöohjeen mukaisesti vain viranomaisohjeistukseen pohjautuen. Käyttötilanteet määrittelee viranomainen eli valitse käyttöohjeesta oikea käyttötapa ennen laitteen käyttöönottoa!
- Poistoventtiilien toiminta tarkastetaan kiertämällä niitä ääriasentoihinsa.
- Tarkastetaan ylipainemittarista: nestemäärä, putken aukiolo, mittarilukema näyttää nollaa, sekä varaneste (värjätty polttoöljy).
- Ilmamäärämittarin herkkyys kokeillaan koekäytössä.
- Tarkastetaan suojan paineisuus; painekoe suoritetaan laitetoimittajien antamien ohjeiden mukaan. Tavoitteena on tarkastaa, että suojaan saadaan riittävä ylipaine, eikä suoja vuoda liikaa ilmaa ulos.
- Selvitetään ja tarkastetaan suojassa puhelimen toiminta, antenni, sähkölaitteiden sulakkeet, valaisimet, varaparistot, varapolttimot, varasulakkeet, katkaisimet, pistorasiat ym. Suojassa voi olla esim. oma puhelinliittymä tai vahvistin asukkaiden puhelinten toimivuutta varten.
- Varustetaan suoja määräysten mukaisilla suojaan kuuluvilla varusteilla.
- Suojan tilat jaetaan ennakolta tehdyn suunnitelman mukaisesti oleskelualueisiin ja toimintapaikkoihin. Jokaista suojattavaa henkilöä varten on oleskelupaikka, jossa jokaisella on mukanaan itse tuomansa henkilökohtaiset tavarat, lääkkeet, joditabletit ja säilyvät elintarvikkeet.
- Suojassa on yleensä istuimia, pöytiä sekä sängyt noin kolmannekselle suojaan tulevista henkilöistä. Tarvittaessa varustusta täydennetään henkilökohtaisin varustein.
- Lisäksi poikkeusoloja varten suojaan siirtyvät hankkivat välineitä ja tarvikkeita, jotka tekevät mahdolliseksi pidemmänkin oleskelun (esim. viihdykkeet).
- Tarkastetaan varavalaistuksen toiminta.
- Kulkuteille ja käytäville asennetaan suojaan ohjaavat kilvet.
Storing in the property
The storage of various items may present a risk of fire or spread of fire, prevent safe escape in an emergency and hamper the extinguishing of fire. The exit doors of the building must be kept clear and unobstructed at all times.
Escape routes, staircases, the lower end of the stairway, internal corridors and passageways from the storage spaces
- No items must be stored.
In the vicinity of buildings
- Inflammable material or other material, including waste storage containers, cardboard piles and transport pallets, must not be kept along the walls of buildings
The Rescue Act contains provisions for the storage of inflammable materials and other goods in building premises. Chemical legislation imposes restrictions on the storage of combustible liquids and other hazardous chemicals in premises where they may pose a special hazard. The storage of inflammable substances in apartment-specific storage spaces is completely forbidden. Their storage in dwelling units is restricted.
Dwelling units, including any associated balconies, terraces and other corresponding premises
- If storage is possible without compromising safety, the following items may be stored:
- flammable liquids and aerosols containing flammable liquids or gases with their volume not exceeding 25 litres
- up to 25 kg of LPG
- fireworks, not exceeding 5 kg (net), must be stored in a locked cupboard in such a way that no fire sources in the vicinity could cause a fire and that no fire is handled in the vicinity
- Other flammable gases than those referred to above must not be stored in a dwelling unit.
- Storage of unnecessary items in dwelling units should be avoided.
Attachments
This rescue plan has the following attachments:
Additionally, the Pelsu Rescue Plan service has the following attachments available:
How to use a small fire extinguisher
The resident is responsible for acquiring extinguishing equipment for the apartment.
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.
Extinguishing blankets
- Take a hold of the corners of the blanket and protect your hands by placing them inside the blanket.
- Step on the blanket with your foot; this will prevent the flames from getting to your face.
- If you are outside, approach the fire from the direction of the wind.
- Extend your arms straight.
- Spread the blanket over the fire.
- Hold the blanket tightly over the fire and make sure that the fire is extinguished.
- Protect yourself while lifting the blanket as the fire can re-ignite.
- Make sure once more that the fire is extinguished.
Home storage supplies
Home storage supplies are a part of a housing company's residents' independent protection. Surprising circumstances are easier to overcome when you have a home storage supply at home. Home storage supply means those food and other daily goods that are stocked up on more than normally needed in weekly/monthly use. The home storage supply should last for several days, even a week. The home storage supply consists of everyday groceries and items, which are stocked up on as they are used up. This way the groceries and other items stay fresh and usable.
A situation where you cannot get to the store can surprise you for many reasons. A person living alone can get sick and is not able to go shopping or a member of the family can fall sick. The wider society is vulnerable as well; there can be a strike, traffic connections may break down, or there might be a wider disturbance in the electricity grid. There can be an accident which closes the stores or prevents you from going outside. Additionally, distribution disturbances can prevent goods from getting to the stores as well as getting items from the store.
Each family has their own kind of home reserves consisting of usual groceries. The contents of the home reserves can differ based on the household's food preferences and also include containers for storing water, medicine, iodine tablets, as well as household-specific necessities. The home reserves should last at least a week, preferably two – home reserves are continuously used and restocked continuously.
The home reserves also include essential supplies, of which there must be a supply for the same period as in the case of food. These are, amongst others, personal medication, hygiene products, nappies, a battery-powered radio, an electric flashlight and batteries.