Zebra Postgraduate Student Accommodation
Fire safety: How to stay safe in your home at Zebra
Zebra Housing residents are responsible for keeping everyone safe and should familiarise themselves with the fire safety procedure.
You have received Fire safety information in your welcome pack. This can also be found on this website below.
How you can help Zebra stay safe
- Familiarise yourself with the fire exits and fire evacuation route.
- Identify your assembly point. Fire action notices in communal areas indicate the assembly point location outside the building.
- Ensure your family members are aware of the fire evacuation procedures
- Speak to your warden, who is also your Fire Marshall, if you have questions
- Participation in the six monthly Fire Evacuation drills in mandatory. We expect all residents, and their families, to evacuate promptly
- Ensure all Fire Doors remain closed
- PEEP – Personal Emergency Evacuation Plan –Should you or a family member have any issues, which may impair safe evacuation ,you must inform your warden. They will ask for advice and we will produce a safe evacuation plan in the event of a fire.
What to do if you hear the Fire Alarm
- Make your way to the designated assembly point for the building, leaving by your nearest safe available fire exit route – Fire Evacuation signs indicate the safe route for evacuation located in all communal corridors and stairwells .
Do not stop to gather your belongings
Ensure all your family evacuate safety together
Wait at the designated assembly point for further instruction from Fire Marshall and the London Fire Brigade. Do not re-enter the building until told it is safe to do so by those co-ordinating the evacuation. Please stay at the assembly point so you can be accounted for.
For those with a disability on activation of the fire alarm stop and collect any mobility aid that you require to assist your safe evacuation. Your Fire Marshall warden will be aware of your disability and will inform the fire bridge accordingly to assist you evacuate.
What to do if you discover a fire
- Do not attempt to put a fire out.
- Leave the room the fire is in and, if safe to do so, shut the door as you leave.
- Raise the Alarm by pressing a red call point immediately. Pressing the call point will activate the fire alarm, informing others to leave the building.
- Make your way to the designated assembly point for the building, leaving by your nearest safe available fire exit route –
- Wait at the designated assembly point for further instruction from Fire Marshall and the London Fire Brigade. Do not re-enter the building until told it is safe to do so by those co-ordinating the evacuation.
Fire safety and security update at Zebra
The safety and wellbeing of our Zebra residents and our staff is our top priority.
At Zebra Fire Safety is take extremely seriously to ensure a safe and secure home away from home for students and their families . We have a highly proactive approach to fire safety. We undertake a full and rigorous assessment of all our sites, including the fire safety measures that are in place.
All of our properties are confirmed as safe and fit for residential occupation by independent fire engineers, and have the appropriate fire safety measures in place. These include:
- Smoke or heat detectors in rooms and common areas
- Fire detection systems in all of our buildings.
- Fire Wardens on site who are trained to be proactive in matters of fire safety, including how to respond to fire alerts,
- Zebra Maintenance team carry out regular building inspections, weekly Fire alarm tests and six monthly fire evacuation drills
Fire doors
- Fire doors – All communal doors and flat entrance doors are certified to British standard Building Regulations FD30S – The door has a 30 minute fire resistance.
- Fire Doors are fitted with BS regulation hinges, closures, and fire intumescent strips
- All fire doors are inspected prior to any tenant moving into a flat.
- As per Government guidelines all fire doors have an annual Fire door audit inspection and quarterly inhouse Fire door inspections
All our fire safety systems are subject to routine servicing and maintenance in accordance with British Standards and this is undertaken only by national contractors employing certified and qualified operatives. Our fire safety systems are inspected by external qualified risk assessors and audited on a regular basis to validate our fire safety systems, policies and procedures.
As a responsible landlord, we follow and act on government guidance, and proactively.
We set our own high standards of fire safety because our top priority is always to ensure the safety and wellbeing of our residents and employees.
If you have any questions about fire safety, please contact heidis@zebrahousing.com.