Swift Group Biarritz Lodge 40x13-2 2020, Owner'S Handbook Manual

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General Safety Advice
What to do in case of fire:
• If you have made a family escape plan
and practiced it with your family you have
increased their chances of escaping safely.
Go over the following rules with your children
each time you have fire drills. This will help
everyone remember them in case of a real
emergency.
• Don’t panic, stay calm. Your safe escape may
depend on thinking clearly and remembering
what you have practiced.
• Notify every member in the residence of the
fire.
• Get out of the RPH as quickly as possible.
Follow a planned escape route. Do not stop to
collect anything or to get dressed.
• Feel the doors to see if they are hot. If they
are hot, do not open them - use an alternative
escape route.
• Stay close to the floor. Smoke and hot gases
rise.
• Cover your nose and mouth with a cloth (wet if
possible). Take short, shallow breaths.
• Keep doors and windows closed. Open them
only if you have to in order to escape.
• Meet at your planned meeting place after
leaving the RPH. Carry out a head count.
• Call the Fire brigade on 999 from outside your
RPH. If possible use a mobile phone or call box.
• Give the address and your name.
• Turn off the gas supply valve and remove the
cylinders if it is safe to do so.
• If connected to the mains electrical supply,
disconnect or switch off at the pitch supply
point.
• Do not use water on fat or electrical
appliances.
• Never go back inside the RPH until a member
of the fire service has told you it is safe to do
so.
Fire extinguisher
It is recommended that a 1kg (2lb) minimum
capacity dry powder fire extinguisher be kept
inside your RPH at all times.
After using a dry powder extinguisher it is
suggested that the RPH be evacuated until the
powder has settled, to avoid inhalation.
Always aim the fire extinguisher at the base of
the fire not at the flames.
WARNING: Never use a powder
extinguisher on a pan of fat or oil, only use a
fire blanket on pan fires.
i Note: Provide one dry powder fire
extinguisher of an approved type or
complying with EN3 or ISO 7165, of at least
1kg capacity, by the main exterior door and
a fire blanket next to the cooker. Familiarise
yourself with the instructions on your fire
extinguisher and the local fire precaution
arrangements.
4.2 Emergency shut off points
Gas
Isolation shut off valve for each appliance:
• Hob/Oven/Grill - Behind the plinth at the
bottom of the oven housing. Whistler &
Toronto - behind floor plinth below gas hob.
• Central Heating Combination Boiler -
Directly beneath the boiler.
• Gas Space Heater (where fitted) - Inside the
removable hatch positioned in the side of the
chimney breast
Water
• Exterior
- At the main feed pipe stopcock for
the RPH.
Electricity
• Exterior
- Park supply box for your RPH.
• Interior - At the electrical consumer unit,
usually situated in the twin or master bedroom
wardrobe.