EMERGENCY PROCEDURES MANUAL - Department of Health

SAFETY FEATURES OF ST VINCENT'S
HOSPITAL MELBOURNE
Features of the Inpatient services Building include:
• Automatic sprinkler protection to the greater part of the building.
• A fire alarm system with smoke and heat detectors as appropriate to the location,
allowing early warning, together with sophisticated security systems throughout.
• Fire and smoke barriers reducing the maximum possible fire/smoke compartment
size, restricting smoke spread and allowing horizontal evacuation to an adjoining
area through a fire/smoke rated barrier, thus greatly reducing the likelihood of the
need for vertical evacuation, especially given the effectiveness of the installed
sprinkler system in controlling a fire.
• A smoke control system capable of extracting smoke from the compartment of fire
origin.
• Primary and secondary Emergency Control Centres, fully equipped and manned
during an emergency situation by trained staff and available for use by responding
services.
• Break glass alarms to activate fire alarm manually.
• Emergency exit lighting to illuminate exit routes in the event of loss of power.
• A fire main fitted with hydrants, hose reels, hydrant booster connections and
special purpose portable fire extinguishers throughout.
• Two fire isolated stairways serving the upper levels.
• Emergency Warning and Intercommunication System (EWIS), located in the
primary Emergency Control Centre adjacent to the main entrance.
• A secondary centre for backup purposes is located in the Daly Wing on the
lower ground floor East passage (LG 39A).
• This Alternative Emergency Control Centre (AECC) may be required to be
used in the unlikely event that the emergency involves the area adjacent to
the primary centre or environmental factors preclude its use.
• Warden Intercommunication Points (WIP phones), are prominently
identified in each workplace and allow communication with the Emergency
Co-ordinator and attending emergency services.
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