[Avril Steele]

Hello Sam
We do have fire extinguishers throughout our site, including outside residents’ flats but not within.
We are a Grade 1 listed building, open to the public and with 20+ residents.
All staff undergo regular training in how to assess risks and manage fire extinguishers and the direction is that if one has a chance to use an extinguisher to either extinguish the fire or delay the spread of it, then one uses one extinguisher only and then moves out.
Residents are under instructions not to attempt to fight a fire but to evacuate immediately on hearing the alarm.
We don’t supply fire blankets for the residents’ kitchens but do have one in the main kitchen which provides lunch to the residents 5 days a week.
The cook and warden would be the most likely staff to use this.
Heat and smoke detectors remain our early warning system.
Hope that helps!
Avril Steele
Hospital of St Cross and Almshouse of Noble Poverty

[Avril Steele]

Janet, Nick’s reply was excellent and all I can add is that we do not allow residents to store items such as folding garden chairs, bikes etc in doorways. They need to be kept clear in case of an emergency as we would need to be able to open both halves of the door and items behind them would prevent this.
So I believe this is something you can enforce.

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