Basic information

Other information

The site falls within the area of the following rescue service: Southwest Finland.

The premises of the property

Safety personnel for the property

Operators' safety personnel

Accidents

Risks

• falling down
• slipping
• tripping
• snow or ice falling down on people
• traffic accidents
• explosion
• electric shock
• cut wound
• no first aid utensils
• injury caused by work equipment

Consequences

• damage to property
• personal injuries

Actions and safety and security preparations

• The build-up of snow and ice on roofs must be monitored in the winter.
  • Hazard spots are to be reported immediately to property maintenance company.
  • In hazardous situations traffic or parking must be prevented in the area where ice or snow can fall down.
• The yard area is to be kept neat and in good condition.
  • Winter upkeep will be taken care of.
• Close call -situations are intervened with immediately. Close call -situations are investigated and necessary measures are taken to counteract the situation to prepare for and prevent similar situations.
• The persons in the companies responsible for safety have been nominated.
• The persons responsible for safety take care of safety matters relating to their work location.
• Everyone must familiarise themselves with the general first aid instructions.

Fire hazards

Risks

• Human behaviour
  • careless smoking
  • storing items in passageways
  • storing items in staircases
  • fire doors open
  • accidentally leaving electronic appliances on
• Electrical devices
  • short circuits
  • broken electronic appliance
• Arson
• Safety procedures
• Others
  • hazardous substances
  • gas containers

Fire-hazardous locations are, for example the public sauna, technical areas and other equivalent property areas.

Consequences

• damage to property
• smoke damage
• personal injuries

Actions and safety and security preparations

• Human behaviour
  • Independent fire inspections are performed yearly within the property
  • It is important to take care of exiting safety:
    • personnel keep the escape routes clear.
    • active intervention in defects.
  • The persons in the companies responsible for safety have been nominated.
  • The rescue plan is kept up to date and studied.
• Electrical devices
  • Electrical repairs and installations are contracted to TUKES-registered professionals. The contractor must have sufficient installation certificates and experience from similar work.
  • Electrical switchboards are marked and materials are not kept in front of them.
• Arson
  • An additional fire load is not accumulated.
• Safety procedures
• Others
  • Flammable substances are not to be stored in the basement or attic. Flammable substances must be stored in the spaces reserved for them.
  • Ventilation and sweeping

Water damage

Risks

• Environment
  • flood
  • heavy rain
• Structures
  • waterproofing failure of structures
  • an accident caused by structural and material errors
  • broken pipes
• Equipment
  • washing machines and refrigerators breaking down

Consequences

• damage to property

Actions and safety and security preparations

• Structures
  • HWA works, inspections, and installations are contracted only to professionals.
    • An HWA contractor must possess sufficient installation certificates and the contractor must have done similar work before.
  • An assessment of the state of the plumbing is carried out regularly.
  • Leaves and litter on the roof and in the gutters should be removed.
• Equipment
  • Supervised use of household appliances and emphasising the importance of their maintenance.
    • The filters and lint strainer in the dish washer and the laundry machine must be cleaned regularly.
    • The back of the fridge must be vacuumed once per year. At the same time, the condition of the fridge is also to be inspected visually, with regard to the compressor and drip tray.

Cases of illness

Risks

• heart failure
• diabetic shock
• stroke
• cerebral haemorrhage
• epilepsy
• fainting

Consequences

• personal injuries
• death

Actions and safety and security preparations

• Guaranteeing speedy access to help within the property.
• Everyone should familiarise themselves with the first aid guidelines attached to the rescue plan and giving first aid should be rehearsed.
• The stopping of rescue vehicles outside the exterior doors is to be made possible.

Radiation or gas hazard

Risks

• radioactive substances or dangerous gases getting into the environment
• an accident while transporting a dangerous substance
• an accident in a nuclear plant

Consequences

• radiation sicknesses
• death

Actions and safety and security preparations

• Acquiring iodine pills as needed (2 tablets per person).
• The property has a civil defence shelter that can be used for shelter in the event of a radiation hazard.
• The operating condition of the civil defence shelter is maintained.
• There are instructions for different situations in the rescue plan.

Storm damage

Risks

• various natural phenomena

Consequences

• blackouts
• damage to property
• personal injuries

Actions and safety and security preparations

• The state of the building and exterior areas is to be taken care of.
• The curfew set by the authorities must be respected.
• When taking shelter indoors, you must stay away from windows and glass doors.
• Prepare yourself independently for long power blackouts by, for example:
  • a lamp and batteries

Criminal activity

Risks

• Burglary
  • it is possible to access the building's premises unsupervised
• Violence
• Vandalism

Consequences

• damage to property

Actions and safety and security preparations

• Burglary
  • Marking and photographing of valuables.
• Vandalism
  • Supervising general cleanliness and order, and intervening actively in shortcomings.
  • Graffiti and other smudges and smears should be cleaned without delay.
• Personnel are responsible for reporting faults.

The risks of running a restaurant

Risks

• Fire
• Aggressive customer
• Water damage
• Injuries caused by tools

Consequences

• Personal injury
• Material damage
• The restaurant is closed down
• Financial loss; possible reduction in insurance compensation if fire safety regulations are not complied with

Measures and safety arrangements

• Non-combustible and extinguishable cigarette butt collection container in use
• Careful use of LPG and periodic inspection of the condition of the equipment
• Grease traps cleaned regularly at least once a year
• Grease filters cleaned as necessary
• Electrical equipment maintained in good condition
• Furnishings of the correct fire protection class, e.g. use of flame retardant textiles
• Waste and combustible material is stored in locked rooms
• Safe use of open fires, candles
• Aggressive customer confrontation situations should be practised in the restaurant and instructions should be given to employees
• Staff should immediately report any safety deficiencies to their line manager
• Defective work equipment should be removed from service immediately
• Defective machines are serviced by a competent service company
• First aid supplies must be available in the vicinity of the workplace

Specific instructions for the restaurant in the event of a fire

1. Evacuate customers from the restaurant
2. Close doors to prevent the spread of smoke and fire
3. Alert the fire brigade by calling 112
4. Extinguish if the fire is small and there is no smoke yet
5. Extinguish a grease fire only by suppression, e.g. with a lid or fire blanket. Also remember to turn off the air conditioning (IV emergency stop)
6. Warn those who are not in immediate danger
7. Guide or provide guidance and unobstructed access to the site for the rescue team
8. Ensure that everyone has reached the assembly point

First aid

According to the Occupational Safety and Health Act (738/2002) 46 §, the employer is obligated to ensure the availability of first aid to employees and other personnel at the work place, to provide directions for getting first aid, as well as reserve enough first aid supplies at the work place or in its close proximity.

Fire safety

Emergency exit routes

The principle of exit safety is that all spaces of the building must haveat least two exit routes at all times which do not require keys or othertools to open the doors. Doors are not to be kept double-locked during working hours. Objects are not to be stored in front of the exits.

Lift

Safety organisation

Safety personnel for the property

Operators' safety personnel

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

Clarify and check

• What has happened?
• Check the person's condition (do they wake up, are they breathing?)

Give first aid if needed.

• Turn an unconscious but breathing patient into the recovery position on their side.
• If the person is not breathing, start with first aid.

Make an emergency call.

• Call the number 112.
• Tell where you are calling from. Lemminkäisenkatu 14-18, TURKU
• Tell what happened
• Act according to directions.
• Inform the emergency centre of any changes that take place in the condition of the patient.

Fire

Save and warn

• Rescue those in immediate danger and warn others.
• Direct people to the gathering area.

Extinguish and contain

• Try initial extinguishing and avoid smoke. Do not put yourself in danger.
• Contain the spreading of the fire and smoke by closing the windows and doors that lead into the fire area.

Alert

• Alert the fire department by calling 112 from a safe location.
• Say where you are calling from, where the fire is (address and floor) and if there are people in danger.
• Do not hang up the phone until you are given permission to do so.

Guide

• Direct the rescue personnel to the location.

Using the lift in the event of a fire is strictly forbidden!

In evacuation situations the gathering area is: DataCity meeting place Tahkonaukio parking lot on the other side of Lemminkäisenkatu.

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 fire compartment that you are in.

• It is safe to stay behind the fire door. Fire doors withstand fire for at least half an hour.
• Jumping from a height has fatal consequences, reamining in a smoke-free area does not.

Go to a window and attract attention. If you do not manage to do this, let people know your location by calling 112.

Follow directions from the authorities.

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. Try to help them as much as you are able to.

Things to consider when helping people with reduced mobility

• Help a person with reduced mobility to exit, within the limits of your own capabilities.
• Take care of the person you helped also after getting out.

Water damage

Action guide

• Disconnect power from where the leak is and from its proximity.
• Stop the water from flowing, from i.e. the water mains, if possible.
• Notify of the situation immediately:
  • to the maintenance personnel: Are Oy, phone 0205305700, service 0205305700
• Contact the emergency number if needed 112.
• Main water shutoff: In the heat transfer room at the end of the basement floor
• Heat distribution room: In the basement, two pieces / one in the middle of the building, one at the BioCity end of the building.
• Electricity switchboard: Two pieces on the basement floor

Should there be threat of water outside the building

• Inform property maintenance and, if needed, the emergency centre on 112.

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.

Bomb threat

A bomb threat is often unfounded and made by a disturbed individual, but it should always be taken seriously, and each threat should be notified to the police. In this situation, it is important to keep calm.

If you receive a bomb threat call, stay calm and do the following: listen carefully to the message from the person making the threat:

• What
• Where
• When
• How
• Who

• Take careful notes during the call.
• Make a clear report of the call to 112.
• Immediately make a clear report of the call to security staff who will assess the follow-up.
• Take the necessary action according to the instructions you have received.

In serious and urgent cases, the entire building will be evacuated immediately:

• Move to the assembly point as instructed.
• Take your phone, keys, backpack and essential personal belongings with you.
• Take action at the assembly point in accordance with the instructions you have received.

DO NOT TOUCH ANY STRANGE OBJECTS, LEAVE THE INFORMATION TO THE POLICE AND MANAGEMENT.

A suspicious object or threatening letter

• Do not touch the object.
• If the item in question is a letter or other such object that you have handled, pay attention to the places you have touched and place the letter in a plastic pocket, for example.
• Notify immediately the personnel responsible for safety and security on your premises and the property (cf. chapter on safety and security personnel) as well as the police at emergency number 112.
• Isolate the area as well as possible. Keep in mind possible police investigations (fingerprints and footprints are first-class evidence).
• Do not panic. Act according to the instructions from the police and the safety personnel.

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 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

• Proceed 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 area unless urged to do so by the authorities.

Blackouts

Using lifts during a power cut is not possible.

Action during a power cut

Electricity is down in the operating premises, but the lights of public areas are still working

• If possible, check the fuses in the operating premises' own electrical switchboard.
• If the problem was not solved, contact property maintenance (tel. 0205305700).

Electricity is down in both the operating premises and the public areas

• Use a flashlight
• Direct others, if so needed.

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)

When necessary, you can call the general emergency number 112.