Fire Alarm

This week we spoke to children about the fire alarm – what it sounds like and what we need to do if and when it goes off.

We shared the following information with children in daily reviews and Friday’s safeguarding weekly theme session:

• The alarm is a ‘wailing siren’ sound – we listened to an example of what this sounds like.
• When the alarm goes off, everyone needs to leave the building as quickly and as calmly as possible.
• Sometimes the alarm will go off because we need to practice getting out of the building safely, sometimes the alarm will go off because of a fault, sometimes the alarm will go off because there is a fire. No matter what the reason is, we always follow the same process.
• When the alarm goes off, everyone must leave the building through the nearest fire exit (we showed children the fire exit image on our safeguarding weekly theme poster).
• We must leave the building one at a time, in a line, leaving everything behind.
• It is really important that you listen to adults and keep your voices away.
• The last person out of the classroom must shut the door behind them.
• The site team and Senior Leadership Team will sweep the building to check everyone has left.
• When in lines on the main playground/MUGA, adults will call the register. Children must answer as quickly as possible.
• Everyone will wait outside in silence until the site team tell us that it is safe to go back inside.