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Fire Alarms

Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
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What do you do when one goes off? There is one ringing now but I'm not moving because it's raining and I'm sure there is no fire...

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    JsTJsT Posts: 18,268 Skive's The Limit
    Depends. If its at home I investigate, if its at Uni I tend to ignore it or slowly walk out because everytime its been a prank!
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    At work, follow the procedure.

    At uni, find access card, keys, bag, laptop into bag etc then leave.

    At home, go hunting.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Work - go to the other building and get a drink.
    Uni - slowly leave.
    Home - open the door/ window as its normally the result of cooking gone mad.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    At my term time place, ignore. it goes off at least once a week and is probably the most fun wake up call ever, right behind being punched in the face.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Lately at uni we've had a serial fire alarmer constantly setting it off, i think the most we've had is about 6 times in one night. I dont go out anymore cos i know its never a real fire, and I've actually started to learn to half sleep through it.

    If i was at work, we'd have to get all the customers out as standard procedure (i work at a costa coffee)

    At home, if i know someones cooking i leave it but otherwise i'd go investigate
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    At work - run as quick as i can and be as far as possible from the designated meeting area so i can get as much time off work as possible.

    At Uni (if i went) - probably go to the canteen for a coffee.

    At home - Wonder why i can hear a fire alarm when we haven't got one.

    Though we do, ofc, have smoke alrams. Pedantic, moi ? :)
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    At college - usually panic and not have a clue what that noise was and then run down to the car park.

    Home - it's always a false alarm (it's very heat sensitive) so the door is just shut and the light turned on. Usually shuts up after a few minutes.

    Is it just me, or are fire drills always done when it's chucking it down with rain/very cold?
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Melian wrote: »
    Is it just me, or are fire drills always done when it's chucking it down with rain/very cold?

    Yes, or in the middle of the night
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    turn the grill off, take the battery out.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Usually go on an Internet forum and start a thread.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Nothing.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Once at uni, the fire alarm went off because a guy tried to cook rice.... with no water >_<
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    At work I have to evacuate everyone. Fun times.

    At home I'd probably panic cos it never goes off.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    At uni, it depended on time and reason:

    If during lectures - leave the leacture and don't come back
    If at 12 noon - leave canteen and head for the boozer.
    If at 6PM - student trying to make toast, but causes whole hall of residence to evacuate.
    If at 12 midnight - caused by people smoking joint. The drunkards simply go outside with their bottles.
    If at 3AM - normally doesn't apply coz I'm out clubbing.
    If at 5AM - just sleep through it.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Work - go out with the rest
    School - close the door and continue lecture (the alarm goes off several times a semester because somebody has gone out the wrong door :\)
    Home - probably either look for the fire or turn it off.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    home - blame my housemates, and take refuge from the noise in my room

    uni - follow the procedure, wonder why my £2000 course fee are being spent on all the secruity gurards that come from nowhere in those situations.

    work - (pub) announce that theres no need to panic or evaucate as a non emergency mishap occured in the kitchen - only to find no one in the entire pub as moved or even stopped their converstation.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    JsT wrote: »
    Depends. If its at home I investigate, if its at Uni I tend to ignore it or slowly walk out because everytime its been a prank!

    ha, yeah i was like that at uni then this happened at the halls i was staying in...

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/lancashire/4179007.stm

    ahhhh, that was eventful and rather funny at the time. uni days, ahhh :razz:
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Such a phrase called tackling a problem?
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    if i'm in my block, i'll go outside because it will take at least 10 mins for anyone to turn up to sort it out as i'm at the top of the hill, and ours rarely goes off...it has been a real fire on 2 occations so everyone comes out now. if i'm in anyone elses block we ignore it unless its going for more than 2 mins, in which case its either a fault or theres actually a fire (2 so far this year in the lower blocks)
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    JsT wrote: »
    Depends. If its at home I investigate, if its at Uni I tend to ignore it or slowly walk out because everytime its been a prank!



    Are they bad for you there?

    They never stop here. I just ignore them unless they go off for ages, then I begrudgingly go and check if there actually is a fire. There never is and so I carry on ignoring them.
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    JsTJsT Posts: 18,268 Skive's The Limit
    They happened most nights at Storthes, less so at Aspley.

    Had about 3 within a month in the library recently. One the day before my dissertation was due. Not amused.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    JsT wrote: »
    They happened most nights at Storthes, less so at Aspley.

    Had about 3 within a month in the library recently. One the day before my dissertation was due. Not amused.


    Oh yeah, I was evacuated from the library last month for a fire alarm. Evacuated everyone in the building, it was a complete waste of time as there was no fire at all. gah, stupid things.
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