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INTRODUCTION
At Brookfield Life Safety is our number one priority. We strive to ensure that all
occupants of our buildings are provided with a safe and comfortable workplace at all
times.
This presentation is designed to familiarize both tenants and employees on the Fire
and Life Safety components of the building and the measures that are required to be
taken when an alarm is activated.
It also allows all tenants to provide ongoing training to employees, especially during
the orientation of new employees.
INTRODUCTION
PURPOSE OF THIS TRAINING

Ensure the safety of all occupants

Provide information on the various components of the Fire Alarm System

Provide training on the evacuation procedures during an alarm condition

Provide the locations of stairways, fire hose cabinets, emergency phones and
other equipment

Review the various announcements that will be heard over the Voice
Communication System
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ORGANIZATION CHART
FIRE SAFETY COMMITTEE
Vicki Bissett
Property Manager
Dave Smith
Operations Manager
Brookfield Security
Administration Staff
Building Operations
Tenants
Royal Centre
Fire Wardens
Assistant Fire Wardens
OPERATIONS MANAGER
Responsibilities
FIRE SAFETY COMMITTEE
 Implement the Fire Safety Plan
 Ensure that Tenants have been provided with a copy of all appropriate sections of the Plan
 Advise the Fire Department of any revisions to the Plan
 Ensure that all fire safety committee members have been provided with a copy of the Plan and
trained to discharge related duties
OPERATIONS MANAGER
Responsibilities
FIRE SAFETY COMMITTEE
 Maintain an up to date copy of the Fire Safety Plan
 Ensure that Checking, Inspection and Testing requirements of the Vancouver Fire Dept. Code
are implemented in conjunction with Operations Staff.
 Be familiar with the evacuation procedures described in the Plan and have in his possession,
a key to initiate a general evacuation alarm
OPERATIONS MANAGER
Responsibilities
FIRE SAFETY COMMITTEE
 Restore the fire protection systems and fire alarm system back to normal operation after an
emergency condition has been cleared
 Advise the Fire Department of the temporary shutdown of building’s fire protection systems
and arrange for alternative measures for fire safety
 Conduct fire drills as outlined in the Plan
 Advise the General Manager of any revisions to the Plan
 Ensure that his responsibilities are implemented during his absence by a designated assistant
MAINTENANCE STAFF
Responsibilities
FIRE SAFETY COMMITTEE
 Obtain and review a copy of the Fire Safety Plan
 Perform the Checking, Inspection and Testing required under the Vancouver Fire Dept. Code
 Assist in the evacuation of the building occupants, as described under the emergency
procedures and to have in their possession, a key to initiate a general evacuation alarm.
 Participate in the fire drills as described in the Plan
SECURITY STAFF
Responsibilities
FIRE SAFETY COMMITTEE
 Be familiar with floor areas, exits and the location of the fire fighting equipment
 Be familiar with the evacuation procedures described in the Plan and to be knowledgeable in
operational use of the Fire Alarm System.
 Participate in the fire drills as described in the Plan
 Assist in fire prevention by noting and reporting to the Building Management where fire
hazards exist
 Assist in the orderly evacuation of the building occupants where this is necessary
FIRE WARDENS
Responsibilities
FIRE SAFETY COMMITTEE
 Review the Fire Safety Plan
 Be familiar with floor area, exits, location of fire fighting equipment
 Maintain an up to date list of all persons requiring assistance
 Select personnel to assist any persons requiring assistance
 Assist in the emergency evacuation procedures
 Participate in fire drills
 Fire prevention - report hazards to Building Management
 Advise back-up Floor Fire Warden of your absence
ASSISTANT FIRE WARDENS
Responsibilities
FIRE SAFETY COMMITTEE
 Review the Fire Safety Plan
 Be familiar with floor area, exits, location of fire fighting equipment
 Assist in evacuation emergency procedures
 Participate in fire drills
 Fire prevention - report hazards to Building Management at 604-689-1711
 Advise back-up of your absence
FIRE WARDENS
If You Hear A Fire Alarm Alert Signal
FIRE SAFETY COMMITTEE
 Instruct occupants to prepare for an evacuation and to remain calm
 Make occupants aware of all stairway exits
 Assign 2 persons to aid those requiring assistance in evacuation
 Ensure exits are unobstructed and there is no smoke in stairway, use alternate stairway
exit if needed
 Notify security of smoke in the stairway
 Check washrooms and enclosed areas and notify occupants to prepare for the
possibility of evacuation
 Listen for fire alarm evacuation signal
 Follow instructions of Voice Communication and Fire Department
FIRE WARDENS
If You Hear A Fire Alarm Evacuation Signal
 Proceed to central location (elevator lobby)
FIRE SAFETY COMMITTEE
 Direct occupants to nearest exit stair
 Advise occupants to move as far away from the building as possible to the Off-site
Evacuation Area which is plaza of adjacent building; 1075 West Georgia St.
 Ensure an orderly and expedient evacuation
 Leave via nearest exit stair
 Inform security of any injuries, fire location or persons requiring assistance
 Follow instructions of Fire Department
ASSISTANT FIRE WARDENS
If You Hear A Fire Alarm Evacuation Signal
FIRE SAFETY COMMITTEE
 Assist and control access of occupants via nearest exit stair. Do not allow the stairways
to be overcrowded
 Advise occupants when entering stairway to use inner most side of stairway to allow
easy access of persons from other floors and to provide a clear access for Fire Fighters
 Advise occupants to move as far away from the building as possible to the Off-site
Evacuation Area which is plaza of adjacent building; 1075 West Georgia St.
 Instruct persons to aid anyone requiring assistance
 Check washrooms and other closed areas to ensure total evacuation
 Close all doors behind you
 Report to Fire Warden that your area is “all clear”
IF YOU DISCOVER A FIRE
 Leave area immediately, remove any persons in immediate danger
 Close doors to affected area
OCCUPANTS
 Activate building fire alarm system
 Call 911 - advise them of your location and floor number.
 Use stairways NOT elevators, if you encounter smoke use
alternate stairway
 Advise Security in lobby of the situation
 Do not return to your floor until the All Clear Announcement is made
IF YOU HEAR A FIRE ALARM ALERT SIGNAL
 Prepare for evacuation
OCCUPANTS
 grab your purse, coat, lock your desk
 Do NOT call the management office
 Move close to an exit
 Follow instructions of the Fire Safety Team
 Listen for the evacuation signal
 Prepare to evacuate customers and visitors from your area
 Follow instructions heard over the Voice Communication System and the Fire
Department
IF YOU HEAR A FIRE ALARM EVACUATION SIGNAL
 Before opening door: feel door and handle for heat
 if hot, remain in your suite and unlock door
OCCUPANTS
 if not hot, brace yourself against door and open slightly
 close door if you feel a hot draft or air pressure and remain in suite
 call 911 and alert them of your location (1055 West Georgia
Street)
IF YOU HEAR A FIRE ALARM EVACUATION SIGNAL
OCCUPANTS
 If safe to do so, leave the floor immediately via nearest stairway exit. Do NOT wait for
announcements
 When exiting, use the inner most side of stairway to allow access of persons from
other floors and to provide clear access for Fire Fighters
 Use an alternate exit if smoke is in stairway
 Do NOT use elevators. Close doors behind you
 Follow instructions of Wardens and Fire Department
 Do not return to your floor until the All Clear Announcement has been made even if the Alert
Alarm is heard when exiting
 Remain calm
IF YOU HEAR A FIRE ALARM EVACUATION
SIGNAL
 If you are trapped:
OCCUPANTS
 return to an office and close the door
 seal off all cracks and air transoms or other
openings where smoke may enter
 crouch low to the floor
 call 911 and alert them of your location
(1055 West Georgia Street)
 wait to be rescued and remain calm
BUILDING RESOURCES
GENERAL OVERVIEW
 Royal Centre consists of a 36 story office tower, 2 levels
of retail, a tunnel connection with the nearby Burrard
Skytrain station and three levels of underground
parking.
 An integral part of the complex is the
direct access to Hyatt Hotel.
GENERAL OVERVIEW
BUILDING RESOURCES
 The Fire Alarm System is made up of various components that act simultaneously
providing the utmost in Life Safety for all occupants of the building
Sprinkler
System
Standpipe
System
Exhaust & Stair
Pressurization
Fans
Elevators
FIRE
ALARM
PANEL
Electro
Magnetic
Devices
Emergency
Power
Voice
Communication
System
Fire
Extinguishing
Equipment
FIRE ALARM ACTIVATING DEVICES
BUILDING RESOURCES
 A Fire Alarm will sound when one of the following devices is initiated:
Heat
Detector
Manual
Pull Station
Fire
Alarm
Sprinklers
Smoke
Detector
FIRE ALARM SYSTEM
Floor 11
Floor 10
Floor 9
1) A fast pulsing Evacuation Alarm
(120 beeps
a min) to be heard on the floor originating the alarm
and on the floor above and below
2) A slow pulsing Alert Alarm
other floors
3) All elevators to manually return
to the ground floor
to be heard on all
Floor 8
Elevators
BUILDING RESOURCES
 Activation of a fire alarm initiating device will cause:
Floor 7
Floor
6
FLOOR
IN ALARM
Floor 5
Floor 4
Floor 3
Floor 2
Ground Floor
FIRE ALARM SYSTEM
 Activation of a fire alarm initiating device will also cause:
Floor 11
1) An alarm to be sent to an off site
monitoring station
2) Electro-magnetic locks to automatically
3) All stair pressurization fans to activate
4) All air fans to shut down
5) Smoke exhaust fans to activate and
dampers on the floor of alarm to open
6) Announcements to be made through
the Voice Communication System
Floor 9
Floor 8
release
Elevators
BUILDING RESOURCES
Floor 10
Floor 7
Floor
6
FLOOR
IN ALARM
Floor 5
Floor 4
Floor 3
Floor 2
Ground Floor
VOICE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
BUILDING RESOURCES
 The Voice Communication System is an important component of the Fire Alarm System as
it provides instructions to all occupants during an alarm condition
 Messages originate from the CENTRAL
CONTROL located on the ground floor in the
lobby
 Announcements are heard through speakers located
in the ceilings in both common and tenant areas
VOICE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
 The following 2 messages will be announced over the Voice Communication System
shortly after an alarm has been activated
BUILDING RESOURCES
FLOORS IN EVACUATION ALARM
“YOUR ATTENTION, YOUR ATTENTION”
The sound you are hearing is a Fire Emergency
Signal. For your Safety, prepare your floor for a possible evacuation. Proceed to the nearest emergency stairwell exit and await
further instructions.
Floors XXXX need to evacuate. Follow the stairwell down and out of the building. All other floors, standby and await further
instructions.”
FLOORS IN ALERT ALARM
“YOUR ATTENTION, YOUR ATTENTION”
The sound you are hearing is a Fire Emergency
Signal. For your Safety, prepare your floor for a possible evacuation. Proceed to the nearest emergency stairwell exit and await
further instructions.”
The Fire Department is now on site and investigating. Standby for further instructions.
BUILDING RESOURCES
VOICE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
 If a fire signal is sounded on any level from the Mezzanine down to P3 Parking including the
Bank Pavillion, then all levels from the 3rd floor in the tower downward including the Bank
Pavillion will have an immediate EVAC alarm sounding. The Tower from the 4th floor
upwards will be on ALERT ALARM until further announcements.”
ALERT ALARM - FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT
“YOUR ATTENTION, YOUR ATTENTION”
The sound you are hearing is a Fire Emergency
Signal. For your Safety, prepare your floor for a possible evacuation. Proceed to the nearest emergency stairwell exit and await
further instructions.”
The Fire Department is now on site and investigating. Standby for further instructions.
EVACUATION ALARM - Mezzanine to P3 Parking Including Bank Pavillion
Floors Mezzanine down to P3 Parking including Bank Pavillion need to evacuate. Follow the stairwell down and out of the building.
All other floors, standby and await further instructions.”
VOICE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
BUILDING RESOURCES
 If the alarm has been determined to be false, or no danger is present the following
announcement will be provided
ALL CLEAR
“YOUR ATTENTION, YOUR ATTENTION”
reset the system. There is no threat of Fire.
your offices.
The Fire Department has given the ALL CLEAR to
The elevator service and air conditioning will resume shortly. You may return to
The building is back to normal operation. We apologize for the inconvenience and would like to thank you for your co-operation.”
CENTRAL CONTROL
BUILDING RESOURCES
The CENTRAL CONTROL is located behind the Security Front Desk in the lobby
containing the following:
 Fire Alarm control and annunciator panels
 Voice communication controls
 Annunciation of all smoke dampers (open-closed)
 Manual controls for smoke dampers, exhaust fans and stair pressurization fans
 Manual release of electro-magnetic locks
BUILDING RESOURCES
CENTRAL CONTROL
OFFSITE EVACUATION AREA
CENTRAL CONTROL
1075 West
Georgia
Plaza of 1075
West Georgia
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FIRE PROTECTION EQUIPMENT
BUILDING RESOURCES
Sprinkler Systems
 A wet sprinkler type system is provided throughout the building from the P3 parking
level to the 36th floor
 The above noted system will automatically activate during a fire condition when the
temperature level near a sprinkler head reaches a certain degree set point
 The system is connected to the fire alarm panel through electrically supervised control
valves
EMERGENCY POWER
BUILDING RESOURCES
Emergency power is provided by two diesel generators to the following fire protection
systems:
 Fire Alarm System
 Exit Signs and Fire Pumps
 Smoke Exhaust Fans
 Emergency Lighting
 Stairway Pressurization Fans and Smoke Exhaust
Fans
TYPICAL FLOOR SAFETY PLAN - HIGH RISE
TYPICAL FLOOR SAFETY PLAN - LOW RISE
CROSS-OVER FLOORS
Purpose:
EXIT STAIRWAYS
Cross-over floors provide unobstructed access
from one stairway to another on the same floor.
HIGH RISE
LOW RISE
 35th
 20th
 33rd
 16th
 28th
 11th
 27th
 6th
 22nd
 4th
 21st
 3rd - south side
 Mezzanine
PROTECTION EQUIPMENT
MANUAL PULL STATION
 Located beside each exit stairwell. Upon discovery of fire, pull the manual
pull station to activate audible alarm.
EMERGENCY PHONE
 Located in the elevator lobbies. Open door and lift handset to establish
direct communication with the building’s EVAC Center
PROTECTION EQUIPMENT
FIRE EXTINGUISHERS
 Two 5lb. ABC extinguishers are provided on all floors on the
two Fire Hose Cabinets; one next to the Men’s washroom &
another next to the Ladies’ washroom
FIRE PREVENTION
Good fire prevention is an effective method for implementing fire safety in the building.
FIRE PREVENTION
 Avoid careless storage practices
 Do not obstruct sprinkler heads with items stored and stacked under or around
them
 Ensure that articles such as boxes and storage racks do not obstruct doorways
 Be familiar with your responsibilities during a fire condition in the building
 Avoid over loading circuits, extension cords (octopus), improper use of extension cords and
other electrical problems that could cause a spark or fire
PERSONS REQURING ASSISTANCE
EVACUATION
 Persons Requiring Assistance should be evacuated near the stairwells or left by the
stairwells with their assistants
 The Fire Department will effect a rescue via the elevators if it is safe to do so
 If it is life threatening for persons requiring assistance to remain on the floor use
one of the following techniques to transport them via the stairways
 NOTE: Inform Supervisory Staff of the evacuation so they can clear the stairway
while you transport the persons requiring assistance
PERSONS REQURING ASSISTANCE
EVACUATION
The Back Pack Lift
 The rescuer would kneel at the front of
the person and place the person’s arms
up and over the rescuer’s shoulders and
across his/her chest
 The rescuer should then lean forward
and raise slowly to standing position
PERSONS REQURING ASSISTANCE
EVACUATION
Two Rescuer Seat Carry
 The rescuers position themselves on either
side of the person with their hands grasping
the other’s upper arm or shoulder
PERSONS REQURING ASSISTANCE
EVACUATION
Two Rescuer Seat Carry
 The person would place his/her arms
firmly around the rescuers’ neck
PERSONS REQURING ASSISTANCE
EVACUATION
Two Rescuer Seat Carry
 The rescuers would lean forward
placing their free arms under the
person’s legs and firmly grasp each
other’s wrists
PERSONS REQURING ASSISTANCE
EVACUATION
Two Rescuer Seat Carry
 The rescuers then lift using their legs
and carefully step forward
PERSONS REQURING ASSISTANCE
EVACUATION
Two Rescuer Extremities Carry
 Place the person on the stairway
landing
 One rescuer lifts the individuals legs
under the knees, the other under the
shoulders with fingers locked across the
individuals chest
 Rescuers, keeping backs erect, slowly
raise to a standing position
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