Fire Evacuation Procedure

All delegates are required to review the following health and safety policy and familiarise themselves with the procedure to be followed in the event of an actuation of the Fire Warning system while on-site at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre (EICC).

The IOP and the EICC place the Health Safety and Wellbeing of our Delegates, Visitors and Staff as a top priority. The EICC is fitted with a full Fire Detection and Fire Warning system complying with BS 5839 type L2 and is fully monitored 24 hours a day both on site and through a fire alarm collector service. Any activation resulting in automatic notification to the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service with an average response time of under five minutes. 

The EICC is also fitted throughout with a fully integrated emergency lighting system comprising of a combination of maintained and non-maintained lighting units as appropriate and is serviced and maintained in keeping with BS/EN 50172(2004), BS 5266-8(2004) & BS5266-1 (2011). 

Summary of Action by Attendees on activation of the Fire Alarm

In the event of the fire alarm activation which is a “two tone electronic sounder” all Delegates shall be directed to the Assembly Points by EICC Staff & Hosts using the nearest Emergency Exits. No-one will be allowed to re-enter the building until the all clear is given.

If any person requires additional assistance in the event of an evacuation, they should make themselves known to team at the registration desk on their arrival at the conference; these persons will be conveyed to the “Temporary Waiting Areas” within the protected staircases and their attendance at that location recorded within Security Control and passed to Fire & Rescue Service on their arrival.