Does the toaster work?
The practice closes between 1 pm and 3 pm every week for staff training and development and once a month we close all afternoon for an extended training session. These are called TARGET afternoons (not sure what TARGET stands for though but I dont think it has anything to do with targets!!!).
Last weeks TARGET session was the annual fire training for all our staff. It is compulsory for everyone to attend - doctors, nurses and administrative support staff. We had a lecture from a fire officer, demonstration and practice outside using some live fire extinguishers and then went through how the fire alarm works.
The fire alarm for the new premises are very complicated. There is a numbered sensor in every room, the premises are zoned and loads of things happen when the fire alarm goes off: the alarm starts screeching, the sensors start flashing, the fire brigade are called, all the fire doors close, all the doors that you can only get through with a fob open, the shutters which are down go up and the fire shutters go down! And the fire control panel tells you which sensor has triggered the alarm - all very complicated.
At Princess Street we had a toaster for one morning before one slice of burnt toast set the fire alarm off. Now we have this fancy fire alarm and also a sensor in the kitchen and what the staff really want to know is whether if they burn some toast will that set the fire alarm off?
Well, amazingly, the sensors can tell the difference between smoke and heat and so yes - the toasters do work!
Last weeks TARGET session was the annual fire training for all our staff. It is compulsory for everyone to attend - doctors, nurses and administrative support staff. We had a lecture from a fire officer, demonstration and practice outside using some live fire extinguishers and then went through how the fire alarm works.
The fire alarm for the new premises are very complicated. There is a numbered sensor in every room, the premises are zoned and loads of things happen when the fire alarm goes off: the alarm starts screeching, the sensors start flashing, the fire brigade are called, all the fire doors close, all the doors that you can only get through with a fob open, the shutters which are down go up and the fire shutters go down! And the fire control panel tells you which sensor has triggered the alarm - all very complicated.
At Princess Street we had a toaster for one morning before one slice of burnt toast set the fire alarm off. Now we have this fancy fire alarm and also a sensor in the kitchen and what the staff really want to know is whether if they burn some toast will that set the fire alarm off?
Well, amazingly, the sensors can tell the difference between smoke and heat and so yes - the toasters do work!
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