City students are responsible for keeping everyone safe and should familiarise themselves with the fire safety procedure.
At City we take fire safety and the safety of our students and staff extremely seriously.
In a fire emergency swift action is required.
We need all students to assist us in keeping everyone safe in a fire emergency.
How you can help us keep you safe
Ensure you:
- Familiarise yourself with all available fire exits in the buildings you use; this includes your student accommodation
- Identify where the assembly points are for the buildings you use. These can be found on the map below, with the nearest one to your current location displayed on the fire action notices located next to call points, entrances, exits and in lecture rooms. This will be the same for student accommodation.
What to do in the event of a fire
If you discover a fire
1. Do not attempt to put a fire out.
2. Leave the room the fire is in and, if safe to do so, shut the door as you leave.
3. Raise the Alarm by pressing a red call point immediately. These are found across campus on the walls.
Pressing the call point will activate the fire alarm, informing others to leave the building. It will also inform Security who will respond to the incident.
4. Make your way to the designated assembly point for the building, leaving by your nearest safe available fire exit route – shown by green arrow signage from the ceilings. Make sure you tell others to leave as you exit and do not stop to gather your belongings.
5. Wait at the designated assembly point for further instruction from City’s Security staff or the London Fire Brigade. Do not re-enter the building until told it is safe to do so by those co-ordinating the evacuation. Please stay at the assembly point so you can be accounted for (wandering off could mean that a fire fighter enters the building in an unnecessary attempt to find you).
If you hear the fire alarm
Follow steps 4 and 5 above.
Fire assembly points
Abacus House
- Corner of Gloucester Way and Meredith Street
- Courtyard to the rear of the premises.
Bunhill Row
- Bunhill Row pavement directly opposite main building entrance.
- Lambs Passage (street to the rear of the premises)
Centenary
- Pavement alongside Drysdale building
- The pavement at the corner of College building Spencer Street, outside the Dame Alice Owen pub and Centenary car park.
College
- Northampton square
- The pavement at the corner of College building Spencer Street, outside the Dame Alice Owen pub.
Tait
- Northampton Square
- The pavement at the corner of College building Spencer Street, outside the Dame Alice Owen pub.
Drysdale
- Northampton Square
- The pavement at the corner of College building Spencer Street, outside the Dame Alice Owen pub.
Sebastian Street
- Northampton Square
- Spencer Street alongside the Tait building.
University / Refectory
- Northampton Square
- The pavement at the corner of College building Spencer Street, outside the Dame Alice Owen pub.
Rhind
- Meredith Street
Whiskin Street
- Meredith Street
Gloucester
- Meredith Street
1 Myddelton Street
- Corner of Myddelton Street and Garnault Place
Franklin building
- Bastwick Street Corner
- Corner of Pear Tree street and Goswell Road.
City Sport
- Bastwick Street Corner
- Corner of Pear Tree street and Goswell Road.
Finsbury Square
- Finsbury Park, opposite the main entrance
Finsbury Town Hall, Urdang
- Rosoman Place, by the entrance to the park.