🔥 Fire safety on campus – Herts students
🏢Stay safe in your accommodation
- Never leave cooking unattended – turn off the hob/oven if you leave the kitchen.
- Switch off electricals when not in use.
- Use extractor fans & keep kitchen doors shut to avoid false alarms.
- Report maintenance issues quickly (Helpdesk: de Havilland / Oval: College Lane).
- Be careful with frying oil – never add water to an oil fire.
- Evacuate within 3 minutes if the alarm sounds; only return when Security/Housing staff say it’s safe.
- Keep fire doors shut – never prop them open.
- No smoking, candles, incense, shisha or e‑cigs in accommodation.
- Do not tamper with fire equipment – alarms, blankets, extinguishers.
Avoid false alarms – shut ensuite doors when showering, don’t spray deodorant/hairspray near detectors.
đź“ž Need more support?
Contact a Student Support Officer:
- College Lane: Student Support & Welfare Office (B440, Hutton Hub)
- de Havilland: Residential Services Office