Btec Business Level 3 Unit 8 D2
P4, M3 & D2
The two incidents I have chosen are-fire and intruders.
Fire can be very unpredictable and is very dangerous. It can quickly multiply its size if not acted quickly. If a fire occurs, the main is to let everyone know. This can be done by pressing the fire alarm for everyone to know and another person to ring the emergency services. As being a service provider you must not leave the building unless all the service users are evacuated and safe. Your main priority will be to help the vulnerable people such as children, people with disability or visual/hearing impairment. One of your priorities during this incident would be to think about what kind of environment everyone is in. For example- if it’s in a hospital, there will be hospital …show more content…
This can include smokes building up in inside and out of the building. Usually thick smoke from a fire does not harm individuals, however this can differ when taking into account the level, extent, and duration of exposure to the smoke. Also, the factors of age, condition etc..can depend on how they might be impacted by the smoke For example- there will be patients/staffs with asthma and if they start to inhale the smoke, it will make it difficult for them to breathe as its toxic gas. The patient might have shortness of breath leading to not being conscious or breathing. Inhaling the toxic gas can lead to having a major asthma attack and can also lead to fainting. This will be a huge barrier for other people who are evacuation as they might trip over the person without the fire fighters or the staffs knowing. This can also mean that if the staffs are the one that got the asthma attack, there might not be enough staffs around to guide the evacuating people. The people might start to separate going their own ways and panicking or even getting trapped somewhere. If anyone has fainted in the middle of the crowd, by the time a staffs comes or the emergency service, it might’ve been too late. The damage impact would be that huge costing someone’s life because of the inhalation of the
The two incidents I have chosen are-fire and intruders.
Fire can be very unpredictable and is very dangerous. It can quickly multiply its size if not acted quickly. If a fire occurs, the main is to let everyone know. This can be done by pressing the fire alarm for everyone to know and another person to ring the emergency services. As being a service provider you must not leave the building unless all the service users are evacuated and safe. Your main priority will be to help the vulnerable people such as children, people with disability or visual/hearing impairment. One of your priorities during this incident would be to think about what kind of environment everyone is in. For example- if it’s in a hospital, there will be hospital …show more content…
This can include smokes building up in inside and out of the building. Usually thick smoke from a fire does not harm individuals, however this can differ when taking into account the level, extent, and duration of exposure to the smoke. Also, the factors of age, condition etc..can depend on how they might be impacted by the smoke For example- there will be patients/staffs with asthma and if they start to inhale the smoke, it will make it difficult for them to breathe as its toxic gas. The patient might have shortness of breath leading to not being conscious or breathing. Inhaling the toxic gas can lead to having a major asthma attack and can also lead to fainting. This will be a huge barrier for other people who are evacuation as they might trip over the person without the fire fighters or the staffs knowing. This can also mean that if the staffs are the one that got the asthma attack, there might not be enough staffs around to guide the evacuating people. The people might start to separate going their own ways and panicking or even getting trapped somewhere. If anyone has fainted in the middle of the crowd, by the time a staffs comes or the emergency service, it might’ve been too late. The damage impact would be that huge costing someone’s life because of the inhalation of the