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Introduction to Fire Safety

This training is intended for those who work at KTH. The purpose of the training is to provide you with the knowledge and information you need to help create a safer working environment with regard to fire safety and to feel confident about how to act in the event of a fire.

The training is digital and available in Canvas, is mandatory for new employees, and takes approximately 30 minutes to complete.

Basic Fire Safety Course

This course is intended for KTH staff and doctoral students. The theoretical part aims to prevent fires from occurring in school premises and offices and to limit the consequences of a fire. The course also provides participants with knowledge about evacuation conditions and how to act during an evacuation, as well as knowledge of the available fire-fighting equipment, both theoretical and practical.

The number of participants per course session is 20–150 people.

Fire Safety Course for Laboratory Environments

This course is intended for students. The theoretical part aims to prevent fires from occurring in chemical laboratories and to limit the consequences of a fire. The course provides information about the fire-related properties of the materials/substances being handled (flammable goods) and measures to take in the event of a fire. It also provides knowledge about evacuation conditions and how to act during an evacuation, as well as knowledge of the available fire-fighting equipment, both theoretical and practical.

The number of participants per course session is 20–150 people.

Evacuation Drill

Evacuation drills are part of the systematic fire safety work and are carried out to check and verify procedures and to identify emerging issues that may need to be addressed in relation to evacuation in, for example, the event of a fire. Evacuation drills are intended to provide KTH staff and students with the competence and experience needed to ensure that a safe evacuation can take place. The employer must ensure that there are procedures in place so that all employees can evacuate the workplace.

Evacuation drills must be planned and carried out together with the organization’s fire safety officer. The drill is conducted based on activity-specific conditions, such as:

  • Processes that must be completed or paused in a way that does not pose a risk of accidents

  • Personnel with special roles in connection with evacuation

  • The organization’s ability to coordinate and communicate

  • With or without smoke (theatrical smoke, harmless to people and does not damage machines or other equipment)

Follow-up of the evacuation drill should take place immediately after the drill is completed, where the exercise is reviewed and discussed, what worked well, and whether any improvement measures are needed.

Evacuation drills can, if desired, be ordered and are carried out in cooperation with the fire safety consultant with whom KTH has an agreement.

Orders for evacuation drills are made using a dedicated form in the forms archive.
Orders must be submitted 8 weeks before the planned date of the drill.
The drill is carried out on weekdays between 08:00 and 16:30, and the person placing the order must take into account any examination periods and written tests.