Fire safety summary
Oyster Bay Apartments
Flats 1-31
Oyster Bay Apartments
Sterte Close
Poole
Dorset
BH15 2FN
(Unique Property Reference Number – 31817)
Property Manager contact details
- Jules Barrow, Housing Officer
- Customer services: 0300 5000 926
- contact@sovereign.org.uk
Significant findings from Fire Risk Assessment
- Make available emergency lighting testing/servicing records and fix three defective bulbs
- Items left by residents in communal areas compromising means of escape
How we are managing fire risk in the buildings
- Making records available and replacing defective bulbs
- Housing team to issue tort notices and remove items
Evacuation policy
Full evacuation
When the alarm sounds, get everyone in your flat out of the building using emergency fire exit routes and stairs.
Hampshire Fire And Rescue Service has also produced a useful leaflet about High Rise Living [adobe pdf / 2 MB].
Means of escape
The best escape route is usually the normal way in and out of your home. There is one route out of your building:
- the enclosed stairwell that leads to the ground floor
Do not use the lift.
Local fire authority
Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service.
Building construction and cladding
Part cladding and brick-faced.
Routine inspections
The items below are inspected or serviced to maintain the fire safety of your building.
Area | Description | Frequency of inspection |
| Fire Risk Assessment (FRA) | An FRA is an inspection of the common areas of the building to check that fire safety arrangements meet legal fire safety requirements. It also identifies what else we can do to prevent fire and keep residents safe. | Annually |
| Lift | One passenger lift. | Serviced every month. Thorough inspection (LOLER) every six months |
| Communal electrics | Communal electrical installations such as wiring, sockets and lights are inspected and tested regularly. | Every five years |
| Communal gas boiler | None present – gas boilers in each home are serviced annually. | Does not apply |
| Dry riser | Used by firefighters to deliver water to all levels of the building. | Six monthly and annual servicing |
| Fire detection system | Such as fire alarms and smoke detectors. | Weekly testing and servicing every three months |
| Emergency lighting | Emergency lighting (or escape lighting) lights up a safe exit route if the mains power fails. | Programme of monthly and annual tests |
| Automatic Open Vent (AOV) | Smoke control ventilation system. | Monthly tests |
| Other comments | None |