Staying in a hotel is essential for business trips. Hotels often use a lot of combustible materials for indoor decoration and renovation; The building structure is prone to the chimney effect, causing fires to rapidly spread along vertical shafts and ventilation ducts, endangering the entire building; There are many factors that lead to fires in hotels, including the use of electricity, fire, and gas equipment, as well as the lack of fire awareness among guests who use fire indiscriminately and smoke in bed. Therefore, once a hotel fire occurs, it is extremely easy to cause a vicious accident of mass casualties. Therefore, safety comes first when staying in a hotel. Below, the Siemens fire alarm system manufacturer will share with you some essential fire safety knowledge, which must be firmly mastered.

Hotel fire safety tips

1. Familiarize oneself with the environment

After checking into the hotel, even if you are fatigued, you must first understand the direction of the evacuation staircase and your room, as well as the location of safety exits, alarms, fire extinguishers, etc. Generally, there will be a floor plan behind the hotel room door, clearly indicating the location of the room and the nearest fire escape. In case of a fire, you can quickly escape the scene of the fire.

2. Prevent smoke

Once a fire is detected, one must not open the door to observe, as it can easily create convection between hot and cold air, causing fireworks to come rushing towards them. The best way at this time is to quickly soak the bed sheets, towels, etc. with water to block the gaps in the door, prevent smoke from entering, and then cover your mouth and nose with a damp towel to wait for rescue.

Most hotels place survival tools such as gas masks in their guest rooms. Our hotel has placed two sets of gas masks and a flashlight in the wardrobe of the guest rooms, which can play an important role in the event of a fire.

3. Timely evacuation

This is mainly to follow the verbal and radio guidance of hotel staff, and not to be presumptuous or blindly evacuate without listening to advice. Because modern hotels have servers and firefighters who have received good fire safety and psychological education.

4. Self rescue

Nowadays, many hotels, especially those in developed countries, have fire self rescue devices and ropes in their rooms. When checking in, you should ask the waiter for their placement and usage methods. In the event of a fire, you can quickly evacuate. At the same time, the fire-fighting hardware facilities of high-rise hotels are generally relatively complete. For example, the stairwells are smoke proof or enclosed, and they are not far from the room you are staying in. As long as you quickly enter the stairwells, you can survive. Once you leave the danger, remember not to return to the fire scene.

5. Take shelter in a timely manner

If it's not your own room that catches fire, generally speaking, your own room is the best refuge. As long as you don't open the doors and windows to let smoke enter, it will take some time for the fire to burn through the guest room door, and someone will come to rescue you after such a long time. At the same time, the toilets, stairs, and refuge rooms set up at the end of the bag shaped corridor in the hotel are also good places for refuge.

6. Familiarize oneself with fire protection facilities

Hotel fire protection facilities are generally complete and equipped in accordance with relevant safety requirements. However, if we are not clear about the role of these equipment and facilities, it is not only easy to cause damage to the relevant facilities and equipment, but also affect their normal use. Generally speaking, the common facilities and equipment in a room mainly include smoke detectors, water sprinklers, gas masks, and emergency flashlights. These facilities and equipment are all life-saving at critical moments, so special attention should be paid when moving in.

A special reminder is not to be curious about using cigarettes to test smoke detectors. In addition, many people like to hang cool clothes on the sprinkler head, but little do they know that this situation is very easy to break the glass bubbles on the sprinkler head and cause the water spray to start. This behavior not only bears legal responsibility for damaging fire protection facilities, but also requires compensation for the losses caused as a result.

7. Waiting for rescue

If you are surrounded by thick smoke and flames, don't panic, let alone jump blindly. Be cautious and quiet, stay in your room, stand at the window or balcony shouting, or knock on metal objects or throw soft objects. At night, wave a flashlight or white cloth to attract the attention of rescue personnel. As long as you can remember these simple methods, even in the face of a big fire, you can still thrive.

Currently, hotels, whether they are high-end four-star/five-star hotels or business/express hotels, are all emphasizing service quality and striving to provide guests with a warm and safe stay experience as much as possible. Therefore, if you have any problems during your stay, you can communicate with the hotel staff at any time, such as clothes that need to be dried. We believe that the staff can definitely solve such problems for you. But make sure not to make any inappropriate decisions rashly. It is very likely that your small negligence will bring huge trouble to yourself and even pose a threat to the safety of yourself and others.

Whether on a trip or business trip, safety is always our top priority wherever we go.

Going out happily and returning safely... Words are plain, but they are the greatest hope our family has for us.