Over the last few days at Central we have been trying to identify the people in this 1985 staff photo. The photo itself is saved here: K:\LIBR-Library\Operations\Photos\staff-photos\Groups
The word document that I used to insert names is also there.
I have yet to ask Robin Stevens if he knows any of the other 15 people who so far are nameless. Andreas was able to give me some names too.
Tim O’Sullivan
Last weeks fire evacuation was the second 2017 trial and it went quite well with and evacuation time of 7minutes 49 seconds. The library was pretty busy at the time.
Thanks to those who picked up paddles and took on the role of floor warden. This is an important part of the evacuation procedure. Any information the floor wardens pass to the building warden will be handed to the Fire Service in the event of an emergency.
Once the floor wardens have checked off their floor their duties continue at the front steps. Even though the alarm may be turned off the building is not released back to the University until the Fire Brigade give the all clear. This will be relayed around to the front of the building to the floor wardens at the foot of the library steps.
If you are wearing the armband and are holding a paddle you will look official enough to dissuade students from reentering until the all clear is received.
Tim O’Sullivan
The UC Health and Safety Flip chart has been revised and in public areas the old one has been replaced by the new one.
If you would like a new one for your office area please email jacqui.lyttle@canterbury.ac.nz
The new tab for power outage includes the information that the Skype phones will not work in a blackout. There have been emergency phones installed around campus and the one for the PJH library is on the pillar behind the photocopier.
Other revisions are the tab for armed incident and the tab for Weather Event
Tim O’Sullivan
Welcome to our new Casual staff members Cherilyn Clark, Eurica Thapa, Karlia Larsen. They started last week with training and you will see them filling in around our libraries on a regular basis.
This is the current list of Library First Aiders, wardens and Health and Safety Reps.
The file is saved here: K:\LIBR-Library\Health-Safety\FirstAid\First Aiders Building wardens update August 2017.docx
If there are any updates or corrections please let me know.
Thanks
Tim O’Sullivan
Central Library, Puaka-Puaka-James Hight
| First Aid Certificate holders – Central Library | Expiry | |
| Susan Lloyd | Level 2 Puaka-James Hight | 7th Aug 2017* |
| Beth Mannix | Level 2 Puaka-James Hight | 30th Sept 2017* |
| Rebecca Fisher | Level 2 Puaka-James Hight | 25th Nov 2017* |
| Felicity Watson | Level 5 Puaka-James Hight | 12th August 2018 |
| Mariko Yoshioka | Level 5 Puaka-James Hight | 5th May 2017* |
| Joan Simpson | Level 5 Puaka-James Hight | 26th June 2019 |
| Anton Angelo | Level 5 Puaka-James Hight | 18th April 2018 |
| Romy Forrer | Level 5 Puaka-James Hight | 28th Feb. 2019 |
| Nicolle Moffatt | Level 5 Puaka-James Hight | 26th June 2019 |
| Kiera Tauro | Level 5 Puaka-James Hight | 25th Nov 2017* |
| Janette Nicolle | Level 5 Puaka-James Hight | 7th Dec 2017* |
| Sue Thompson | Level 5 Puaka-James Hight | 28th Feb 2019 |
| Bronwyn Collins | Level 5 Puaka-James Hight | 20th July 2018 |
| Hugh Joughin | Level 2 Puaka-James Hight | 20th August 2018 |
| Margaret Patterson | Level 5 Puaka-James Hight | 28th Nov. 2018 |
| Peter Kennedy | Level 5 Puaka-James Hight | 17th Aug. 2018 |
| Sara Roberts | Level 5 Puaka-James Hight | 20th July 2018 |
| Elizabeth Lochhead | Level 3 PJH Academic Skills | 24th Nov 2017 |
| Judith Coullie | Level 3 PJH Academic Skills | 22nd Nov 2017 |
| Building wardens – Central Library | ||
| Donna ThompsonJacqui Cain (FS)
Allan Feng (FS) |
Library – Floor 5 | Floor Wardens |
| First person to the board | Library – Floors 6-11 | Floor Warden |
| Tim O’Sullivan | Library | Building Warden |
| Angela Berry (deputy) | Library | Building Warden (deputy) |
| Jack Arron (assistant) | Library | Building Warden (assistant) |
| Angel Nicholson Jacqui Tither | Library level 3 | Floor wardens |
| Fiona Gurnsey James Huntly | Level 1 (UCSA Office) undercrofdt East end upper level | Floor Warden |
| Nikita Taylor | Undercroft lower level | Floor Warden |
| Shilling Club staff | Undercroft West end upper level | Floor warden |
| First persons to uplift the paddles | Puaka-James Hight – Floors 2 & 4 | Floor Wardens |
| Health and Safety Representatives – Puaka-James Hight | ||
| Tim O’Sullivan | Level 2 | Library |
| First Aid Certificate holders (Education Library) | Expiry | |
| Margaret Paterson | 28th Nov. 2018 | |
| Kim Allen | 28th Nov. 2018 | |
| Jane Agnew | 14th Aug 2017* | |
| Jin Kim | 20th July 2018 | |
| Building warden Education building | ||
| Lisa Davies | Building Warden | |
| Health and Safety Representative | ||
| Jane Agnew | Library | |
| First Aid Certificate holders (EPS Library) | Expiry | |
| Dave Lane | 23rd June 2017 | |
| Margaret Paterson | 28th Nov. 2018 | |
| Brian McElwaine | 4th March 2018 | |
| Building wardens EPS building | ||
| Jenny Owens | Building Warden | |
| First to the board | Deputy Building Warden | |
| Health and Safety Representatives | ||
| Dave Lane | Library | |
| First Aid Certificate holders (Macmillan Brown Library) | Expiry | |
| Caroline Syddall | 28th Nov. 2018 | |
| Swee Hoon Goh | 28th Sept. 2018 | |
| Hannah O’Dwyer | 23rd Feb 2018 | |
| Gabrielle Faith | 17th Aug. 2018 | |
| Building wardens Macmillan Brown Library | ||
| Jamie Hape | Building Warden | |
| Erin Kimber | Floor warden | |
| Health and Safety Representatives | ||
| Swee Hoon Goh | Library | |
If you have a pile of blue pockets for transporting books would you mind please returning some to Central library?
Thanks
Tim O’Sullivan
The UC Learning Resources health and Safety committee, which includes the library, met last week. There are a few things that will be of interest.
The emergency flip chart outlining what to do in various situations is being updated and any suggestions can be sent through to jacqui.lyttle@canterbury.ac.nz
Security are keen to keep people aware that if there is a medical emergency then they should be called first on ext. 6111. They will respond immediately with first aid equipment and a defibrillator. If necessary the Health Centre will be called and Security will also call an ambulance. Security will coordinate the arrival of the ambulance on to campus as quickly as possible. This is the most effective way of getting the ambulance as there have been cases in the past where the ambulance crew have spent fifteen minutes driving around campus looking for the emergency.
In the unlikely event of a power cut the university has generators which will keep essential services such as locked doors and crucial fridges running but the emergency generator system can not run the whole university. The library has emergency closure guidelines here: K:\LIBR-Library\Health-Safety\Emergency-closure-guidelines
Tim O’Sullivan
There has been a lot of student interest in this book this year and I’m sure I saw it only recently but despite hunting high and low it seems to have disappeared! If anyone has any information please let me know.
Thanks
Tim O’Sullivan
If you have not yet attended the Evacuation training, or its been over two years since your last training, we have a new, combined, Evacuation and Fire Extinguisher training session coming up next Monday 10 April. The morning session (9am-11.30am) only has a couple of spaces left, but the afternoon session (12.30pm -3.00pm) still has spaces.
The training is facilitated by Sean Yeates, from Fire Fighting Pacific. He spent many years in the UK Fire Service and more recently was stationed down in Dunedin. He has plenty of first-hand knowledge to share and the hands-on experience actually using Fire Extinguishers is always a very worthwhile experience (and quite fun). I found this training increased my confidence in managing evacuations, and more importantly gave me confidence to pick up an extinguisher and use it if necessary.
The enrolment form is at the top of the H&S training page https://intranet.canterbury.ac.nz/hs/info-training/index.shtml if you would like to join Sean on Monday . Training is in the Erskine building and the Fire Extinguisher hands-on exercise is outside (rain or shine).
Places are limited so please get your enrolment form to us as soon as possible. The final training session for 2017 follows the September trial evacuations, and is in October.
Tim O’Sullivan (passing on news from Angie Willington H&S Central)
The evacuation today was not a trial but did appear to go quite well.
If any of the floor wardens have comments about the effectiveness of the evacuation please let me know. One thing that was mentioned was that the east stair from the tower had a traffic jam in it. Does anyone know why?
Tim O’Sullivan