This page contains information regarding fire safety at NTNU.

Guidelines for fire protection | Emergency planning | Fire prevention

Area regulations

Norsk versjon: Brannvern

General fire instructions

Familiarize yourself with

• The escape routes
• Nearest fire alarm button (red box)
• Extinguishers location and how to use it

If fire occurs

• Try to extinguish the fire
• Trigger manual fire alarm
• Call the fire department by dialing 110

When the fire alarm goes off

• Close doors and windows
• Close the gas taps and bottle valves
• Leave the building
• Go to the meeting place
• Notify if you know the cause of fire alarm

In the event of a fire alarm, do not use lift!

Red and green boxes

You can find red and green boxes in the common areas on campus. These are usually placed near emergency exits.

Use the red boxes to trigger the fire alarm:

• Press on the glass
• Some boxes have a protective cover you have to fold up before you can press the glass
• When you press the glass, the evacuation alarm is triggered, and an emergency alert is sent to the fire department

Use the green boxes to unlock emergency exits with electric locks:

• Press the glass to unlock emergency exits
• Some boxes have a protective cover you have to fold up before you can press the glass.
• When you press the glass, the box will play a local audible alert

Responsibilities in case of fire?

• Line manager's responsibility - The line manager is the Dean/Division Director and Head of Department/Head of Section, that is, the person with overall responsibility for the unit. For external tenants, the line manager is the head of the enterprise.
• Area leader's responsibility - The line manager appoints the area leader (områdeansvarlig). The site leader’s duty is to help to evacuate people in a given area of the building.
• Evacuation officer's responsibility - The fire evacuation officer represents the building owner/landlord and meets the emergency services on site.

Fire instructions and meeting place for your building:

• Dragvoll
• Elgeseter
• Fjordgata 1
• Gjøvik
• Gløshaugen
• Kalvskinnet
• Kjøpmannsgata 42
• Krambugata 12-14
• Olavskvartalet
• Sydområdet
• Tunga
• Tyholt
• Øya
• Ålesund
• Remaining NTNU buildings in Trondheim
• Buildings other municipalities

Need for equipment and reporting errors

If you need help with any fire fighting equipment, or if there are any problems with fire fighting equipment, contact Janitorial services

• Ordering fire vests
• Ordering transport harnesses

Important contact information in case of an emergency

• Emergency

Contact

• The HSE Section