Security Equipment, Communication Devices and Fire Safety Appliances
Domain 6 covers the kit a guard uses, radio discipline and first-line fire appliances.
Security equipment
Hand-held metal detector, door frame metal detector, baggage scanner, boom barrier, turnstile, CCTV, card and biometric readers, public address system, emergency light, torch, whistle, baton, helmet, reflective jacket, keys and key register. Before each shift check battery, charge, seals and calibration sticker and log faults. Do not open or repair equipment yourself.
Communication
- Radio: listen before pressing the key, speak slowly, use call signs and the phonetic alphabet, say over to end a turn and out to end the exchange, mayday for a life-threatening emergency.
- Keep messages short: who, where, what, action needed.
- Never chat, swear, pass rumour or share site information on an open channel.
- Check battery and signal at takeover; keep a spare battery and the supervisor's number.
Fire safety appliances
- Classes: A solids (water, foam), B flammable liquids (foam, CO2, dry powder), C gases (dry powder, CO2), D metals (special powder), F cooking oil (wet chemical).
- Use PASS: pull the pin, aim at the base, squeeze the handle, sweep.
- Monthly checks: gauge in green, pin and seal intact, hose not cracked, refill date, no obstruction, extinguisher in its marked place.
- Hydrant, hose reel, sprinkler, smoke detector, manual call point and sand bucket must be clear and signed on the check sheet.
Worked example
Smoke comes from a UPS room. Reasoning: electrical fire, so water is forbidden. Steps: raise the alarm, call the control room, switch off power only if safe, use CO2 from the doorway, keep low, evacuate the corridor, meet the fire officer and report the equipment used.
Traps
Water on an electrical fire; turning your back on a fire; using a lift; an extinguisher with a missing pin or gauge in red; personal talk on the radio.