Le Meridien Noumea – Evacuation and safety procedures
IN CASE OF EMERGENCY
MAIN PHONE NUMBERS
FIRE SAFETY PRECAUTION INSTRUCTIONS
PLEASE FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS ON THE BACK DOOR OF YOUR ROOM
| IN CASE OF FIRE OR SMOKE INSIDE YOUR ROOM : |
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| Dial 0-18 |
| State your location and your name |
| Call the Hotel operator 9 |
| Take your room key, EXIT YOUR ROOM |
| Close the door behind you. |
| Alert others in the area |
| Activate the nearest fire alarm |
| Walk to the nearest stairway |
| DO NOT USE THE ELEVATOR |
| AND EXIT THE BUILDING |
| If smoke is present, stay low |
| IF YOU ARE ORDERED TO EVACUATE THE ROOM AND THE DOOR IS HOT |
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| DO NOT OPEN IT |
| Dial 0-18 |
| State your location and your name |
| Call the Hotel operator 9 |
| Stuff wet towels, clothes under the door and against air vents to keep out fire and smoke |
| Remain calm and wait for further instructions |
| If you cannot exit, your room is the safest place to be |
| IF YOU ARE ORDERED TO EVACUATE THE ROOM : |
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| Feel the door |
| If the door is NOT HOT, take your room key |
| EXIT WITH CAUTION |
| Look in both directions for the nearest exit sign |
| Close the door behind you |
| Walk to the nearest stairway |
| DO NOT USE THE ELEVATOR |
| AND EXIT THE BUILDING |
| If smoke is present, stay low |
| SMOKE DETECTOR INFORMATION : |
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| Smoke detectors are provided for your personal safety |
| Anyone who intentionally would damage any smoke detector shall be guilty of a misdemeanor |
| Anyone who willfully and maliciously would activate any fire alarm will be treated as a misdemeanor |
| FOR YOUR SECURITY : |
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| Always use deadbolt lock |
| Always use security latch |
| Always identify your caller using the peephole |
CYCLONE PRECAUTION INSTRUCTIONS FOR ALL GUESTS AT THE HOTEL:
From time to time, tropical storms may reach New Caledonia. The hotel is advised of bad weather forecast by the official weather bulletin.
In case of emergency the hotel will alert you and let you know what to do, following the procedures below:
Measures to take in case of an Alert 1: Cyclone
ALERT 1 means that:
A cyclone (storm or tropical depression) could reach New Caledonia within the following 36 hours. All preparations and preventative measures must therefore be undertaken.
The following precautions need to be taken:-
- Stay calm; there is no need to worry.
- Be careful at all times.
- Place all items including the chairs and table on your balcony inside your room.
- Place the latch on the sliding door of your balcony in the locked position.
- Draw closed the sheers and curtains of your room.
- Remain alert and listen to the communication bulletins
- Stow away in the drawers any items in your room which could become flying objects if thrown by wind.
- Do not approach the beach front.
- Do not under any circumstances leave the hotel grounds.
- Do not ride on motor vehicle is strictly forbidden.
- Wait for further instructions from the hotel.
Measures to take in case of an Alert 2: Cyclone moving rapidly
If a cyclone is heading rapidly for New Caledonia and its dangerous effects may reach the island within a very few hours. Get to shelters and safe living place.
You are safe while in the hotel, however the hotel recommends:
- To stay calm, there is no need to worry.
- Not to try to take any photos.
- Not to open windows in order to avoid causing any draughts.
- To ensure sliding doors are well locked with curtains drawn closed.
- To remain in your allocated bedroom.
- To take refuge in the bathroom if sliding doors shatter.
- Not to move around corridors.
While the cyclone passes through:
- If there is a lull, do not leave your room as this will be the cyclone eye.
- Be aware if the wind suddenly drops and if the sun or moon appears. Such a calm spell may last a few minutes or an hour.
- Keep in mind that on the other side of the eye of the cyclone, strength of the winds will be doubled and will blow as a storm in an opposite direction to what it was before the spell.