Health and Safety and Security Arrangements

The Churchwarden or representative will brief the event organiser in advance.

If the organiser is not familiar with the church layout, the Churchwarden or representative will meet the organiser at church and ensure that the organiser knows where emergency doors, keys, signs, fire extinguishers etc are situated.

The Churchwarden or representative will meet the organiser at the close of the event to ensure that the heating is turned off, lighting switched off and all doors locked.

Fire safety arrangements 
No highly flammable material permitted
All exit doors and routes to be clearly signed (south porch, west porch, lady chapel and choir vestry). Key for Lady Chapel door is in extreme right hand choir cupboard on long wall opposite the door which gives entry to church.
All exit doors to be unlocked and maintained easily openable from inside
Aisles and exit routes to be kept clear.
Organiser to be aware of position of fire extinguishers.
Telephone in office off choir vestry to be used to call emergency services.
Instructions to be announced at start of each event (see below for crowd management)

Crowd management/evacuation
Church has normal seating capacity of about 220. If the organiser wishes to exceed this, the Churchwarden or representative should be consulted.

Whether for normal or extra capacity, all aisles and routes must be kept clear.

The organiser should allocate stewards to go directly to each door in an emergency, to ensure that the door is opened. The stewards should stay by each door until the church is evacuated.

The organiser should arrange for one person to be responsible for taking overall control in an emergency. That person should move to the front of the Nave in an emergency and instruct people to remain seated until directed to move (thus giving stewards time to get to exit doors). 

People to be requested to assemble by War memorial in High Street (thus keeping church paths clear),

Electrical Lighting 
Both the entry lights and normal lights to be kept on during events (normal lights may of course be dimmed). 

First Aid/illness 
The first aid box is in the office off the choir vestry on the window ledge.
Telephone to call emergency services is in the same office.

All accidents must be recorded in the accident book located next to the first aid box.

Heating 
Controls are in the clergy vestry. The Churchwarden/representative will confirm heating requirements with the event organiser. In winter it is likely that the heating control will need to be set to “continuous” some time earlier on the day of the event to ensure a comfortable temperature. The Churchwarden/representative will make the necessary arrangements.