No they should have sacked her and brought back the test card

No, she is setting a very bad example.

However, it is a really good example of what people actually do when confronted with a fire alarm. This is how people get killed in fires.

I have endured the above on more than one occassion. I was also asked for a discount for the fact they were marched outside and had to wait for the place to be checked out. They didn't seem to understand life is a bit more important than some sliced carrots and jam!!

How do you know the camera crew remained? they may have run off and left the camera running?

Another interpretation of the scenario is that the studio had a phased response system. If so, the initial audible alarms were intended to put everyone, including the presenters and film crew, on alert that they might need to evacuate if the cause of the alarm could not be identified by designated persons within a certain period of time. Similar systems exist in hospitals and other types of premises where immediate evacuation by everybody as soon as the alarm sounds is either not appropriate and/or unsafe for various reasons.

The fact that the alarm sounded intermittently rather than constantly tends to indicate that the studio did have a phased response system. Also, perhaps Lorraine Kelly and/or the studio staff knew that if the alarm soundings persisted after a certain time, they had to abandon what they were doing and evacuate - hence her concluding explanation to the viewers.

p.s. My geographical acumen has failed me: I've occasionally seen the name "Huffington Post" on the internet over the past year or so, but haven't yet managed to find where Huffington actually is: Perhaps it's an obscure small town in North America or a new town in the UK !!! :-)

I walked in to a large supermarket last week and the fire alarm went off. Every single person ignored the alarm including the security guards until it was finally silenced by someone. So much for an evacuation procedure!

Strategic progressive evacuation- we use it because such large buildings with many people inside, there is not always a need for full evacuation upon activation of the fire alarm. As the fire spreads the building is evacuated in stages away from the fire. With modern construction and passive fire controls you can evacuate a large building over a number of hours if necessary.
I would suggest that the automated fire alarm does not have a double knock as most alarms would and activates straight upon detection into evacuation mode. Most fire alarm systems pulse intermittently to alert to the activation and evacuation bell is either a timed response or manually activated.
Dreadfull to evacuate a whole building for someone who burned their toast without checking first!!

... And don't even get me started on hotels - how many guests check where the fire exits are on going into a hotel? How many use the stairs to go to their room the first time, so they have an idea of how to escape in an emergency?

Fire alarm in a hotel in San Francisco - wife and I evacuated onto the street just before 7am in our sleepwear and not one other person was there... And we got honked! Try standing on a street in San Francisco in your night attire and see the response!

This is true, not me but an ex colleague.

Turned out, about 0300, to The Moat House Hotel,
Paradise Street


On arrival, serious kitchen fire, alarms sounding, evacuation and head count underway.

This bloke approaches me and says, (seriously) "Stephen Hendry is on the 3rd floor, he's had a busy week and he's here for John Parrott's wedding. Any chance he can stay in bed? "

By which time the fire had spread into the ducting.

"No" says I, politely.

"Do you know who he is?" he retorts.

"Do you know who I am?(with a smile) Go and get his arse outside"

End of discussion

What nonsense - It was an awful example of staff not knowing what to do and not understanding the emergency plan - period.

In order to avoid confusion, I have never heard of a voice alarm message mention the word 'evacuate' if it didnt apply to that zone. TBH, it doesn't really matter what the voice alarm was saying, Lorraine didn't know what to do, neither did those in the gallery who are effectively managers and talk to her through an earpiece. That's enough for me to determine poor planning

I am delivering Fire Marshall training next Monday I will certainly be showing this clip, yet another example of how the general public react when there's a potential emergency!

if you look on the Huffington Post video, it's actually a link to a youtube clip, put up by a 3rd party.
Use the Youtube link (bottom right of the video) to view it directly on youtube. There are plenty of free youtube downloader programmes available which you can use to download it.
Technically it's probably copyright ITV, but equally it's now public domain and there is no real reason for ITV to object. Youtube haven't removed it so ITV haven't complained about it being available. It's really a public interest thing.
Bit different from copying bootleg training videos which are made for commercial profit.