Description
Choose Your Venue
- Unit 6 Lower Street, Baylham Business Park, Suffolk, IP6 8JP
- Delivery at your premises (subject to minimum numbers and travel distance)
Course Aim
During this 1-day course, learners will develop their knowledge and skills in fire safety, including: how fires are caused, the risks associated with fire, principles of fire safety management at work, understanding the role of a fire warden and more.
Who Should Attend?
This qualification has been designed for anyone who has a specific responsibility for fire safety in the workplace, such as designated fire wardens/fire marshals.
Overview
Understand the hazards and risks associated with fire in the workplace:
- Recognise how fires are caused in the workplace
- Identify the components of the fire triangle
- Identify the hazards during or after a fire, including the products of combustion
- Recognise the characteristics of fire and smoke spread
Understand how fire risk is controlled in the workplace:
- Recognise the different methods used to identify and control fire hazards
- Recognise the definition of ‘means of escape’ in relation to fire hazards
- Identify typical components for means of escape from fire hazards
- Recognise methods of fire detection and raising the alarm
- Identify the principle of how fires are extinguished
- Recognise how portable firefighting equipment should be used safely
- Identify common fixed firefighting systems and where they might be used
Understand the principles and practice of fire safety management at work:
- Recognise the duties of employers and employees with respect to fire safety in the workplace
- Identify how to undertake a simple fire safety inspection in the workplace
- Identify the stages involved in a fire risk assessment
Understand the role of the nominated fire warden:
- Identify the role and function of fire wardens in their workplace:
- On a day-to-day basis
- During an emergency
- If they are not in their designated areas of responsibility when the alarm is raised
- Recognise the content of a fire safety briefing
Duration
1 day – 6 hours (approx.)
Certification
Qualsafe Level 2 Award in Fire Safety
