Outline

All places of work need to be managed in terms of fire safety, this should include emergency plans and procedures as well as having effective day to day controls such as maintaining a fire register, maintenance and checking of critical equipment as well as good fire safety practice. 

This should be managed by a competent person. 

Aims 

To ensure that attendees can introduce and manage the required fire safety arrangements within their workplace. 

Who should attend/Pre-Requisites  

This course is aimed at persons who have been designated as fire wardens in their own workplaces. It is also beneficial to other persons in the workplace such as managers, supervisors and maintenance personnel.

There are no pre- requisites. 

Max. number of participants 

16

Assessment 

Theory Assessment

Duration 

Two Days 

Certification 

Safety Solutions Certification

Content 

• Applicable legislation and guidance documents
• Fire causation and hazards, typical causes of fire in the workplace and how these can be managed effectively
• Duties of a Fire Safety Manager 
• Appreciation of fire safety in building design
• Fire dynamics
• Firefighting equipment
• Fire safety auditing
• Fire safety register
• Fire evacuation planning
• Internal fire staffing requirements – various roles and duties e.g. Fire Wardens. 
• End theory examination