This course is aimed at anyone involved in the management of fire safety in any workplace.

Understand the hazards and risks associated with fire in the workplace

• The common causes of fires in the workplace
• How the components of the fire triangle affect a fire
• Hazards during or after a fire, including the products of combustion
• How fire can spread

Understand how fire risk is controlled in the workplace

• The steps within a fire risk assessment
• Ways to reduce the likelihood of a fire and improve safety within the workplace
• The elements of a means of escape
• Methods of detection and raising the alarm
• Types and uses of fire-fighting equipment
• The duties of employers and employees in fire safety in the workplace

Understand how risk assessments improve health and safety at work and the hierarchy of control

• The common hazards and effects of workplace accidents, near misses and ill health in the workplace
• How risk assessment can reduce accidents, near misses and ill health
• Examples of risk controls for common workplace hazards

Personal Emergency Evacuation Plan (PEEP)

• Time to evacuate to a place of comparative safety
• Horizontal evacuation strategies
• Vertical evacuation strategies
• The importance of how FEEP’s work with PEEP’s
• How fire engineering in the workplace assists with the PEEP strategies

The course runs from 9:30am through to 12:30pm. Refreshments are available from 9am. 

We provide:

• Course material
• Note pad and pen
• Polos!

Also includes:

• Free on-site parking
• Refreshments throughout the day
• Free WiFi

Our Norwich on-site parking (NR3 1UB) is free and situated 5 minutes walk along the river to our training centre at St James Mill. If you arrive by train it is about 20 minutes on the Riverside walk or a short taxi ride to get to us. View full directions for Norwich and all our other venues.

You will learn in a relaxed environment with a small group of people. A specialist tutor will guide and encourage you through all the learning necessary to develop your skills and questions are always welcome.