This course is aimed at anyone involved in the management of fire safety in any workplace.
Available as a 1/2 day in-house course. Contact us for more details.
Course overview
This course is aimed at delegates particularly new starters in any workplace, where a basic understanding of fire safety is required.
By the end of this course delegates will know that fire safety is the responsibility of everyone in the workplace and will recognise the contribution they have in preventing the starting and spread of fires.
Is this course right for you?
Detailed course content
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
What to expect on the day?
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.
Available as a 1/2 day in-house course. Contact us for more details.
Course overview
This course is aimed at delegates particularly new starters in any workplace, where a basic understanding of fire safety is required.
By the end of this course delegates will know that fire safety is the responsibility of everyone in the workplace and will recognise the contribution they have in preventing the starting and spread of fires.
Is this course right for you?
This course is aimed at anyone involved in the management of fire safety in any workplace.
Detailed course content
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
What to expect on the day?
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.