Having a designated fire warden in the workplace is an important part of fire safety. The fire wardens work together with employers to ensure fire safety measures and evacuation procedures are in place and effective.

 

This course will provide you with the necessary training required to be a qualified fire warden. It will teach you about what legal duties you and your employer must adhere to under specific regulation and will provide you with an understanding of fire, familiarise you with fire hazards and fire safety arrangements, including details regards what your emergency evacuation procedures should entail.

With the information contained within this course, you will be fully prepared to fulfil your role – to take responsibility for fire safety in the workplace and guarantee your and everyone’s safety.

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Length

1/2 day

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Time

AM or PM

 

Course content:

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• how to recognise the cost of fire

• the role of the fire marshal

• liaison with the fire service 

• action on discovering a fire 

• fire safety legislation 

• the chemistry of fire

• common causes of fire

• fire safety precautions and prevention 

• fire drills and evacuation 

• how to use fire extinguishers.

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Conforming to Legislation 

In the United Kingdom fire safety was covered by about seventy pieces of fire safety legislation, the principal ones being the Fire Precautions Act 1961 and the Fire Precautions (Workplace) Regulations 1997/1999. In 2001 it was therefore decided the legislation needed to be to simplified. This was achieved with the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 in England and Wales.

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Course Certificate 

On successful completion of this course, you will receive a fire marshal training certificate. 

 

Pre-requisites 

Learners must:

• be physically able to carry out the practical elements of the course

• attend all sessions to be eligible for assessment.