This 4 hour Fire Marshals course builds on the basic Fire Safety Awareness course & is designed to provide your designated “Competent Persons” with sufficient knowledge & confidence to take control in a fire emergency originating at work.
The Fire Marshals training enables the delegates to assist the “Responsible Person” in undertaking fire risk assessment, prevention / inspection duties, planning of fire drills & to take control in the event of a fire at work according to the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005.
This Fire Marshal training course can be taken as an accredited Level 2 (RQF) if necessary to satisfy funding requirements.
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Course Objectives
By the end of the course delegates will be:
- Aware of the importance of safe working practice
- Aware of their company’s fire & evacuation policy / procedure
- Capable of giving assistance to the Fire Risk Assessement, there importance & the legal requirements
- Aware of the causes of fire, the way fire spreads & the methods used to control fires
- Capable of using various types of fire extinguishers
- Aware of the information to be passed to the Fire Service on their arrival
- Capable of hazard recognition & their responsibility for reporting
Delegate numbers are limited to 12 on this course due to the “hands on” aspect & the amount of delegate participation
Course Content.
- Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005
- Current legislation
- Responsibilities
- The Role of the Fire Marshal
- Causes of Fire
- The Fire Triangle
- How Fire Spreads
- Convection
- Conduction
- Radiation
- Flashover
- Backdraft
- Arson
- Statistics
- Safeguarding against
- Fire Detection & Warning
- Means of Escape
- Risk Assessment
- Identify levels of risk
- Who is at risk
- Eliminate or control risks
- Consider improvement
- Record findings
- Prepare / update emergency plan
- Review assessment
- Fire Fighting Equipment
- “Hands on” use of Fire Extinguishers
- Fire blankets
- Sprinkler systems
- The Emergency Plan & Evacuation
- The Fire Drill
- Hazardous Materials (CoSHH)
- Recognising Fire Hazards at Home
