Fire Safety & Marshall
Learn to recognize the hazards that may lead to a fire, and how to react safely and responsibly in the event of one breaking out. Witness first-hand the operation of site safety and evacuation procedures, and how to correctly use fire blankets and extinguishers.
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Course Aims
- Legislation
- The Fire Services Act
- Responsibilities – Employees – Contractors – Visitors
- The role of staff – in line with site procedures
- Understanding how fire spreads
- The chemistry of fire (The Fire Triangle)
- A visual presentation of the spread of fire
- The importance of fire prevention
- The importance of identifying hazards
- Carrying out internal inspections (In line with in-house procedures)
- Daily, weekly, monthly checks
- Record keeping
- The importance of keeping the fire register up to date
- Evacuation procedures
- Discovering a fire
- Hearing the fire alarm going off
- Evacuation procedures as per your Site Safety Plan
Course Syllabus
- Safe use of fire extinguishers with particular emphasis on the types available within various premises
- The use of fire blankets
- Sessions end with a live-fire demonstration on a gas-fired training kit where the correct use of each extinguisher is demonstrated, following which each participant is provided with an opportunity to use the extinguishers under supervision.
- Demonstration on the use of fire blankets
Validity:
2 years
Duration:
1 day
Participants:
15