Fire Marshal Training

£9.00 plus VAT

Target Audience

This course is suitable for people who are responsible for fire safety or who are designated fire marshals in their workplace. No prior knowledge of fire safety is required.

Learning aims to:

Provide learners with the knowledge required to ensure good fire safety measures in the workplace and to carry out their role as a Fire Marshal. Fire Marshals play an essential role in contributing to fire safety by following fire safety control measures, being alert to issues relating to fire safety, and knowing how to lead a safe evacuation in an emergency.

Duration: 2-3 hours
Assessment: Continuous self-checks throughout the course (100% pass mark required to progress to next lesson) and an end of course multiple-choice test with a 70% pass mark
Certification: On successful completion, learners can download a CPD accredited certificate as evidence that they have passed the course.
Accreditation: This course has been approved by the CPD Accreditation Group
Verifiable CPD points: 6

Access: This online course can be completed on any PC or mobile device. Learners can study at their own pace and log in and out as often as they wish.
Features:
• Appeals to all learning styles with interactive quizzes, video and audio features.
• Allows learners to work at their own pace, testing their knowledge as they progress through the course.
• The course has been designed in line with the British Dyslexia Association “Dyslexia friendly style guide” guidelines.

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Course content includes

    Module 1 – Fire Safety and The Law

    • Understanding the importance of fire safety
    • Fire safety and the Law
    • Responsibility for fire safety in the workplace
    • How the law is enforced
    • Enforcement powers

    Module 2 – Managing Fire Safety In The Workplace – Principles and Practice

    • The role of the Fire Marshal
    • Proactive Fire Marshal duties
    • Reactive fire marshal duties
    • The number of fire marshals required in the workplace

    Module 3 – Understanding How Fires Start

    • The main causes of fire
    • How fires start – the fire triangle
    • Sources of oxygen, heat and fuel
    • Dangerous substances – DSEAR
    • Classes of fire

    Module 4 – Fire Risk Assessment

    • The 5 Steps of Risk assessment
    • Fire risk assessment requirements for dangerous substances

    Module 5 – Fire Prevention and Controls

    • Fire Prevention
    • Fire detection and warning systems
    • Good housekeeping
    • Passive fire controls
    • Active fire controls
    • Evacuation routes
    • Means of escape for disabled people
    • Refuge points
    • Emergency lighting

    Module 6 – Evacuation Routes and Fire Signs

    • Fire signage
    • Signs for fire exit routes
    • Signs for fire exit doors
    • Signs for fire assembly points
    • Signs for fire-fighting equipment and call points
    • Warning and prohibition signs

    Module 7 – Emergency Plans, Evacuation Procedures and Fire Drills

    • Fire emergency plans
    • Evacuation procedures
    • Personal Emergency Evacuation Plan (PEEP)
    • Fire Marshal duties during evacuations
    • Fire drills