Health & Safety in the Workplace
It is the responsibility of every employer to provide fire training for their staff to:
- Comply with the requirements of the fire
precautions (workplace regulations) - Comply with the health and safety at work regulations
- Satisfy most business insurance policies
- Prevent unnecessary stoppage of production or indeed closure
- Ultimately save life or prevent injury of any employee should a fire occur
Fire industry statistics reveal that 80% of businesses in the UK who are unfortunate to suffer the effect of fire go into liquidation within 18 months.
Types of training we offer
Risk Assessment
As part of this course we will visit your place of work and review your entire site, including back areas, and assess the standard of your current fire safety standards. We will present our findings to
you and recommend any improvements that need to be made.
Fire Awareness Training
This is a fire training course for the entire company which will demonstrate the basics of fire safety as well as how to react in the event of a fire. It will also include a planned out fire evacuation and demonstration of how to to use a log book and test the fire alarms.
Fire Warden Training
This is much more focused training for the assigned fire warden, including explaining their duties and responsibilities, and ensuring that all delegates will be confident in the actions taken in the event of hearing the fire alarm or on discovery of a fire.
Fire Extinguisher Training
This will include training on how to use the variety of fire extinguishers as well as which apparatus to use in different circumstances.
In addition to the training, we will also supply you with a fire safety log-book and directions on testing your fire alarms, and how often this should be done.