Fire Awareness Training and Health and Safety Consultancy

Introduction to Fire Risk Assessment

The aim is to introduce the student to the principles of fire risk assessment. This course is suitable and recommended for those who have a particular responsibility regarding fire safety in their organisation .

The new Fire Order that came into force on 1st October 2006 requires that you carry out a fire risk assessment on your premises. Although a list of guides are available to help you, for the untrained person, it can be very difficult to identify fire hazards, evaluate the risks correctly and create a suitable and sufficient Emergency Plan for their Fire Risk Assessment.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of the course the student should be able to:

Conduct a simple fire risk assessment
Explain why it is needed (legal requirements)
Identify hazards
Evaluate risk strategies
Implement this knowledge in their workplace to achieve a successful fire safety management policy through the concepts of prevention, escape, communication, confinement and suppression

Course Duration: 1 Day

Final Test: Multi-choice questions and a case study

Certification: Certificate of competence

Refresher Course: Every 3 years

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