Who needs to have Fire Safety Training?
Providing fire safety training and fire extinguisher training for business owners, management and employees has become an important element of managing fire safety risks within an organisation’s overall health and safety management system.
Giving people the ability and confidence to deal with an emergency situation could be critical in the event of a fire incident occurring. Prompt action, carried out in an organised and correct manner, can save lives.
Why is Fire Training important?
Protecting lives should always be the first consideration but fire training will also assist you in meeting:
- Fire Authority and fire legislation requirements;
- Health & Safety Management procedures; and
- Insurance requirements
Being familiar with how to act in an emergency situation is extremely important. Appropriate fire safety training will help you and your staff to:
Know how when to use fire extinguishers
Know what the correct fire procedures are and how to implement them in an emergency
Training Options
There are many types of fire training options including:
- Basic Fire Safety at Work
- Hands on Fire Extinguisher Training
- Fire Warden Training
- Fire Marshal Training
Fire training providers normally offer their training at the provider's premises or at the customer's location.
Providing your people with fire training enables the trainee to feel confident in dealing with an emergency in the appropriate manner.
Fire Warden and Fire Marshal Training
Fire warden training aims to help employers ensure that staff who are appointed as Fire Wardens and Fire Marshals have knowledge and awareness of their duties in the role and includes information on:
- The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005
- Fire Risk Asessments
- Raising the alarm
- Evacuation techniques
- Fire Alarm Systems
- Fire Warden Duties
- Sweep Clearing
- Day to day fire prevention
Do Blackwood Fire provide Fire Training?
We no longer offer training directly but if you need advice, or would like us to provide the details of a competent fire training provider, we will be more than willing to help. Whilst we don't have any direct business relationship with any particular provider, we will only provide the details of organisations that we believe to be competent and who may be able to fulfill the training you are looking for..
Contact us if you have any specific requirements.