Seminar overview

This one-day seminar is for employees nominated as fire marshals or fire wardens in their workplace. The seminar covers both emergency and non-emergency issues of this vital role and equips attendees with an appropriate level of understanding to perform the role safely in their workplace.

Who should attend?

Nominated competent persons who have a responsibility for implementing the company fire evacuation procedure. It is also suitable for persons who have a direct responsibility for developing or improving existing evacuation procedures to maintain effectiveness in a changing work environment.

Objectives

• By the end of the seminar our delegates will have: A greater awareness of the dangers of fire and smoke.
• The ability to identify individual classes of fire and select an appropriate extinguisher to tackle it, if it is safe to do so.
• The ability to recognise potential fire hazards and the appropriate actions to rectify them.
• An understanding of the importance of regular fire drills and recognition of fire service best practice.
• An understanding of the various methods of evacuation and accounting and determine the best method for their workplace.

Duration One day – 0930 to 1630 hours approx

Programme

• The nature of fire and smoke
• Fire extinguishersFire marshal and fire warden non emergency duties
• Fire drills Fire hazard spotting
• Staff fire training
• Fire marshal and fire warden
• Emergency duties Evacuation systems and accounting methods

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