Fire Marshal

The role of Fire Marshal is integral in the planning of fire escape and prevention procedures in any workplace. Designated Fire Marshals must be more than a colleague with a clipboard and this one day course has been designed by Safe Life to make sure that a Fire Marshal can be a real improvement in fire safety in any workplace.

Course Content

This course will cover the following areas:

• Discussion of the role of fire marshal

• Liaison with the fire service

• Action on discovering a fire, including development of efficient lines of communication

• Current, up to date fire safety legislation

• The chemistry of fire

• The commonest causes of fire

• Fire safety precautions

• Fire drills and evacuation and record keeping

• How to use fire extinguishers and how to identify which one to use on which fire

Training Method

This one-day course is highly interactive, with a lot of hands-on practical work as well as theory. There will be an assessment at the end of the day as well as a requirement for reasonable proficiency in the practical elements.

The training for a fire marshal covers not only managing fire and fire prevention but also managing people possibly in a crisis. The delivery of the course and assessment will include both of these sides of the role.

Certification

Completion of this course will result in a useful Safe Life certificate, accepted by employers.