The principles of fire marshalling covering the emergency and non-emergency roles dealing with fires in the workplace, methods of evacuation, including the disabled.
Course includes:
Fires in the Home
Most common causes
Smoke detector checklist
Fires in the Workplace
Most common causes
Fire Extinguishers
Safe operation of extinguishers
The Principles of Fire Marshalling
Non-emergency responsibilities
Emergency responsibilities
Methods of Evacuation
Roll call, Sweep system, Baton system
Disabled Procedures
Other Evacuation Considerations:
Doors and windows, Coats and bags, Lifts, Unco-operative persons, Assembly points, Creches, Dispersal (Starburst) evacuation process and ongoing communication.
Responsibilities of Fire Marshals
Incident controller
Deputy incident controller
Floor, Area, Stair and Door Marshals
Fire Prevention Checklist – monitoring fire safety standards in your area of responsibility
Course Objectives
Who are PHSC Health and Safety Consultants?
PHSC are specialist health and safety consultants and trainers, all of whom are Chartered Safety Practitioners and on the Occupational Safety & Health Consultants Register.
With over 30 years of experience, we can guarantee you will receive a highly professional and personalised service, from a company that is ISO 9001 Quality Management accredited with the British Standards Institute (BSI). We are fully committed to ensuring our team maintains the perfect balance of technical knowledge and practical experience.
Our premises based in the beautiful village of Aylesford, Kent is as individual as we are in our services: solid, reliable and different. You won't get an "off-the-shelf" service with us" - our mission is to personalise what we do so it is tailored and fits what you need for your own organisation.
Our history
PHSC was established in 1990 as "Personnel Health & Safety Consultants Limited" to promote our expertise in people safety rather than process safety. Over the years as we have grown into part of a larger group, it has come to mean Professional Help, at Sensible Cost, which reflects the services that we offer.
With so much experience behind us we have worked in nearly every business sector there is. In more recent years, we have fine-tuned this to six key industry sectors.
Sector specific services
Whilst our experience ranges across nearly every industry, we have specialised in certain sectors, including:
Healthcare - covering all services from NHS Trusts, health and social care, dentistry, domiciliary, supported living and mental health.
Social Housing - including small housing groups to some of the largest social housing providers in the UK.
Energy - including renewable energy such as clean hydrogen production, windfarms and solar.
Transport - ranging from small hire companies, to national bus and coach companies. We also have a bespoke H&S management system for motor vehicle repair.
Commercial - which covers a range of offices, professional organisations, shops and retail outlets.
Manufacturing and Industry - which ranges from submarine networks, food manufacturing, warehouse and logistics, metal fabrications etc.
This course is designed for employees, supervisors and managers who may have or are looking to develop their careers that require elements of fire responsibility in the workplace.
Course combining the legislative aspects of dealing with a fire emergency in the work place, and the first-hand experience of how to put a fire out should you decide to tackle it as a designated fire warden/marshal in your workplace.
The course is designed to meet and comply with the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, which is strict guidelines that exceed international fire safety guidelines.
This course covers to understand the hazards and risks associated with fire in the workplace, list the elements of the fire triangle, outline methods of smoke and fire spread.
We provide brief, simple and clear demonstrations/training to our existing customers in the use of fire extinguishers, the use of the fire alarm panel, and in how to carry out in-house checks/tests of the fire safety equipment.
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