Fire Safety

Target Audience

Care and Support staff in a variety of settings and Housing Support Teams who providing fire safety advice and/or support to people receiving direct care and support or a housing service.

This course has been developed to increase awareness of fire safety at work. Attendees will get the opportunity to discuss the fire safety arrangements and any concerns they have with regards to the individual environments in which they work.

Learners will gain an understanding of the fire triangle, the different classifications of fire, their own responsibilities, and the responsibilities of others relating to fire safety, the use of risk assessments in relation to Health and Safety and their own contribution to the risk assessment process.

This course is delivered using a range of methods and resources including:

• Face to Face tutor facilitation, questionnaires, scenarios for breakout groups, questioning and participation, videos, fire safety signs, organisational policies, procedures, risk assessments and an end of session assessment.

This course has been developed and mapped to current occupational standards, qualification frameworks and the following documents and resources:

• Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005

• The Government guidance – Fire safety risk assessment: Residential Care Premises

• Housing Ombudsman – Fire safety

• The Care Certificate – Standard 13

Course Content

• Legislation relevant to fire safety

• The fire triangle and extinguishing principles Ignitions of fire

• How fuel sources impact fire

• Identifying hazards

• Classification of fires and corresponding extinguishers

• Fire prevention

• The use of fire fighting and equipment

• Risk assessments

• Emergency evacuation procedures and plans in your workplace

Learning Outcomes

After attending this course, learners will be able to:

• List Legislation relevant to Fire Safety

• Sketch and label the fire triangle

• List ignitions of fire

• Explain how fuel sources impact fire

• List the hazards of fire

• State classifications of fires

• Describe how to prevent a fire occurring

• Explain how to use firefighting equipment

• Give an example of how to implement a risk assessment

• Describe your workplace fire action plan