QA Level 2 Award In Fire Safety

The QA level 2 Award in Fire safety (RQF)? allows candidates to develop their basic fire safety awareness. It is particularly useful for employees who are to have a designated responsibility for workplace fire safety, for example as fire wardens or fire marshals, and provides the knowledge that will allow them to carry out duties relating to fire safety and emergency procedures. Successfully completing the Level 2 Award in Fire Safety will enable you to become a fire warden/marshal in your organisation.

Modules:

This qualification covers:

• Characteristics of fire and smoke spread
• Extinguishing fires 
• Fixed fire-fighting systems 
• The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005  
• Legal duties and penalties 
• Fire risk assessment 
• Fire safety inspections 
• Role of the fire warden 
• Induction briefings

The qualification is designed for employees who hope to develop their basic fire safety awareness in order to assist their employer by undertaking more specific fire safety roles in the workplace to manage fire risk (e.g. as fire wardens/marshals/stewards etc.)