Respond To Fire Incident In Workplace

Respond to Fire Incidents in Workplace aims to equip learners with the skills necessary to handle a relatively simple fire incident which might happen anywhere in the workplace. These skills will allow learners to handle a fire incident in a cool and calm manner, and execute steps to extinguish the fire.

The fire incident should be small and be simple to contain. In addition, learners will also learn the proper way to handle a fire extinguisher, and also learn about several precautions to take for fire hazards.

On completion of this unit, the learner will have the knowledge and be equipped with the application skills and knowledge required to effectively respond to fire incidents.

This includes:

• Introduce or reinforce the relevant legislations surrounding the formations and activation of CERT.
• Familiarize participants with the various possible fire hazards and the usage of fire protection systems in buildings.
• Instruct participants on correct methods to conduct initial fire-fighting using various extinguishing mediums.

The competency unit would be appropriate for those with operational responsibilities:

• Interpret emergency response legislation and guidelines
• Identify fire hazard scenarios and conduct situation assessment
• Demonstrate usage of fire protection systems in the workplace
• Respond to fire incidents using various extinguishing mediums
• Handover incident and provide operational assistance to the appropriate body