The Ins and Outs of Fire Safety Training
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Fire Safety Training is vital in the workplace, it’s extremely important to the health and safety of staff, visitors and customers. It’s not usually clear how often fire safety training should be refreshed. How often should a fire training course be taken? And how can you ensure that you’re getting the correct training?

As professionals in fire safety training, we’ve put together a comprehensive guide to fire safety training courses. Our guide explains what the course is about, why it is so important to the workplace and how often your staff should be refreshing their training.

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What is Fire Safety Training?

The reason fire safety courses are so important is because they educate on the risk and causes of fire. We also teach how you should react and respond in the event of an emergency, and how to help extinguish the fire safely. We offer courses that include both practical and therapeutic learning, we can teach these in various group sizes as well.

There is a range of different courses available including:

What will you learn at a Fire Safety Course?

Elements of the course can include (but are not limited to):

The chemistry and behaviours of fire

Fire classifications

The dangers of fire

Fire prevention

Alarm raising procedures

Fire evacuation procedures

Extinguisher classification

Extinguisher training

Fire Blanket training

First Aid Fire Fighting

Why is Fire Safety Training so important?

Fire is a serious threat in the workplace, and we should all take steps to decrease the risk. The benefits of training your staff in fire safety and fire awareness are endless. But ultimately it is a great asset to your business as well as the safety of your staff and customers. Fires in the workplace can have a significant impact on a business. Companies can lose significant amounts of money, work and business as well as pose a risk of health problems, injury or even fatality to staff and customers. This is why trained staff are crucial in the workplace. With trained staff that have the correct, up to date knowledge, both the risk and consequences of a fire can be greatly reduced.

How often should Fire Safety Training be refreshed?

The fundamental importance of fire safety means that all staff should have fire safety training as a part of their induction. We recommend this training is refreshed annually to ensure staff have refreshed awareness of fire safety and procedures. This is particularly important in workplaces where there is a high turnover of staff, high risk of fire or several guests/customers that the staff are responsible for.

More regular training may be required for those with particular responsibilities in the event of fire such as department heads, fire marshals and those who look after vulnerable people such as carers.

At 1st Attendance, we provide an insightful and accredited service for all types of businesses. Our fire safety training is second to none, all of our instructors are fully qualified and accredited. To find out more, don’t hesitate to contact us or read our blog.