Fire Safety is an important part of your business. The Level 2 Award in Fire Safety Principles 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 Principles will enable you to become a fire warden/marshal in your organisation.
This qualification covers the following topics:
- Causes of fire in the workplace
- Fire hazards
- Characteristics of fire and smoke spread
- Fire control methods
- Means of escape
- Fire detection and raising the alarm
- 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
After successful completion of the course, candidates should be able to:
- Explain how fires are caused
- Identify fire hazards
- Describe how fire and smoke spread
- Describe methods of fire detection
- Identify common fixed fire fighting systems and where they can be used
- Understand how to conduct a simple fire safety inspection of their workplace
- Understand the role and function of fire wardens
- Provide induction briefings for new people coming into their area of responsbility
The Level 2 Award in Fire Safety Principles is a one day course, which will normally be held in or near Loughborough. We can also come to your business to host the course if required. For more information on our training courses contact us on 0845 658 8703 or email enquiries@colaw.co.uk