Fire Awareness Course

Objectives
Describe best practice Fire Safety
Identify fire hazards and associated risks in the workplace
Detail the principles of fire science and first aid firefighting

Introduction to Fire Safety
Common causes of workplace fires

• The Fire Triangle

Cooling, Smothering, Starving the fire
Fire hazards
Fire spread and behaviour
Fire control methods

• Fire prevention
• Fire protection

Fire safety procedures
Fire action plan
Fire extinguishers

• Classes of fire
• Types of extinguishers

The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005
Fire safety and the Law