Fire Warden Training
On completion of the course participants will be able to:
- List their duties as fire wardens
- Identify fire hazards in the workplace
- Use portable fire extinguishers effectively
- Manage and control evacuations
- Describe the chemistry of fire
- Monitor fire controls
- Assist in the management of evacuation procedures/drills
Course Content – Theoretical Training
- Introduction / Course Objectives
- Causes / Cost of fires
- Fire Safety Legislation – overview
- Understanding Fire
- Physics and chemistry of fire
- Development and spread of fire
- Action in the event of fire
- Means of raising alarm
- Means of summoning the fire brigade
- Action on hearing fire alarm
- Evacuation procedures
- Tackling the fire
- Role of the fire warden
- Assisting the fire brigade
- Portable fire extinguishers (theory)
- Fire classification
- Types of fire extinguishers
- Operation of fire extinguishers
- Inspection/maintenance of fire extinguishers
- Records
- Portable fire extinguishers (practical)
- Practical demonstration and use of portable fire extinguishers
- Fire prevention evacuation procedures