Evacuation Chair Training
If you have an Evacuation Chair in your building, you will need to have staff who are appropriately trained to use it.
If your building has a lift that allows for access to the floor above ground or indeed a floor below ground and the lift is not a fire-rated lift (i.e. not to be used in the event of a fire), then you require a form of evacuation aid to help people with disabilities (which may include mobility issues). One of the best evacuation aids to assist in the movement of such people is a device called an Evacuation Chair.
Evacuation Chairs may come in different forms, ranging from those designed to descend stairs or those such as climber chairs which can be used to ascend stairs (and both of which chair types may also form part of a business continuity plan in the event of a lift failure). A good example of this scenario would be in a care home with a single lift which has failed and where residents still need to get up and down the stairs but may have mobility issues in doing so.
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Why Choose Benfield Fire Safety's in-person, hands-on Evacuation Chair Training?
- We are IOSH trained and approved for delivery of Evacuation Chair training.
- Theory and practical-based Evacuation Chair training - we simply need a room for a presentation and a designated staircase for the practical element.
- Course duration approximately 2 hours.
- Competency is valid for 2 years. Clients do need to consider skill fade amongst their staff and its impact upon their ability to use the chair in the event of a fire emergency.
- We can run consecutive Evacuation Chair training courses on the same day if you have more than 8 people to train.
- The maximum of 8 candidates per Evacuation Chair training course is to maintain safety on the stairs whilst we carry out the practical training in use of the chair. This ensures that each participant receives quality time on this important practical element.
- Please have your Evacuation Chair available on the day - this ensures your staff are trained on the correct model/make of chair.
- We will also bring along our own Evacuation Chair as there have been occasions when clients' chairs are faulty upon our arrival at the premises.
Course Content :
- Ergonomics of the spine for chair operators.
- Spine anatomy and potential injuries to avoid.
- The most common manual handling injuries incurred in the workplace and the relevance of these and Evacuation Chairs (crush injuries, breaking of bones, sprains, strains, cuts and trapping of limbs).
- Pushing and pulling techniques.
- Moving and handling in and out of the chair.
- Chair transfers with the use of the transfer board.
- Chair handling and descending techniques.
Evacuation Chair Training F.A.Q's
No. This training needs to be provided face-to-face to enable staff to get hands-on with the Evacuation Chair on your premises. Staff need to ensure and demonstrate confidence in using the chair as part of this training service. We can deliver this hands-on training in Kent, East Sussex, London, West Sussex, Hampshire, Surrey, Wiltshire, Dorset, and West Country.
This training is a requirement set out by The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005. If disabled people are on your premises, the responsible person must ensure arrangements are put in place to take account of all people on the premises when considering fire.
This training is valid for 2 years.
There are no pre-requisites for this training.
Yes, but you will need to establish if the Evacuation Chair training was on a chair relevant to their previous workplace and if you have the same chair type. Always ensure they also have an in-date training certificate.
Yes, you can. There are other devices available such as mats and sledges, but you should consider which evacuation aid is most suitable for your environment.
