Fire Marshal Training for Carers
in-person, at your workplace
Having trained Fire Marshals (also known as Fire Wardens) on duty at work is a requirement of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005.
Their role is critical in the event of an emergency evacuation, accounting for all people, and liaising with the responding Fire Service. Fire Marshals also play a pivotal role in day-to-day fire safety – in performing key checks, promoting good fire safety practices, and influencing the behaviors of others. Fire Marshals need advanced training both in the theoretical and practical use of fire extinguishers.
This bespoke Fire Marshal Training for Carers session is adapted for care settings to cover additional elements that are not covered in the standard Fire Marshal Training session. This course additionally covers the Fire Emergency Evacuation Plan (FEEP) in detail, establishing principles required to enable effective management of residents who have a Personal Emergency Evacuation Plan (PEEP) in place and also includes additional elements to ensure staff are competent in the use of evacuation aids.
The Fire Marshal Training session for carers will raise your staff’s awareness and understanding of fire safety in their particular care setting and will provide essential knowledge on fire prevention, identification of hazards and response actions to the FEEP in an emergency.
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Why Choose Benfield Fire Safety's in-person, hands-on Fire Marshal Training for Carers?
- If your Fire Evacuation Emergency Plan (FEEP) requires that your staff may potentially have to use fire extinguishers, then you must train them to do so. Our in-person training includes the practical use of Fire Extinguishers real fire.
- Our experienced instructors (all former fire service officers with 30 years' experience), can also tailor the training to talk about specific risk factors for your industry type/sector and risks specific to your workplace. We believe that training in their own workplace enables your staff to relate to the training more easily and thus make them more likely to act effectively in the event of an emergency.
- We come to you - No need for your staff to travel.
- Theory - An engaging theory session in which our instructors will give your staff the opportunity to ask questions about the risks in their specific workplace and relating to their specific day to day roles, as well as creating a friendly and inclusive learning environment.
- Practical - Hands-on practical fire extinguisher and fire blanket use for every candidate. Choose from either OUTDOOR (live flame/gas) or INDOOR (laser/ digital) simulators. Use of the sledge/mat within your premises.
- Certificate of competence for every candidate.
Course Content:
- Spot and avoid hazards and potential fire risks.
- Remove and report fire risks.
- Raise the alarm on discovering a fire.
- How to use the fire panel and interpret the information on the fire panel and convert it to the zone chart.
- Use of walkie talkies.
- Adopting the FEEP for the premises as part of the evacuation process.
- Implementing the FEEP, roles different employees may play.
- Implementing the contingency plan if the premises is evacuated and taking account of vulnerable residents.
- Classifications of fire.
- Correct fire extinguisher selection.
- Correct tactics for the use of different fire extinguisher types.
- Extinguish a real or simulated fire using the correct type of extinguisher.
- Exploring techniques to remove residents from bed to sledge/ski mat.
- Use of the sledge/ski mat as part of the evacuation strategy relevant to the premises.
Course Details & Facilities Required at Your Workplace
- Ideally, candidates should have already attended a basic Fire Safety Awareness course.
- Course duration is approximately 5 hours.
- Competency is valid for 3 years.
- Theory element - we simply need a room for a presentation.
- Practical element: we also require some indoor space (such as a bedroom) to practice the use of your evacuation sledge/mat and the use of a corridor to implement the evacuation strategy. Choice of indoor or outdoor fire simulation.
Fire Marshal Training for Carers F.A.Q's
Yes, we do.
This training is valid for 3 years.
There are no prerequisites for this training. Ideally, staff attending this course should have undertaken basic fire safety awareness training.
Yes, however, these staff will need to understand the processes and procedures relevant to their new working environment.
