Industrial Fire Awareness /Intervention Fire Warden

Description

Course Aim:

To provide students with a clear understanding of the role of the Intervention – Industrial Fire Marshal & Intervention Team during an emergency and to provide students with a clear understanding of the safe selection and use of portable & fixed firefighting equipment and the maintenance of such equipment.

Course Covers:
At the end of the course, participants will have been trained in the following areas:

  Theory:

  • Describe the role of an Industrial Fire Warden
  • Understand the importance of fire doors
  • Describe and understand the triangle/tetrahedron of fire
  • Recognise the common causes of fire
  • Operate and understand a safety audit check process
  • Understand and implement evacuation procedures and recognise human behaviour
  • State the purpose of fire safety drills & Evacuation Plans/PEEPS
  • Identify the different classes of fire and the types of extinguishing media to deal with them
  • Operate different types of Building Site portable firefighting equipment safely and effectively
  • Understand the maintenance requirements for each type of extinguisher
  • Identify Building site / Factory Fire Hazards and mitigate them

      Practical:

  • Demonstrate the safe use of a Dry Powder extinguisher
  • Demonstrate the safe use of a Foam extinguisher
  • Demonstrate the safe use of a CO2 extinguisher
  • Demonstrate the safe use of a Fire Blanket
  • Demonstrate the safe use of a Water Extinguisher

Ideally Participants will be / have:

  • All nominated Industrial Fire Wardens & Team Leaders

Duration & Format:

1 day. Format as follows:

AM:

     Introduce aims and objectives.

  • Describe the role of an Industrial fire marshal
  • Communications & Liaison
  • Introduce the triangle of fire and explain
  • Introduce and describe the causes of fire on sites
  • Describe and explain an audit safety check system.

      Summaries and confirm the first session’s contents and understanding.

  • Explain evacuation methods and discuss human behavior in a fire
  • Explain the purpose of fire
  • Explain the classes of fire and the extinguishing media and types of fire
  • Explain and show the different types of fire equipment available
  • Discuss leadership and Dynamic Risk Assessment
  • Discuss the risk assessment and conduct a safety brief for practical fire extinguisher
  • Demonstrate the safe use of a fire blanket and nominate students to apply

PM:

      Extinguishers & Fire Equipment Available for Use

  • Demonstrate the safe use of all extinguishers with fire scenarios and nominate students to apply knowledge
  • Ignite flammable solid fire and demonstrate the practical application of fire behavior using a fire blanket to show re-ignition (consolidate fire triangle understanding)
  • Demonstrate the safe use of a hose-reels and other factory fire-fighting equipment and nominate students to apply knowledge
  • Summaries all extinguisher uses & fire-fighting equipment
  • State the aims of the session regarding fire equipment maintenance.
  • Explain the methods of servicing and standard testing the different types of fire extinguisher and include a practical demonstration for each.
  • Practical – Factory / Site Fire Equipment Orientation
  • Course Finish: Summaries the whole course contents and takes questions

Cost:
Price upon Request

Please Note:
Bookings for this course cannot be made online- please call a member of our Commercial Team on 0151 666 0318