Fire Awareness Training
Whatever environment you operate in, all staff legally require Fire Awareness training. Get the basics covered, keep your workplace safe and work towards compliance to current legislation with this best-selling online training course.
Every member of staff legally requires some kind of Fire Awareness Training. This online eLearning programme is an effective and hassle-free way to ensure that you follow current legislation - as well as providing an easily accessible record of staff training.
Keep your workplace safe and learn about the risks that fire poses to health and safety. This course will introduce you to fire signage, allow you to participate in interactive fire extinguisher training, and gain an informed overview of evacuation procedures.
With over 10,000 UK companies already using the iHASCO Fire Awareness training, this is one of our best-selling courses and is crucial for any workplace. You can request a quick online demonstration or register for a Free Trial at any time!
This Fire Awareness Course can be used in conjunction with our Fire Warden Training - Every organisation should have least one fire warden; larger companies should consider having multiple fire wardens.
Alternative languages available. Check our translation page if you require an alternative language.
Key Features
- Complete this online course in just 30 minutes
- Helps you meet requirements of The Fire Safety Order 2005 and The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974
- Identify hazards, reduce risk and improve safety
- IOSH approved & CPD accredited training
- End of training test and printable certificate
- Updated graphics & animations
- Includes 'Additional resources' feature
- Free trial, demo and bulk discounts available
- Course translations readily available!
Covered in this Course
The Fire Awareness Training course is broken down into 5 sections.
1) Fire Awareness Training: The Nature of Fire
To begin, we cover the nature of fire – how it works, and the different ways in which it can spread; we also cover smoke and the dangers it poses. This introduction is important for users so they understand what behaviour to expect from fire and smoke. It will help in the process of keeping the workplace safe.
2) Fire Awareness Training: Fire Signage
Health and safety signs can save lives – they are used to communicate important messages to prevent injury or give instructions in an emergency. This section identifies the different types of signs you may see in the workplace; we define what they look like, what they mean, and our Traffic Light System provides a simple way to remember the different types.
3) Fire Awareness Training: Fire Hazards
In this section, we discuss the potential fire hazards that can arise in the workplace – covering ignition sources, flammables and combustibles. We also discuss certain working practices that need to be implemented to avoid creating fire hazards.
4) Fire Awareness Training: Emergency Procedure
This section explains what action to take in the event of an emergency. This step-by-step process includes raising the alarm, calling emergency services, and an evacuation procedure. We also explain what you should do if you’re unable to escape in an emergency, including a demonstration of the “Stop, Drop & Roll” technique.
5) Fire Awareness Training: Portable Fire Extinguishers
To conclude our programme, this section teaches users about when it’s safe to fight a fire, and when it’s NOT. We provide demonstrations on how to use the five common types of fire extinguisher, as well as fire blankets. Users learn about the different “Classes of Fire”, and which extinguisher to use on each class.
Fire Awareness Certificate
Each of our courses ends with a multiple choice test to measure your knowledge of the material.
This Fire Awareness Training course concludes with a 20 question multiple choice test with a printable certificate. In addition, brief in-course questionnaires guide the user through the sections of the training and are designed to reinforce learning and ensure maximum user engagement throughout.
As well as printable user certificates, training progress and results are all stored centrally in your LMS (Learning Management System) and can be accessed any time to reprint certificates, check and set pass marks and act as proof of a commitment to ongoing legal compliance.
What does my certificate include?
Your Fire Awareness Certificate includes your name, company name (if applicable), name of course taken, pass percentage, date of completion, expiry date and all relevant approvals.
Real User Reviews
9435Based on 9,435 real user reviews.
This is a very useful course. It is so easy to forget what colour extinguisher is for what type of fire and this information in this course is very straight forward as well as being very detailed.
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This is *much* better than the environment course. However it still suffers from "irrelevant crap" syndrome. I don't care whether a metal fire is "class D", and a wood fire is called "class A" etc. What I care about is what sort of fires I can use a given extinguisher on, and I believe it tells me this on the side of the extinguisher - correct?Knowing which letter of the alphabet has been arbitrarily assigned to which sort of fuel source does not help me very much when tacking a fire so shouldn't even be part of this IMO. It's OK to put it on a slide, but seems pointless to test for it.I believe there was other stuff under the same category (pretty much any numerical stats on this stuff are pointless IMO), but the class "X" thing was what I recalled.The videos of seeing the extinguishers in action were *very* useful to see.
Good course can achieve a good score and understanding of the problems, causes, actions needed on prevent or stop fires taking into account public and personal safety
Very good video link, very good communication instructions, straightforward good testing.
Very good video link, very good communication instructions, straightforward good testing.
Easy and very informative course taken at your own pace in the comfort of your own home.
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Legislation relating to Fire Safety
It's important that you comply with the law and know the ways in which it affects you and the way you work. Take a look at relevant legislation below.
The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) order 2005
The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) order 2005 states that the responsible person must ensure that their employees are provided with adequate safety training:
The responsible person must ensure that his employees are provided with adequate safety training . [this must] (a) include suitable and sufficient instruction and training on the appropriate precautions and actions to be taken by the employee in order to safeguard himself and other relevant persons on the premises; (b) be repeated periodically where appropriate
Fire and Health and Safety legislation requires employers to provide fire training for ALL staff by law. It's good practice for employers to train staff at least every 12 months. Empowering your staff with the knowledge and understanding of how to act responsibly in the event of a fire and raising awareness of potential risks and hazards will ensure you operate within the law and protect your workforce and business against significant losses as a result of a fire.