Placeholder image for A Health & Safety Manager’s and Fire Warden’s Responsibilities
eLearning news & guides
Fire Awareness Training in Care
Fire Awareness training for anybody working in the care sector. Crucial health and safety information regarding risk assessment, fire signage and emergency procedures. Ideal for hospitals and care homes.
4.5/5 based on 89 real user reviews
Learning outcomes
- Understanding the risks associated with evacuating those in Care environments
- Understand and meet certain requirements of The Fire Safety Order 2005 and The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974
- Recognise the common fire signage and learn their meanings
Covered in this course
Course contents
This training course is broken down into 5 sections
- 1 Understanding Fire
- 2 Common Fire Signs
- 3 Hazards Posed by Fire
- 4 What to do if you Discover a Fire
- 5 Fire Extinguishers
SECTION 1
In order to ensure your hospital, ward or care home is equipped to mitigate the risks posed by fire, it's important to understand how fire spreads. This introductory chapter looks at how fire starts, grows and spreads; it also explains what we mean by the 'Triangle of Fire' and examines the potential costs and causes of fire in Care settings.
SECTION 2
There are several common signs that are used to communicate the hazards and procedures associated with fire. This section of the training runs through common fire signage and explains their meaning.
SECTION 3
This chapter looks specifically at areas of high risk within common healthcare environments: here we explore common fire hazards in hospitals and care homes.
SECTION 4
This chapter includes the procedures should be followed in the event that you discover a fire and taking into account those who are at particular risk in the Care environment. The major part of this section looks at the different evacuation strategies for people in Care depending on how ill or infirm they may be and how much help they need.
SECTION 5
The final section of this course looks at the different types of fire extinguishers, as well as when to use them. Video content helps guide you through this final chapter before the end of course test.
About this course
Fire Training is a legal requirement, whatever sector you work in. This course has been produced specifically for people working in the Care sector, and is suitable for all levels of personnel within Hospitals, Care Homes and other environments.
This online Fire Awareness Training in Care course covers a variety of topics, including an introduction to fire hazards; a guide to common fire signage; and what to do in the event of an emergency. Due to the nature of staff responsibility within Healthcare, this fire training looks at the correct way to plan and implement an evacuation, as well as perform adequate risk assessments.
Thousands of Care professionals already use iHASCO eLearning: Assess the suitability of this course by requesting a free trial below.
Presented by
Keith WickhamThe importance of Fire Awareness Training in Care
It’s important that you comply with the law and understand the positive impact this training course can have on your organisation and employees.
Find out moreAvailable in 28 languages
All inclusive
Machine translated* content is included for free with all our popular courses.
It covers LMS navigation, course transcripts and test questions. If you don't see a course listed in the language you require, just let us know.
*Content which is not English may be machine translated and is for assistive purposes only. We cannot guarantee the accuracy of translations.
Our most popular languages
- Italian
- German
- Romanian
- French
- Polish
- Lithuanian
Fire Awareness in Care Training certificate
Download and print
Each of our courses ends with a multiple-choice test to measure your knowledge of the material.
This Fire Awareness Training (Care) 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 Training in Care Certificate includes your name, company name (if applicable), name of course taken, pass percentage, date of completion, expiry date and stamps of approval or accreditations by recognised authorities.
Please note if you are using our course content via SCORM in a third party LMS then we are unable to provide certificates and you will need to generate these in your host LMS yourself.
89 real user reviews
Issues with the extinguisher section
Most hospital settings these days will only have water / foam and CO2 extinguishers. [There may be exceptions where there are kitchens]. Powder is far too messy and metal fires are not usually an issue. The primary extinguishing action of CO2 is to freeze the fire [ie remove heat] rather than smother. Some of your pictures show people holding the pipes and horns of these extinguishers which could cause freezing injuries. Other than that I was reasonably impressed.
it covered all areas so is very thorough
thank you for this as I once applied to be a part-time fireman but failed due to being colour blind so I have an interest in this crucial safety course.
Informative
Essential for day to day life
Most was ok
some of it was a bit long winded apart from that it was good
Clear and comprehensive course
Easy to understand course with a good break down into clear steps. Very practically explained to emphasise the value of the training.
Good
A lot of different things to remember
hard
a lot of technical information to retain
Very good, informative course
.
Why is this training important?
Compliance
It's important that you comply with the law and know the ways in which it affects you and the way you work.
The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 requires there to be a 'responsible person' to ensure that employees are given sufficient fire safety training.
By law, employers are required to provide fire training to all staff. It is good practice to take training annually to empower staff with the knowledge and understanding of how to act responsibly and raise awareness of risks in a fire
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
Ready to get started?
We’ve helped over 10,000 organisations easily work towards legislative compliance. Let us help you too.
Related articles
Placeholder image for What’s the difference between Fire Awareness and Fire Warden Training?
Health & Safety, HR and Compliance FAQs
What’s the difference between Fire Awareness and Fire Warden Training?
Placeholder image for What are the different types of Fire Extinguishers?
eLearning news & guides