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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.
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.
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Key features
- Complete in just 45 minutes
- Helping to you to meet certain requirements of The Fire Safety Order 2005 and The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974
- CPD accredited training
- Specifically for those working in the care sector
- Free trial, demo and bulk purchase discounts available
- Course translations readily available!
Covered in this course
The Fire Awareness Training in Care course is broken down into 5 sections.
1) Understanding Fire
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.
2) Common Fire Signs
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.
3) Hazards Posed by Fire
This chapter looks specifically at areas of high risk within common healthcare environments: here we explore common fire hazards in hospitals and care homes.
4) What to do if you Discover a Fire
Here we examine which procedures should be followed in the event that you discover a fire. This chapter also explains how to conduct appropriate risk assessments, and how this must take into account those who are at particular risk within the Care environment (patients etc.) Personal Emergency Evacuation Plans (or, PEEPS) are also covered. The major part of this section looks at the different evacuation strategies which may be appropriate depending on how ill or infirm the people being cared for may be and how much help they may need.
5) Fire Extinguishers
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.
Fire Awareness (Care) Certificate
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 (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.
Real user reviews
Based on 58 real user reviews.
Really well targeted at the care sector
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very well structured
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Very informative and easily understandab
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Course quite long
Very good but a lot of slides
Easy to follow
I quite enjoyed taking this training, I love that the videos were short and full of information which are easy to remember and make use of.
excellent well worht
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very informative and useful.
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Clear, concise information
Found it easy to follow and listen too, very interesting information given.
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Legislation relating to Fire Safety in Care
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 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