Fire Warden (Marshal) Training

A complete in-depth Fire Warden training course that will equip you with all the knowledge you need to become a fully trained Fire Warden or Fire Marshal. IOSH and RoSPA approved & CPD accredited training helping you work towards compliance with the Fire Safety Order 2005 and other current legislation.

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A fire extinguisher in use - Fire Warden Training

Learning outcomes

Learn about your proactive and reactive duties as a Fire Warden
Understand and meet the requirements of the Fire Safety Order 2005 and the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974
Learn when it's safe to fight a fire and when it isn't and how to use the various types fire extinguishers correctly

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Covered in this course

Course contents

This training course is broken down into 5 sections

1 The Nature of Fire
2 Signage
3 Proactive Duties
4 Reactive Duties
5 Fire Extinguisher

Image showing how quickly fire can spread as part of Fire Marshal training.

SECTION 1

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 Fire Wardens so they learn what behaviour to expect from fire and smoke and how important it is to help educate their colleagues too. It’s the starting point for Fire Wardens, in the process of keeping the workplace safe.

Fire signage can save lives, we look at signage in part 2 of our Fire Warden training.

SECTION 2

Health & safety signs can save lives – they're 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. Fire Wardens are at the forefront of fire-related health & safety in the workplace, and they should be able to help educate colleagues about signs related to fire safety.

Fire Wardens should always be proactive! Proactive duties can save lives!

SECTION 3

This section looks at the first half of a Fire Warden’s Proactive Duties, which are routine, preventative tasks that need to be completed to reduce the risk of a fire starting. This includes arson awareness, alarm and system maintenance, risk assessments, and managing ignition sources, flammables and combustibles. We also cover The Fire Safety Order (FSO).

SECTION 4

The second half of a Fire Warden’s duties are covered in this section; these are the REACTIVE duties, which include the actions that need to be taken during fire drills, emergencies and an evacuation procedure. This section also covers clear leadership and human behaviour – a warden needs to know what to expect from their colleagues, and what their colleagues will expect from them during drills and emergencies.

It goes without saying that knowing how to use a fire extinguisher is vital but would you know which extinguisher to use for the different types of fire?

SECTION 5

To conclude our programme, this section teaches warden’s 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. Warden’s learn about the different “Classes of Fire”, and which extinguisher to use on each class.

About this course

A comprehensive, in-depth Fire Warden Training course can equip you with the knowledge needed to become a fully-trained Warden or Marshal. This programme provides complete knowledge, which coupled with the correct experience, leads to competence in this role.

Assigning Fire Warden duties to a responsible person within your company is a key component of ensuring that your workplace maintains great health and safety standards. Aside from that, it also demonstrates a clear commitment to implementing sound emergency fire procedures.

This Fire Warden training course covers your duties under the latest fire legislation, as well as looking at fire-prevention measures, the correct use of fire extinguishers, and how to organise a safe evacuation. Having delivered this programme more than 100,000 times, this is one of our most popular courses and is crucial for any workplace’s safety.

This training course is broken down into 5 sections: the nature of fire and how it occurs, fire signs (and what they mean), your proactive duties as a fire warden, your reactive duties and what fire extinguishers to use and when.

This course can be used in conjunction with our Fire Awareness Training. We also provide a full range of online Fire Safety courses.

Presented by

Jessica Jay

The importance of Fire Warden (Marshal) Training

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Fire Warden Training certificate

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Each of our courses ends with a multiple-choice test to measure your knowledge of the material.

This Fire Warden Training course concludes with a 20 question multiple-choice test with a printable certificate. In addition, brief in-course questions 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 Warden (Marshal) Training 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.

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