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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.
4.6/5 based on 7,885 real user reviews
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
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
Presented by
Jessica JayThe importance of Fire Warden (Marshal) Training
It’s important that you comply with the law and understand the positive impact this training course can have on your organisation and employees.
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Fire Warden Training certificate
Download and print
Each of our courses ends with a multiple-choice test to measure your knowledge of the material.
To finish this Fire Warden Training course, you need to complete a multiple-choice, 20-question test. In addition, we will also supply questionnaires throughout the course to encourage the highest levels of user engagement. Upon successful completion, you will receive a printable certificate.
You can print this certificate from your LMS (Learning Management System) as well as access training progress and course results. The LMS also stores all your company training results, so you have a record of proof of your 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.
7,885 real user reviews
Very clear and easy to follow
I found the modules very easy to follow and repeat if necessary and the test was clearly written
downloadable notes
downloadable notes, even after the test, would be good for refresher times.
Well presented.
Very professional, I was intrigued to learn about the "water mist" fire extinguisher. I will raise this with our safety team, as it covers a range of fires.
Great course
this course is well balanced and easy to follow, I have received a fire warden courses before and I thought this was excellent, clear, good language, small modules. well worth the 2 hours of my time. thank you
Informative Interesting
This user gave this course a rating of 5/5 stars
Good, clear, concise and informative
One of the best on line courses i have completed. The option of being able to replay the videos and that you can go back and refresh yourself prior to taking the test at the end - i did actually enjoy doing this course!
Very clear
Clear instruction, good film of how to use a fire extinguisher, useful repetition of key points. Liked how the information was broken down into easily digestible bites, and that it was easy to stop and review. It gave me confidence rather than intimidating me.
Enjoyed the test
I have learnt a lot from this training in respect of the safety side/using of fire extinguishers/correct way of going about evacuation & helping others around you. People matter,work colleagues matter so if you can help save lives then its well worth doing the training. Really enjoyed doing this 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
Depending on the size and use of your premises, you must appoint one or more competent persons to carry out any of the preventive and protective measures required by The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) order 2005. A competent person is someone with adequate training, knowledge and experience to be able to implement these measures properly.
The responsible person (property owner, company director etc) must, where necessary, nominate competent persons to implement those measures and ensure that the number of such persons, their training and the equipment available to them are adequate, taking into account the size of, and the specific hazards involved in, the premises concerned...
A competent person must be appointed to carry out fire-fighting duties (where appropriate), contact the Emergency Services, and assist in evacuations. This person would typically be a Marshal or Warden. Failure to carry out these responsibilities may result in enforcement by the Enforcing Authority through the actions of an Inspector. Conviction for failing to comply may lead to a penalty consisting of a fine or up to two years’ imprisonment.
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