Fire Safety

Overview

This course follows the RSPH Level 2 Health & Safety in the Workplace and covers how fires start, the fire triangle and which fire extinguishers to use. It includes a section on fire prevention and fire evacuation procedures.

Course objectives

By the end of this module you will be able to identify:

  • The main causes and effects of fire
  • Ways of preventing fires at work
  • The procedures on discovering a fire and hearing a fire alarm
  • Methods of extinguishing fires

Course content

  • Fire Safety Law
  • Causes and effects of fire
  • Fire prevention
  • Action on hearing the fire alarms
  • Raising the alarm
  • Fire spread
  • Extinguisher types and uses