Fire Warden Course

Fire wardens play a crucial part in ensuring that businesses are prepared for fire emergencies. Along with the emergency plan, fire wardens are an important risk control measure.

Key duties include:

• To assist in implementing and improving effective emergency procedures in the workplace.
• To monitor the adequacy of fire risk control measurements
• Raise staff awareness of workplace fire hazards
• Instruct other employees in emergency response
• To lead fire drills and real evacuation procedures
• To ensure all workers are accounted for after an evacuation
• To assist all people in the workplace during evacuations

Course Programme

• Legislation
• Cause of fire
• Fire prevention
• Role of the fire warden
• Action in the event of fire
• Evacuation procedures
• Portable fire extinguishers

Maximum number of participants:10

Duration: Half  day

Certificate: 2 years

Objectives of the course

On successful completion of this course, the participants will be able to:

• Understand the precautions that are built into the workplace
• Be able to recognise the hazards and threat posed by fire to the workplace and the workers
• Understand how essential fire emergency procedures are implemented and monitored on a daily basis
• Communicate with other fire wardens
• Complete checklists
• Recognise the difference between different fire extinguishers and their individual uses