This half day Fire Marshall course is aimed at staff with a designated role in workplace fire safety.

Course overview
It is more detailed than the Fire Awareness Course and covers more subjects. The course material and handouts are used in conjunction with current workplace fire safety legislation and guidance. Delegate understanding is tested by a short written assessment.

Aim
To enable staff with an enhanced fire safety role to meet the training requirements detailed in the Department for Communities and Local Government guidance and current workplace fire safety legislation.

Who should attend?
All staff will benefit from the training, particularly new employees and managers. There are no pre-requisites for this course. The course is especially useful to those with a designated responsibility for fire safety in their workplace.

Learning objectives
By the end of the course delegates should:

• Be aware of key fire safety duties under the law
• Be able to recognise habitual human behaviour in a fire situation
• Know the typical role of a fire warden in relation to workplace fire safety
• Be able to state the basic principles of risk assessment 
• Be aware of how to prevent fire or limit its impact
• Be able to state the common modes of building evacuation
• Recognise the need for fire drills and pre-planning for fire
• Recognise active and passive fire safety features and facilities
• Be able to identify and use a range of portable fire extinguishers

Programme
• Review of modern fire safety law
• Human behaviour in a fire situation
• The role of the fire warden
• Basic principles of risk assessment
• Routine fire prevention measures
• Modes of evacuation
• Fire drills and pre-planning
• Fire safety features and facilities
• Fire-fighting equipment