This Self Paced eLearning course is designed to teach employees what safe and active fire prevention is, and how to respond correctly to fire risks in the workplace. It also covers emergency evacuation procedures and how to assess whether you should tackle a fire yourself or not.

This awareness course that covers different types of fires, types of extinguishers, PASS system for operating extinguishers, evacuation procedures and best practice policies to ensure staff safety in such an emergency. Employees will also be aware of their legal obligations to fire safety, and will learn how to correctly deal with a fire if one occurs.

Topics covered include:

• Relevant legislation and regulations.
• Statistics and causes of fire.
• The risk of fire, sources of ignition, and classes of fire.
• Fire detection and the systems available.
• Emergency and evacuation procedures.
• Fire risk assessment.
• Fire containment.

Duration: 40 minutes