Care Home Fire Safety Training Edinburgh Fife Residential Care home fire training glasgow Scotland

Duration        1 hour 30 minutes.

 

Location        Your Premises

Facilities        A quiet room is required with an electrical power socket. All course material is provided

                      

​​​​Dates             Contact us for availability

​Times             Morning or afternoon

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Cost               £290 (for up to 10 members of staff)​

                        i.e. £29 per session

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Award           A Certificate is awarded - Fire Safety Training for Residential Care Homes                       ​

​Contact        enquiries@firescotland.co.uk​

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​​Course overview: This Residential Care Home fire safety training course is designed to provide all care home staff with an all round level of understanding of fire safety in a residential care home and to carry out their role of the Fire Warden or Fire Marshal safely during a fire evacuation or in the event of a real fire​. The approved fire safety trainer provides powerpoint, video and question sheets to ensure all staff understand their responsibilities.                                               

 

Care home fire safety training includes;

 

Classroom

• The previous fire risk assessment significant findings.

• How to identify, remove, reduce and manage the hazards.

• How to prevent a fire from starting – The fire triangle.

         * What are the sources of ignition?

          * Identifying the ignition sources.

• What is a fire safety hazard?

• Correct storage of oxygen.

• Recording the assessment and making a plan.

• Reviewing and adapting the plan.

• Person centered planning for the elderly and infirm.

• Personnel emergency evacuation planning (PEEP) for all service users.

• Action on the event of fire.

• Evacuation methods.

• Planning and training for evacuation.

• Fire Drills.

• Fire procedures including reduced staffing levels at night.

• Fire protection and alarm activated devices.

• Importance of the fire doors.

• Lateral evacuation of residents.

• Smoke – the silent killer.                                                                                                                         

 

 

********* Add On - Practical Fire Extinguisher Course  **********

 

 

PRACTICAL FIRE EXTINGUISHER TRAINING ON A 'LIVE FIRE'

for only £100 (maximum of 10 students)

 

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Live fire extinguisher practical training can be added to the Care Home course for a maximum of 10 staff for only £80. Allow an extra 30 minutes to complete this component.

 

A 5m x 5m external space is​ required ​ ​at your ​​premises to operate the fire extinguishers on the live fire training rig - about 3 car parking spaces in size. Hands-on fire extinguisher training on a Live fire - Class A, Electrical Ignitions and Class F will be carried out for participants. Certificates of attendance for staff are produced on the successful completion of the course.

 

The Enviroment                ​

The propane gas enviromentaly friendly fire training rig leaves no residue mess and​

produces no smoke. We support  ISO 14001.