The QA Level 2 Award in Fire Safety Awareness (RQF) is a nationally recognised qualification designed for individuals with specific responsibilities in fire safety, such as fire wardens or marshals.
This course gives candidates a comprehensive understanding of fire safety management at work. It delves into the specific roles and responsibilities tied to workplace fire safety, ensuring that they are well prepared to maintain and promote fire safety measures effectively.
Breaches of fire safety laws can lead to severe consequences, including unlimited fines and imprisonment, so successful completion of this program shows a commitment to maintaining a safe and legally compliant working environment.
What’s covered?
- Causes of fires in the workplace
- The fire triangle
- Hazards during and after a fire
- Fire and smoke spread
- Identifying and controlling fire hazards
- Fire prevention
- Fire detection and raising the alarm
- Means of escape
- Principles of extinguishing fires
- Fire-fighting equipment and systems
- Fire safety laws
- Duties and responsibilities of employers and employees
- Undertaking a fire safety inspection
- Fire safety risk assessments
- Contents of a fire safety briefing
- Roles and responsibilities of the nominated fire warden
- On a day-to-day basis
- During an emergency
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Paul Otway, Contracts Manager
Good engaging fire safety course, with a very interactive presenter. Good fun and good content. Very useful for home and office safety. The course was excellent.
Chris Harrison
A fun and interesting fire extinguisher experience. I feel much more confident in my ability to put out a fire. It also updated my knowledge on how to pick fire extinguishers. Thank you.
Sarah Steele
Ron was a great trainer, he made everything clear and kept my attention throughout – which can be difficult for me.
Holly Johnston
Interesting course – gave insight into fire safety and how to tackle a fire, made it interesting a relevant to the work environment & home environment.
Michelle Georgiou
A great morning’s training in fire extinguisher use. We had a lot of fun setting off water and CO2 extinguishers. I feel a lot more confident in my ability to deal with small fires. Thanks Dave for a great session.
25th March, 2024