This qualification provides employees with essential knowledge about fire safety in the workplace including how to prevent fires from starting and what action to take when the fire alarm sounds.
All employees undertaking induction training, including those with no specific fire safety role
How long will it take?
Delivery would typically be through a half-day training course (4 hours).
Course overview
Learners will learn basic fire safety principles, including:
- Causes of fires in the workplace,
- Basic fire safety duties and responsibilities,
- Principles of fire risk control,
- Safe use of portable fire-fighting equipment and more.
Certificate validity
The Level 1 Award in Fire Safety Awareness is valid for a period of three years.
Assessment method
This qualification is assessed by Multi Choice Questions (MCQ). To Awarded this qualification the Learner must achieve a percentage pass in the MCQ paper.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Fire safety refers to planning and infrastructure design aimed at reducing the risk of fire or impeding the spread of a fire when one does break out.
- Check that all smoke and fire alarms are functioning properly. Ideally, you should test your fire alarms once a month and replace batteries twice a year. …
- Have an actionable fire plan. …
- Never leave a room with an open flame. …
- Have at least one fire extinguisher. …
- Embrace the cliché—Stop, Drop, and Roll.
- Class A Fires. involve common combustibles such as wood, paper, cloth, rubber, trash, and plastics.
- Class B Fires. involve flammable liquids, solvents, oil, gasoline, paints, lacquers, and other oil-based products.
- Class C Fires
- Class D Fires
- Class K Fires.
There are four classes of fire extinguishers – A, B, C and D – and each class can put out a different type of fire. Multipurpose extinguishers can be used on different types of fires and will be labeled with more than one class, like A-B, B-C or A-B-C.
If you or someone else cannot stop, drop, and roll, smother the flames with a blanket or towel. Use cool water to treat the burn immediately for three to five minutes. Cover with a clean, dry cloth. Get medical help right away by calling 911 or the fire department.
