Care Home Fire Safety Awareness Course
Our Care Home Fire Training Course suits all staff in residential care homes and nursing homes.
Suitable delegates include care home managers and supervisors, care support staff, domestic staff, and agency workers.
We understand the daily challenges care homes face, and we have designed a 2-hour fire safety awareness course tailored to your needs.
Our team has delivered fire training to dozens of care homes throughout the East Midlands, receiving excellent feedback and repeat bookings.
We can also train staff to use evacuation mats, which we can incorporate into the course.
Duration Of Course:
2 hours (Courses can be adapted to accommodate staff shift patterns, etc.)
Cost
Total cost = £325. No VAT to pay. (This is the cost of the course for up to 15 delegates, not per individual)
Number of Attendees
You can book up to 15 delegates for this course.
Where Can I Attend The Course?
The course is run at your care home.
Course aims
- To help the ‘responsible person’ fulfil their legal obligations under fire safety legislation
- To provide staff with practical knowledge and skills to understand the fundamental hazards of fire and fire spread
- Fire prevention and procedures
- Be able to correctly and safely select and operate a fire extinguisher
Course Content
Theory Session
- Legal requirement for fire safety awareness training
- Purpose of training, who benefits, and why
- The Triangle of Fire
- Methods of extinction and related firefighting equipment that are available in the care home
- Fire behaviour & fire spread
- The four leading causes of fire
- What to do when the fire alarm sounds – understanding the fire alarm panel
- What to do if you discover a fire – including evacuation methods
- Fire prevention basics
- Classes of fire
- Evacuation procedures, including horizontal progressive evacuation
- Fire extinguisher types & colour coding
- Fire extinguisher capabilities & limitations
- How to operate a fire extinguisher
- How to correctly use a fire blanket
Practical Session
- How to operate a fire extinguisher using the P.A.S.S. method
- Use of water, CO2 extinguishers and a fire blanket
Course Requirements
Theory sessions can take place in a meeting room, training room, lounge, or dining room.
The practical session takes place in a suitable outdoor area (approximately 3-5 car parking spaces) away from buildings.
We bring all appropriate training equipment (including fire extinguishers).
We typically conduct courses during daylight hours to ensure safe use of fire extinguishers during training. However, we can also arrange evening courses with revised content for night-shift staff.
We can adapt training start times to match your shift pattern, maximising the number of staff we can train.
Benefits
Theory: Classroom-based learning. This gives you the opportunity to ask questions and discuss topics relevant to your care home.
Practical: Hands-on use of fire extinguishers. Your staff can pick up and use our Water and CO2 fire extinguishers, and practice using the fire blanket.
Online course handouts
An online certificate for each delegate
High-quality training by serving or ex-serving fire service personnel, giving you the best training possible for your staff
Our Care Home Fire Safety Awareness Course is Accredited by the CPD Standards Office – ensuring your team receives internationally recognised training that counts toward CPD requirements.
The course equates to 2 hours of CPD activity.
How To Book
If you would like more information or to enquire about booking a course, please get in touch with us using our online form:
Alternatively, you can call or email us:
Call us on: 07921906519
Or email: peter@prt-training.co.uk