Fire Safety Training - An Essential Part of Your Business

Do you know how to react if a fire started in your business? It’s worth thinking about and how you might prevent any fire and also how you should react.

The Regulatory Reform Fire Safety Order (2005) and the Fire (Scotland) Act 2005 have placed even greater emphasis on ensuing that Employers carry out their duty of care regarding fire safety training. As an employer it is important that all employees are aware of your company fire procedures and the action that would need to be taken in the event of any fire. This includes how to locate, understand and operate the appropriate fire safety equipment safely where this is required.

Fire Prevention of course should be the starting point, as the best way to practice fire safety is to make sure a fire doesn't break out in the first place. That means you should always be aware of potential hazards in your work place.

An ideal way to develop and then implement a robust fire safety protocol in any business is to invest in good quality fire safety training for you and your employees. A fire safety training course should be provided by an appropriately qualified company (look for the UK Fire Association Logo), who should have the relevant depth of knowledge and experience in fire safety training.

There are a number of high quality fire safety suppliers throughout the UK including Firepoint Services Ltd, who are members of the UK Fire Association, employing an experienced team with professional engineers, who are FETA qualified and are subject to ongoing professional development training.

A typical Fire Safety Training course should include:

• Action on discovering a Fire
• Action on take on hearing the alarm
• Escape routes and assembly points
• The different classes / types of fire
• The Identification and the use of the different types of fire extinguishers on Live Fires
• Hands on operation of fire extinguishers
• Q & A session
• Short Training Film

By attending one of the Fire Safety Training Courses, as an employer you will be going some way to achieving your legal responsibly for fire safety and fire protection within your business. Not sure where to start? It is probably worth getting a Fire Risk Assessment done within your work place.