Basic Firefighting

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Overview

This course builds awareness and understanding of essential fire-safety principles and good practice.

Participants learn how fires start and spread, how to respond to alarms and emergencies, and how to operate basic fire-protection equipment with confidence and within safe operating limits.

Target Audience

Senior managers, section engineers, line managers, safety committee members, and company employees who require practical fire-safety awareness in the workplace.

Key Benefits

Understand fire-safety legislation and basic fire-risk assessment
Explain combustion and the components of the fire triangle
Describe the characteristics and spread of fire and smoke
Understand how fires are extinguished
Recognise safe limits for portable fire-fighting equipment
Take appropriate action during alarms, evacuation, and emergencies

Assessment

Multiple-choice examination.

Course Details

Duration
4 Hours
Language
English
Certificate
DISS
Validity
2 Years

Delivery Method

Theory is delivered by webinar. The practical session must be completed within 90 days, as stated in the source brochure.

The course combines fire-safety theory with practical extinguisher familiarisation:

Fire-Safety Principles

Overview of fire-safety legislation
Understanding the chemistry of fire
Development and spread of fire
Characteristics of fire and smoke
Fire-risk assessment principles

Emergency Action and Equipment

Action in the event of a fire
Means of raising the alarm
Means of summoning the fire brigade
Action on hearing the fire alarm
Evacuation procedures
Practical demonstration using foam and carbon-dioxide extinguishers with a gas-fired training system
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