ACCREDITED HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE COURSES + DIPLOMA QUALIFICATIONS
Course Overview
In health and care settings, fire safety awareness is critically important since service users often have impaired function making them potentially more prone to cause fire or come to harm from its effects.
What you will learn
- The fire triangle, which explains how fires start.
- What the law requires of businesses regarding fire safety and what everyone's responsibilities are.
- The importance of a fire risk assessment.
- Ways to prevent or control fires in your workplace.
- The type of detection and warning systems which should be in place.
- The different types of fire safety signs that workplaces should have.
- How to ensure your evacuation routes and exits remain effective at all times.
- The evacuation procedures that businesses should have in place.
