Fire Safety

The Fire Safety order 2005 requires persons who own, manage or operate a business to comply with fire safety law to reduce the risk from fire and make sure people can escape safely if there is a fire.

It is the employer’s duty to undertake a fire risk assessment and put suitable control measures into place.

Employees must co-operate with their employer on any health and safety-related matters - and fire prevention/control is one such area.

By attending and participating in fire safety training, you are cooperating with your employer’s health and safety obligations and have a far greater appreciation of fire prevention and what actions to take should a fire occur.

We provide a range of courses suitable for everyone, to provide a greater appreciation of fire prevention in the workplace. Delegates will receive expert tuition on how to reduce the risk of fires and what they need to do if a fire were to occur, ensuring they act safely and do not put themselves in danger.

Training includes both theoretical and practical sessions and the hands-on use of a fire extinguisher. All courses are designed to be engaging, interactive and inclusive of all present.

Our instructors are highly experienced professional rescue operatives, who are trained to the National Occupation Standard of fire fighting in emergency situations, which enables us to offer their knowledge and practical expertise to every delegate. They will share their own experiences with candidates which gives the training an additional dimension and brings the learning to life.

We own and maintain all the equipment used by delegates on our courses – and only use the equipment we trust and would use ourselves. Those who attend our fire safety training courses will get to use a wide range of equipment and will experience using a fire extinguisher and putting out a fire.

We also sell a wide variety of extinguishers and equipment and can also supply PPE for your firefighting personnel – to find out more, contact us.

A fire risk assessment is an organised and methodical review of premises, the activities carried out there – and if a fire was to start, the harm it could cause to those in and around the premises.

The objectives of a fire assessment are:

• To identify fire hazards
• To reduce the risk of fire hazards
• To decide what physical fire precautions are required
• To decide what management arrangements are required (i.e. escape routes)

Fire is the visible effect of the process of combustion – which is a type of chemical reaction that produces energy in the form of heat and light.

Three things must be present at the same time in order to produce fire:

• FUEL - any combustible material - solid, liquid or gas.
• OXYGEN - enough oxygen must be present in the atmosphere surrounding the fuel for fire to burn.
• HEAT - enough heat energy must be applied to raise the fuel to its ignition temperature.

The combustion or chemical reaction will keep going as long as there is enough heat, fuel and oxygen. The combination of these three elements is frequently referred to as the "fire triangle" or “Fire triangle”.

When the three elements - Fuel, Heat and Oxygen - are present and combustion occurs, a fire can spread very easily. Heat will always travel from regions of high temperature to regions of lower temperature, no matter how small the temperature difference; it does this either by conduction, convection or radiation.

As stated earlier, three things must be present for a fire to occur, these being fuel, heat and oxygen. If these exist and a fire does occur, then there are three principal methods that can be used to extinguish the fire. These are:

• Cooling
• Starving
• Smothering

Follow any fire training given

• Raise alarm
• Leave your place of work quickly and calmly using the nearest fire exit (which should be displayed by “running man” symbol) and closing all doors behind you
• Do not stop to take belongings
• Avoid using lifts or elevators unless they have been specially designed for use in the event of a fire and form part of the company evacuation plan
• Once outside go to the designated assembly area.
• Co-operate with fire wardens, marshals, co-ordinators and other such designated personnel
• Do not re-enter the building until told to do so by someone in authority who has been given the all-clear from emergency services