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Basic Fire Safety Awareness for Care Homes
Online Course
IIRSM, CPD, Gatehouse Awards & IOSH Approved
CPD Units: 2
Course Description
Current legislation, The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, applies to all workplaces regardless of the number of employees and requires employers to provide adequate training in fire awareness for all members of their staff.
Our online fire safety training courses are aimed at all employees to assist them in identifying and reducing the risk that fire presents in the workplace.
This course covers the same content as the Basic Fire Safety course with additional content tailored specifically for employees that work in care homes
Learning Objectives
By the end on this course, you will be able to:
Define the common Causes of fire and understand how to reduce their risks
Understand the chemistry of fire and its ability to spread through four specified methods
Recognise the dangers of smoke
Identify the fire safety features available and understand their role in fire prevention, management, and evacuation.
Understand the risks to consider if you discover a fire
Recognise the different types of Fire Extinguishers and when to use them.
Advantages
Online training is flexible, efficient and cost-effective, so candidates can progress through the modules at their own pace, in their own time, making it easy to fit the training around their work and personal life.
Basic Fire Safety Awareness for Care Homes
Online Course Details
Course Duration: 60 minutes (Note: This is based on the amount of video content shown and is rounded off. It does not account in anyway for loading time or thinking time on the questions.
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Further Progress
Other courses that may be of interest in the Health and Social Care suite include Fire Marshal for Care Homes, Health and Safety in a Care Setting and Electrical safety in our Health and Safety Courses
Recommended System Requirements
Browser: Up to date web browser
Video: Up to date video drivers
Memory: 1Gb+ RAM
Download speed: Broadband (3Mb+)
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