Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, it is a legal requirement for all employees to undergo a basic fire training induction. Melwood Facilities are leading UK fire safety training providers, including fire marshal training, fire extinguisher training and fire awareness training.
The aim of fire training services is to ensure all occupants and workforces can maintain fire safety in the workplace or property, from preventative measures and safely extinguishing small fires to evacuating buildings safely.
Fire Awareness Training
The most effective way to fight fire is to prevent it from happening. Every year in the UK, there are hundreds of thousands of fire incidents in the workplace, with hundreds of fatalities.
Our experienced, qualified and accredited team offer basic fire awareness training for any type of business or organisation. After inspecting the business property to identify any potential hazards or unique requirements, Melwood Facilities’ inspectors will help you and your staff develop an excellent understanding of fire safety in the workplace.
Our fire safety awareness course helps staff and occupants understand their roles and responsibilities during fire scenarios and will provide you with all the safety measures that must be in place to protect yourself and those around you.
Melwood’s fire awareness training services are specially designed to cater for all experience levels, ensuring your workforce is equipped to deal with fire scenarios should they occur, and regularly take preventative steps.
What Does Fire Awareness Training Include?
Our fire awareness courses make your team aware of potential fire hazards in the workplace, how to prevent fires and how to safely deal with flames, fumes and smoke should an outbreak occur.
A basic fire awareness course from Melwood Facilities includes;
- How fires can ignite and spread
- Fire types
- Dangers smoke and fire pose
- How to effectively response to a fire situation
- Overall fire safety in the workplace
Fire Extinguisher Training
Fire extinguishers are first line of defence against fire and smoke outbreaks, and, if utilised effectively, can eliminate small fires and/or prevent fires from spreading.
For businesses with increased fire risk or those looking to take extra steps toward fire safety, fire extinguisher training from Melwood Facilities helps workforces bolster their skillset when it comes to fire safety.
Melwood’s experienced team offer basic fire extinguisher training to assist those from all levels of expertise and experience to learn the basic skills required to identify different classes of fire. In all business properties and facilities, it’s imperative that fire extinguishers are utilised correctly. Using fire extinguishers inappropriately can result in making the situation work in emergency situations, resulting in loss of life and severe property damages.
What Does Fire Extinguisher Training Include?
Our informative and dynamic fire extinguisher training services helps staff identify whether the fire is Class A, Class B etc, and understand which type of fire extinguisher should be used in all fire scenarios. It’s also important to understand when the best way to deal with a fire is to evacuate the building.
Melwood Facilities fire extinguisher training courses will help workforces understand;
- How to extinguish small fires
- Utilising a fire extinguisher and fire blanket
- How to ensure fire extinguishers are functioning properly
- Identify different classes of fire
Fire Marshal Training
Fire marshal training courses by Melwood Facilities aim to provide delegates with he knowledge required to manage fire risks in the workplace and how to respond effectively should a fire happen.
Under Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) 2005, all businesses/employers must provide adequate fire training and ensure a sufficient number of individuals in the workplace take on additional fire safety roles.
What is a Fire Marshal?
The primary responsibility of a fire marshal is to ensure the safe evacuation of the workforce in the event of a fire in the workplace. With the help of Melwood Facilities, trained fire marshals will be equipped with the knowledge required to ensure the evacuation plans in place are effective and that staff are familiar with these fire protocols.
What Does a Fire Marshal Course Include?
It’s crucial that fire marshal’s have a strong understanding of fire awareness and fire safety, and to do this, Melwood Facilities cover various areas of fire training to ensure workforces’ dedicated fire marshal is equipped to manage people during emergency fire situations.
Our fire marshal training services include;
- An introduction to fire marshals
- Fire safety legislation and importance
- The responsibilities of employers and employees
- The fire triangle (oxygen, heat & fuel)
- Identifying fire classes
- Extinguisher types
- Regular fire risk assessment
- Fire safety arrangements
- The evacuation plan
- Detecting fire and alarm systems
- Evacuation routes and exits
- Evacuation procedures and strategies
- Fire safety signage
- Emergency lighting systems
- Fire drills and the role of fire marshals during evacuations
About Melwood Facilities’ Fire Training Services
All of our fire training services, including fire awareness, extinguisher and marshal training, is carried out at your work site. Our experienced and accredited team ensures to keep disruption to your work day to a minimum, and will adapt its courses and services to the needs of your work environment.
Areas We Cover
For a complete fire risk assessment in Wigan, from a team of fully-accredited, certified fire safety assessors, don’t hesitate to get in touch today.
Here at Melwood, we’re proud to offer industry-leading, local services to properties across the North-West. Some of our most popular areas of service include:
- Greater Manchester (Manchester, Salford, Stockport, Eccles, Wigan, Bolton)
- Lancashire (Preston, Blackpool, Blackburn)
- Merseyside (Liverpool, Warrington, St. Helens)
- Stoke-On-Trent
- Crewe
