Having trained Fire Marshals within your business is one of the most important contributions to fire safety and prevention, and we can help with our online Fire Marshal training courses.
If you had a fire at your business, it may have catastrophic consequences. You have a legal duty to manage fire risk and to be prepared if the worst happens. This involves having an up to date fire risk assessment, keeping up with statutory compliance and ensuring your staff are trained in what to do to prevent fires happening and what to do if a fire breaks out.
What is a Fire Marshal?
A Fire Marshal’s responsibilities can be divided into two categories:
Proactive and reactive.
Proactive – The main and most important role of a Fire Marshal is to prevent fires. Carrying out proactive duties to keep your staff, customers, premises and business safe. This includes regular checks of emergency exits, fire doors, fire extinguishers and emergency lighting. Testing fire alarms, organising fire and evacuation drills, managing all relevant safety paperwork, and general housekeeping such as ensuring any hazardous material and/or waste is stored and disposed of correctly, to name a few.
Reactive – In the unfortunate event of a fire, a fire marshal should first and foremost raise the alarm to people in the building/area, and call the emergency services if your business is not linked automatically. There are a number of reactive duties to carry out, which include, ensuring all doors and fire doors are closed to prevent fire spreading, guiding people towards the emergency exits and helping anyone with any disabilities, mobility issues, or anyone else that need assistance to evacuate the building and assemble at the designated Assembly Point. During the evacuation a sweep search of the premises should take place to ascertain whether everyone has exited safely from the building. In some cases a roll call should be carried out depending on the evacuation strategy that you have in place.
What are the benefits of online Fire Marshal training?
There are many advantages to online training. The interactive courses can be completed at your own pace, giving the learner the opportunity to stop, start and review the course as needed. The training can be done anywhere, any time of day or night, making it more comfortable to learn at your own speed without the pressures of classroom learning, and no travelling required.
How much does online training cost?
The Fire Marshal training course is £35.00 for each licence (each person). The first module is free as we like to give our clients the opportunity to “try before you buy”.
We also offer a specific course for Fire Marshal for Care Homes, which is also £35.00 per licence.
Both Fire Marshal training courses include all the content available in the Basic Fire Safety Awareness, and Fire Extinguisher training courses plus specific Fire Marshal training.
For staff not trained as Fire Marshals, these should be given Basic Fire Awareness training. This course includes general fire prevention training and information about how to use fire extinguishers. The cost is £25.00 per licence for this.
Will I get a certificate once I have competed the training?
Yes. You will get a RoSPA (Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents) approved certificate giving you improved legal compliance.
How do I get started?
It’s simple to sign up for our any of our Fire courses, just click here and choose your training course.
If you need any assistance with fire risk assessments, fire evacuation plans, or any other Health and safety needs, we can help. We work with schools, colleges, warehouses, businesses and factories and have great expertise in fire prevention. We have a variety of training courses available for all your health and safety requirements through JCH Safety, please click here to see our full catalogue.
JCH Safety is Coventry and Warwickshire’s leading fire safety experts. Working across Leicestershire and the wider West Midlands. Please don’t hesitate to get in touch.