Fire safety training is essential to ensure any business premises and its employees are protected from the risk of fire. Fires in the workplace have a devastating effect and some 80% of businesses never recover. All staff should be aware of fire risks in order to prevent fires in the workplace and ensure a safe evacuation if a fire should occur. If this wasn’t reason enough, employees have a statutory duty to provide a fire safety induction and to provide regular fire safety training for their staff.

The fire safety training course offered by Nationwide fire extinguishers is great for all staff members who need to know how to operate a fire extinguisher safely, know about fire prevention, and what to do in the event of a fire. The course includes, the theory of combustion, types and uses of fire extinguishers including a live fire demo and getting hands on use of safely operating a fire extinguisher. This fire safety training course is designed for persons who may have to use a fire extinguisher in hotels, shops, offices, factories, garages and industrial premises or residential care homes. This course will provide all members with a greater fire safety awareness and is designed to increase staff confidence taking the correct action in the event of a fire occurring. This course is great value at from only £300 plus VAT for up to 12 people and includes all handouts, extinguishers for demonstration and course materials.

Nationwide fire extinguishers also run a Fire warden training course which gives delegates a greater understanding about fire risks, fire theory and practice, spotting fire hazards, evacuation principles, and the responsibilities of a fire warden. This fire safety training course is ideal for your workplaces ‘nominated person’. The nominated person / fire warden will come away with the ability to take responsibility for fire safety and the evacuation of staff and visitors to the workplace. This course is suitable for up to 12 delegates and costs from only £400 plus VAT per course, that’s under £50 plus VAT per person for in-depth fire safety training! Specialist fire safety training courses for residential home staff and hotel staff are also available. Contact us for more details.

If fire training courses are not practical for your place of work, you could use our up to date fire safety training awareness DVD as a guide to fire safety for your employees. Topics include; Fire prevention, use of fire extinguishers and fire blankets, fire safety procedures and fire safety management.Training The Fire Safety Course is a 2 Hour course candidates.