This Unit Includes:

• What Fire Needs to Burn: Learning the basic fire triangle (heat, fuel, and oxygen) and how removing any one of them puts a fire out.

• Everyday Workplace Hazards: Spotting simple dangers like overloaded plug sockets, damaged wiring, untidy storage, and rubbish left near heaters.

• How Fire and Smoke Travel: Understanding how heat moves through air and solid materials, and why smoke spreads so quickly down corridors and stairwells.

• Warning Signs of Rapid Growth: Spotting early signs that a small fire is about to flare up, fill a room with thick smoke, or become uncontrollable.

This unit covers:

• Built-in Building Protections: How closed fire doors, fire-resistant walls, and clear escape routes stop smoke and fire from spreading.

• Alarms and Detection Systems: How smoke and heat detectors work, where manual call points (break glass) are located, and how emergency lighting helps you escape.

• Choosing the Right Extinguisher: Understanding UK colour-coded extinguishers (Water, Foam, Dry Powder, CO₂, Wet Chemical) and matching them to the right type of fire.

• Using an Extinguisher Safely: Learning the simple PASS steps (Pull, Aim, Squeeze, Sweep) and knowing when it is too dangerous to tackle a fire yourself.

This unit covers:

• Discovering a Fire: The very first steps to take—raising the alarm immediately, getting people out safely, and calling 999.

• Evacuating the Building: Walking calmly along marked fire exit routes, never using the lifts, and heading straight to the designated assembly point.

• Fire Wardens and Marshals: What trained fire wardens do during an alarm, including checking rooms, helping people evacuate, and taking registers.

• Your Daily Role: Keeping corridors and fire exits clear, reporting broken fire doors, and making sure visitors and colleagues know where to go.

This unit covers:

• UK Fire Safety Laws: Basic legal duties under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order and the role of the workplace "Responsible Person."

• Workplace Fire Risk Checks: Simple steps to spot fire hazards, check who might be at risk, and put common-sense safety rules in place.

• Housekeeping and Daily Rules: Basic safety habits, such as keeping rubbish bins clear, safely charging batteries, and following rules for hot work.

• Practice Drills and Training: Taking part in regular fire drills so everyone knows the escape routes, and reporting anything that goes wrong to improve safety.