Fire risk assessment and training

Posted by Anna Haris on October 31st, 2018

Fires can destroy property that costing thousands of dollars, cause serious injuries, and take lives. One of the key strategies for maintaining a safe workplace and preventing fires and accidents is Fire safety training. Most fire safety courses offer both classroom-based learning and practical training experience, educating attendees on how to respond or act in the event of an emergency, and how to use fire protection equipment (such as fire extinguishers) properly, how different types of fire can start and the best ways to resist these types of fires.

With proper and accurate fire safety awareness training, every worker in a site can eliminate fire hazards and react quickly and efficiently if a fire breaks out suddenly. Without proper training, a small event can immediately start to become a major incident with devastating consequences.

Types of fire safety training courses:

There are various types of fire safety courses are available. The most common and important courses are Fire Warden Training and Basic Fire Safety Awareness training.

Fire safety is mainly aimed to reduce the destruction caused by fire. Fire safety measures include those that are intended to prevent fire of an uncontrolled fire and those that are used to limit the development and effects of a fire after it starts.

The safety measures include those that are prepared during the construction of a building or executed in buildings that are already standing and those that are trained to residents of the building. The common threats to the occurrence of fire safety are commonly referred to as fire hazards.

There are different reasons of fire at the workplace are preventable with the proper training and precautions for each and every staff in an organization.

Most Common Causes Of Fire In The Workplace

• Faulty Electrics. Faulty electrics are the biggest reason of workplace fires, loose wires, plugs that are overloaded and worn equipment can all make for a potential death trap.
• Flammable and Combustible Materials. 
• Human Error. 
• General Negligence. 
• Arson.

Everyone should have to give special importance to the topic of general negligence.

The fire caused by carelessness can be the result of:

• Hot surfaces too close to heating equipment
• The open flame that’s not properly located or protected
• Not following smoking limitations or careless disposal of butts, ashes.

Conducting a Fire Safety Risk Assessment will be good to assist the workers to identify the fire in the workplace in advance what a workplace needs to do to prevent a fire and keep people safe. The main assessment looks at:

1. Emergency routes and exits
2. Fire detection and warning systems
3. Firefighting equipment
4. Removal or safe storage of dangerous substances
5. The emergency fire evacuation plan
6. The needs of vulnerable people
7. Communication with workers and others on the assumptions
8. Staff fire safety training

A fire and safety training will assist your employees or the selected team members with the necessary knowledge and technical ability should a fire ever occur. A proper risk management, assessment and all efforts to identify and assess risk due to fire, organization size and complexity, and the constantly growing risk environment can embarrass the ability to make informed, effective decisions.