Course Details

Course Title:  Fire Safety for the Manager

Course ID:  HS201E

Fees:  $3150

Days:  5

Introduction   

It is essential within all property and plant that a comprehensive Fire Safety strategy is developed and maintained.   To be effective it is necessary for appropriate appreciation and coordination by all relevant disciplines within the organization. 

The aim of the course is to give delegates a greater understanding of fire, its effects and how sound management can prevent fire occurring or help in mitigating damage from a fire.

A greater understanding of legal and managerial responsibilities will help in providing an underpinning knowledge that will assist in the key objective of limiting the risk from fire to life, property and the business.

This course is designed to provide delegates with the necessary awareness to appreciate the key elements necessary to design and manage an effective Fire Safety strategy.

Course objectives       By the end of this course you will have a greater understanding of the subjects covered thereby ensuring you are able to fully appreciate the essential fire safety elements of your business.

• Fire; is it a problem?
• What is fire? Fire science
• Legislation; general fire precautions and the law
• Means of detection and giving warning
• Provision of means of escape
• Fire procedures
• Fire Fighting Equipment; provision and use
• Staff training

Prerequisite     None

Who should attend?   The seminar is targeted at:

• Supervisors and Managers.
• Health & Safety Officers
• Maintenance Staff
• Other personnel with a security responsibility

Course outline       DAY ONE

Fire Science And Fire Safety Provision

• Sources of heat/energy
• Heat and temperature
• Specific and latent heat and fire extinguishment
• Conduction, convection and radiation
• Combustion and the chemistry of fire
• Fire investigation

Fire Safety Management

• Fire statistics
• Legislation; specific to country where course is run
• Legal responsibilities of management
• Compliance
• Fire Safety evacuation procedures
• Fire Wardens/marshals
• Fire emergency plans
• Fire recovery plans

DAY TWO

Means of Escape

• Assessment of escape routes
• Criteria for means of escape
• Fire safety engineering
• Fire-resisting construction
• Surface finishes
• Occupancy capacity
• Travel distances
• Room and storey exits
• Stairways; internal and external
• Acceptable and unacceptable escape features
• Fire doors
• Door furniture
• Fire signs
• Lighting
• Plan exercises; practical work (groups)

DAY THREE

Means of Escape (Continued)

• Consolidation of means of escape, plan exercises and practical work (groups)

Fire Risk Assessment

• What is a fire risk assessment?
• Essential areas that a fire risk assessment must cover
• Fire risk assessment check lists and scoring systems
• Fire risk assessment reporting; styles and layout of reports
• Plan exercises
• Practical fire risk assessment (Where appropriate and convenient)

DAY FOUR

Fire Risk Assessment (Continued)

• Consolidation of Fire Risk Assessment, plan exercises and practical work

Fire Warning Systems

• Manually operated fire alarms
• Manual/electric systems
• Control and indicating equipment
• Faults
• Monitoring and maintenance of systems
• Remote staffed centres
• Developments

Fire Detection

• Principles of automatic fire detection
• Types of system
• Definition of a fire detector
• Classifications of fire detectors
• Smoke detection
• Heat detection
• Ionization, optical, radiation, linear, beam detectors
• Radio based systems
• Advantages and disadvantages

§         Power supplies, wiring and circuits

DAY FIVE

Fire Fighting Equipment

• Portable fire extinguishers
• Fixed systems using water (sprinkler, drencher systems)
• Fixed systems using foam
• Fixed systems using Carbon dioxide
• Fixed systems using dry powder
• High expansion foam systems
• Foam inlets
• Rising mains
• Hose reels

Ventilation

• Purpose of ventilation
• Factors affecting ventilation
• Construction and operation of venting systems

§         Examination/Tests

§         Questions And Closing Comments