1-Day Fire Risk Assessment in Care Homes Training Course. Accredited by the IFSM & IFE for 6 Hours of CPD

Description

1 Day Fire Risk Assessment in Care Homes (CPD) Course.

Accredited by the Institute of Fire Safety Managers (IFSM) and The Institution of Fire Engineers (IFE) for 6 Hours of Continual Professional Development.

This course is designed to provide Fire Risk Assessors with Continual Professional Development when undertaking Fire Risk Assessments in Care Homes.

1 Day Course

This 1 Day course is for those people involved with fire risk assessments in Care Homes, typically, you will be an experienced fire risk assessor who already undertakes fire risk assessments in Care Homes or wishes to move into this specialist area.

Who is this 1 Day course for:

Delegates will be expected to already understand the fundamental principles of fire risk assessment and this course is designed to enhance those existing skills through presentations and bespoke desk top exercises referencing the relevant guidance documents including the DLHC Fire Safety Risk Assessment in Residential Care Premises, Approved Document B, and the HM Additional Guidance Document.

During the course reference is made to:

• Fire Alarm Systems and BS 5839

• Emergency Escape Lighting Systems BS 5266

• Firefighting Equipment BS 5306

• Fire Compartmentation and the standards required for Care Homes (Integrity)

• Fire Doors

• Understanding and Calculating Travel Distances within Care Homes

• Adequacy of the Means of Escape, Fire Exits and Final Exits

• Classification of residents and defined in the relevant guidance documents

• Fire Evacuation Strategies considering Staffing Levels.

Learning Outcomes:

• Be able to specify the standards of compartmentation and fire resistance for Care Homes

• Be able to specify Travel Distances within Care Homes referencing the relevant guidance documents

• Be able to understand the use of external fire escapes relevant to Care Homes

• Be able to specify and define evacuation strategies for Care Homes

• Be able to consider and discuss issues relevant to evacuation of Care Home residents considering their impairments and staffing ratios.

Instruction methodology

• The course uses a bespoke delegate workbook (the delegate keeps this for future reference), presentations and exercises which are interactively debriefed during the course.

The Trainer

• Training is delivered by David; David is formally a Fire and Rescue Service Officer with 27 years’ experience, David was a warranted ‘Fire Safety Inspecting Officer’, Fire and Rescue Service Qualified Fire Investigation Officer. Since then David has delivered numerous Fire Risk Assessment training nationally and has a wide range of experience in delivering such training to all sectors especially to Health and Safety practitioners. David continues to undertake fire risk assessments of a wide range of premises types throughout the UK.

• David Prince is a Nationally Accredited Fire Risk Assessors on the FRACS register (No 73) and is also listed on the IFSM Register of Fire Risk Assessors (No 151) and BAFE SP205-1 Life Safety Fire Risk Assessments Silver.

• David Prince also has formal teaching qualifications (Dip Ed) as well as a wide range of ‘Fire and Rescue Service’ fire safety qualifications. As a fire safety practitioner David is aware of current Fire Safety practices.

Accreditation

• We are an ‘Institute of Fire Safety Managers’ (IFSM) ‘Accredited Centre’. 2 ‘Certificate of Attendance’ are awarded to delegates attending the course, one is accredited by ‘The Institute of Fire Safety Managers’ (IFSM) and the second is awarded by the ‘Institute of Fire Engineers’ (IFE) both are for 6 hours of Continual Professional Development (CPD).

Course duration

• 1 Day 09.00 Hours to 17:00 Hours, with morning and afternoon breaks and 45 minutes for lunch which are included in the course fee.

Courses

• There are 12 places, and they will be secured on a ‘first come first serve basis’ by booking on our web page or by booking directly with us.

• For a course to proceed there needs to be a minimum of 5 delegates. A decision to run a course will be taken one week prior to the course start date.

• You should have a minimum of English and Maths at Level 2 Functional Skills, this is an alternative qualification to GCSE.

• Larger groups and bespoke course, we have wide experience of developing and delivering accredited fire risk assessment courses which can be delivered at your venue

The Training Venue:

Manchester City Centre (City Centre Venue To Be Confirmed)

Sackville Street, Manchester. M1 3BB

Getting there:

Trains to Piccadilly Train Station (10 Minute Walk to the Training Venue)

Manchester is accessible from the UK Motorway Network (Parking available at the NCP Car Park Charles Street).

Fly to Manchester Airport and then Train to Piccadilly.

Buses, Manchester Chorlton Street Bus Station is a 10 Minute Walk to the Training Venue.

Booking onto a course

• For Individual Bookings: Please use the PayPal Links on this site or contact info@fireriskconsult.com or David: 0161 871 0494

For Bespoke or Group Bookings:

• Please contact info@fireriskconsult.com or David: 0161 871 0494 or 07847 779428

Terms and Conditions

• *All courses and course bookings are subject to our terms and conditions. Please email us for a copy of these if required or visit our website.

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