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Fire Marshal Training

What is Fire Marshal Training?

Course are designed comply with the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 to enable staff members who have a greater level of responsibility within your company fire safety structure to carry out their specific role safely and with confidence.
Tailoring of Fire Marshal courses may be required to ensure we fully accommodate your company working environment, and specific on-site risk factors to ensure that your Fire Marshals have the knowledge they need to deal with the specific hazards of their own workplace, with all courses including a practical fire extinguisher discharge.

Professionally delivered in-depth courses that ensure your company is compliant with current regulations and at all levels is to provide the required knowledge and ‘life skills’ learning your staff need to appropriately manage a fire incident in the workplace and ensure safe evacuation of the premises safely.

Sample Certificate

Who requirss Fire Marshal Training?

The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 states that it is the responsibility of the employer to nominate a sufficient number of competent persons to take on additional fire safety responsibilities, all of whom will require Fire Marshal training. Adequate Fire Marshals are essential for every person working in an organisation, company, or office building; Those assigned to these roles have a responsibility towards the safety of both themselves and others in your workplace; therefore it is legally required that they complete specialised Fire Marshal training to prepare them for the responsibilities of this essential task.

How many do we need?

A question we are always asked is how many Fire Marshals do we need? And in certain companies there are no specific numbers that can be given without further information, as a general rule we would suggest that sufficient Marshals should be available to cover holidays, sickness, and lunch breaks so that at any one period of time there is a Fire Marshal covering each area, this can be further investigated at our consultation stage where additional advice can be given on numbers prior to booking courses. To enquire and for full course details please contact us.

Frequently Asked Questions

This is dependent on both the type of business risks and staff levels, for instance if you are a large site such as warehousing and manufacturing you will need to take into account both the travel distances between fire points and levels of staffing. Whereas within an office environment it may be sufficient to only have trained Fire Marshals using extinguishers. If you have a catering kitchen involving the use of deep fat fryers it would be sensible to train all kitchen staff so that everyone would be competent and confident in the use of the Wet Chemical fire extinguishers for that specific risk.
Again this is dependent on both the type of business risks and staff levels as you need to ensure that there is sufficient cover for sickness, holidays, maternity leave and even lunch breaks, Fire Marshals should also be able to carry out their duties and be in a place of safety such as on a protected staircase making their way to or at the assembly point within 3 minutes to reduce risk, and so managing large site areas must be taken into account.
Fire Extinguisher courses are 3 hours in duration which include the demonstration with the Fire Marshal course 3.5 hours. We would always recommend that consideration is given to clients having Fire Marshal courses over Fire Extinguisher as the extra 30 minutes makes the difference and is at no extra cost.
We work on a maximum of 15 persons per course, however, this does rely on a sufficiently sized training room for comfort.
Yes, all Fire Extinguisher and Fire Marshals courses have a theory and practical element where a CO2 will be demonstrated within the classroom and a Water Extinguisher is demonstrated outside where staff can use it in a suitable area. We are unable to demonstrate Foam, Dry Powder, or Wet Chemical extinguishers as they are hazardous to the environment and as a result we no longer provide live fire demonstrations.
Yes, we provide each attendee with a comprehensive 36-page glossy booklet which covers all aspects of the course contents to include Fire extinguisher guidance, the role and responsibilities of the Fire Marshal, company legislative requirements, and more, and is a high quality and easy to read fire safety guide.
All certificates are effective for 3 years before re-training is due, however, it is always recommend that consideration is given to bi-annual training for Marshal / Wardens, and kitchen staff due to their levels of responsibility and risks.
We charge £400.00 for a half day course such as Fire Extinguisher or Fire Marshal, and if you required 2 course in the one day we would charge £700.00.
Yes, we do provide training to cover shift patterns which involve late night / early morning training as well as weekend courses, these may require a small addition to our standard costings.

Mick Chambers at Fire Training Plus has been carrying out our Fire Risk Assessments at Mayplace Primary School for around 10 years. He is thorough in his approach and we respect his analysis of the school. He provides clear advice and guidance so that we are very confident of our compliance after his visits. I would not hesitate to recommend Mick Chambers and Fire Training Plus.

Rachael Flaherty, Mayplace Primary School

Why Fire Training Plus?

We put trust and integrity at the heart of our training and service.

Experienced

We appreciate the knowledge, skills and experience a career in the fire service can bring, this is the foundation on which we provide our training and consultancy services.

Knowledgeable

We’re forward thinking, innovative and engaging. Our advice and courses provide you and your employees with the life skills needed to manage potentially tricky fire related situations.

Dedicated

Our complete service is personalised, tailored and customer service driven. You will get a first-class experience from a family run business who really cares about fire safety as ‘life skills learning’.

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