Fire Safety For Care Homes Training
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Fire Safety For Care Homes Training
Duration 2 hours
Last audited 12th September 2023
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100% online training
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Learn on any device (desktop, mobile or tablet)
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Instant assessment and result
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1 learner per course
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Train teams of all sizes
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Bulk discounts starting at 10% off 10 courses
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£30 +VAT
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Includes a 10% discount for 10+ courses
This Fire Safety for Care Homes training course teaches care home workers how to uphold fire safety measures and provide support to help vulnerable residents evacuate safely. It helps you comply with fire safety law and keep all your residents safe from harm.
Those in residential care may not be able to evacuate safely on their own, particularly those with mobility issues and conditions that affect their understanding. This course teaches you what fire safety arrangements should be in place in a care home to prevent fires from starting and to enable safe evacuation. These procedures ensure both residents and staff can evacuate with assistance, or on their own, safely.
100% online training
Access anywhere
Same day digital certificate
Printed certificate posted next working day
Full audio voiceover
Unlimited assessment attempts
Developed in collaboration with industry experts
Accredited by CPD and assured by RoSPA Qualifications
Skills for Care endorsed training provider
What you'll learn
By the end of this course, you will:
- Understand why fire safety is important in residential care settings.
- Recognise what types of residents in care homes may be at significant risk.
- Know how to comply with fire safety law.
- Understand how fires start and how to prevent them.
- Know how to carry out a fire risk assessment.
- Understand the fire safety responsibilities of everyone in a care home.
- Recognise the various fire safety arrangements that care homes should implement.
- Understand which fire evacuation procedures care homes may need to ensure residents can evacuate safely.
- Know how to create personal emergency evacuation plans and carry out fire drills.
Training you can trust
Accredited by CPD
All of our courses are accredited by the CPD Certification Service as conforming to universally accepted Continuing Professional Development (CPD) guidelines.
Assured by RoSPA Qualifications
This course is also assured by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents through their RoSPA Qualifications Assurance System, as providing up-to-date, quality and content-approved training.
Skills for Care endorsed training provider
We're proud to be officially endorsed by Skills for Care, the strategic body for workforce development in social care in England and a delivery partner for the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC). Skills for Care endorsement is a trusted quality mark only awarded to the best learning and development providers within the social care sector.
Our commitment to Health and Social Care
As part of our commitment to Health and Social Care, we have worked hard to build partnerships with authorities and leading bodies, including the National Care Forum (NCF) and the Health and Social Care Alliance Scotland (the ALLIANCE). We best serve care providers by committing to being at the forefront of sector issues, policy and legislation, ensuring our training is up-to-date, comprehensive and meaningful.
Recommended renewal:
1 year
What does this mean? This certificate does not have an expiry date, however, based on industry best practice guidelines there is a recommended renewal period.
Engage and empower
Our in-house Learning Designers develop all of our courses to give you and your learners the most engaging training possible.
Module 1: Introduction to Fire Safety
Why is fire safety important in residential care, fire safety law, and employer duties.
Module 2: Fire Safety Responsibilities
The fire triangle, types of fire, fire risk assessments, step one: identify the hazards, step two: determine who is at risk, step three: decide what precautions you need, step four: record your findings, step five: review and update, fire wardens, and staff duties.
Module 3: Fire Safety Arrangements
Good housekeeping, laundry, cooking areas, safe storage, hazardous substances, medical oxygen, hazard labelling and packaging, safety data sheets, equipment and electrical safety, duties of manufacturers and suppliers of machines, duties of manufacturers, importers, and distributors of electrical equipment, gas safety, fire-resistant materials, fire detection, emergency routes and exits, fire safety signs, emergency lighting, fire extinguishers, and training.
Module 4: Fire Evacuation Procedures
Emergency plans, evacuation arrangements, personal emergency evacuation plans, and fire drills.
The online assessment is taken on completion of the training material. You will be asked 15 multiple choice questions with a pass mark of 80%. The answers are marked automatically so that you’ll instantly know whether you passed. If you don't pass don't worry! You can take the test as many times as you need with no extra charge.
This Fire Safety for Care Homes course is designed for people in senior positions in care homes, including owners, supervisors, and managers, but is suitable for anyone who works in a care setting. It teaches the learner what fire safety measures should be in place in care homes to minimise fire risks and assist vulnerable residents if they need to evacuate. Anyone at any level can take the course, as it provides a general understanding of fire safety before covering specific care home accommodations.
The course is not suitable for owners of, or those working in, sheltered accommodations (where care is not provided), including healthcare treatment premises (such as hospitals) and single private dwellings that provide out-posted nursing care.
Looking to appoint a designated fire warden? Our fire warden training course provides learners with the correct knowledge to prevent fire and enable safe evacuations.
Written by experts
In partnership with
Neil Murray
Health and Safety Consultant
Neil Murray is a vastly experienced and highly qualified health and safety professional who has held roles such as Senior Health and Safety Executive inspector, and Principal Inspector for Channel Tunnel construction. He has also held senior roles in an international infrastructure business, a major UK water utility company and a major construction group and provided management consultancy to numerous companies across a wide range of industries.
Neil has a wide expertise in many sectors, including construction, civil engineering, manufacturing engineering, water and waste utilities, education, heritage sites, public safety, rail construction and operation, transport, marine, waste management, engineering design and industrial and facilities management services.
Neil is a QSA auditor for RoSPA and also an author of published guidance on health and safety in the construction of the Channel Tunnel, work at height, major project management, and online training courses.
