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Comprehensive Fire Prevention and Health Safety Training Program Course

Course about Comprehensive Fire Prevention and Health Safety Training Program

Study time: 3–4 hrs a week
Duration: ~6 months
Access: 6 months
Assessment: Online MCQ

Course at a glance

What it is: An online fire safety course with an independent certificate of completion.
Time and cost: About 6 months at 3–4 hours a week. $199.99, one payment.
Recognition: Independent certificate for training and CPD records. Not a regulated qualification.

How to carry out a fire risk assessment

The five-step method in the UK government's fire safety guidance, which the course teaches in detail.

Identify the fire hazardsSources of ignition, sources of fuel and sources of oxygen.
Identify people at riskStaff, visitors and anyone especially at risk, such as people who need help to evacuate.
Evaluate, remove, reduce and protect from riskRemove or reduce hazards, then put fire precautions in place to protect people.
Record, plan, inform, instruct and trainRecord the significant findings, make an emergency plan, and train your staff.
ReviewReview regularly, and whenever something significant changes.

IgnitionHeaters, cooking, electrical faults, smoking, hot work

FuelPaper, packaging, furniture, flammable liquids, waste

OxygenAir, ventilation systems, oxidising chemicals

Fire risk assessment and the law

Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005In England and Wales, the responsible person must carry out a suitable and sufficient fire risk assessment and keep it under review.
Building Safety Act 2022 (section 156)Since 1 October 2023, all responsible persons must record the full assessment in writing and record who carried it out.
Fire Safety Act 2021Confirms the Order covers the structure, external walls and flat entrance doors of multi-occupied residential buildings.
Fire (Scotland) Act 2005Sets equivalent duties for premises in Scotland.

Competence mattersThe person carrying out the assessment must be competent for the size and complexity of the premises. This course builds your knowledge. It does not by itself prove competence for complex buildings.

Fire risk assessment certificate

When you pass, you receive a digital certificate of completion from healthsafetycourses.org, a brand of UK School of Management.

Unique certificate ID and QR code
Online verification anyone can use
Shows the course title, study hours and date for your CPD record

This is an independent certificate of completion. It is not a regulated qualification and is not equivalent to a degree or diploma.

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