Annual Certificate in Fire Safety (2024-2025)

Our comprehensive CPD fire safety training course for education settings provides you with the knowledge and skills to ensure adherence to all your fire safety regulations.

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This course has been assured by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) qualifications

It’s vital for school and college staff to have a working knowledge and awareness of fire safety, as well as the various potential causes of fires and the steps taken to prevent them. To ensure that your education setting is a safe and secure place for students and staff, compliance with current fire safety regulations must be achieved.

Delivered by our subject matter expert, James Whelan, this fire safety training course and certificate for schools and colleges provides you and your staff with the knowledge and skills to understand fire safety and ensure compliance with regulatory expectations.

Please note: This training course consists of learning through video, task completion and further reading/research. Please consider this when planning and allocating your time. To successfully understand and achieve the objectives from the course, learners are expected to engage in all aspects of the learning process and complete all relevant activities to ensure they can successfully apply the knowledge and skills they have gained in their own setting.

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Important note for non-UK learners: Although this online fire safety course for schools reflects best practice principles and might be useful for learners outside the UK, please note that it is based solely on UK guidance and legislation. Please make sure you also adhere to relevant legislation applicable in your own country.

• Understanding the laws, legislation and regulations that exist surrounding fire safety for education settings, as well as the obligations this creates for your setting
• Identifying the fire hazards that exist within your education setting, as well as the degree of risk they pose
• Understanding how to respond in the event of a fire in education settings, including the identification and usage of various fire extinguishers
• Knowing how to prevent pupils and faculty from posing further risk of starting a fire, as well as how to educate those in your setting on fire safety
• Understanding how to conduct a fire risk assessment and how to use a range of portable firefighting equipment

James Whelan is an experienced chartered health and safety expert who provides fire risk consultancy, CDM Advisor, training and environmental protection services to a wide range of commercial sector organisations. This includes the construction industry, engineering, transport and logistics, manufacturing, agriculture and education.

James has achieved a number of qualifications including his chartered status from CMIOSH, an NVQ Level 5 Diploma in Occupational Health & Safety and several accreditations and certificates from the National Examination Board in Occupational Safety and Health (NEBOSH). He has delivered training courses in NEBOSH General, Fire and Construction courses as well as asbestos awareness, fire warden / fire awareness, working at height and manual handling.

James previously worked in the Royal Navy as Chief Petty Officer.