Care Home Evacuation Training

To provide employees with the necessary basic understanding of fire and fire procedures to assist the organisation with its legal obligations laid out in the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005. Alongside the theory there is a practical session involving the safe selection and use of fire extinguishers.

Who should attend?

All available care home staff. We can offer a number of sessions in a day to ensure all staff are covered.

Objectives

• Understand current fire safety legislation

• Be aware of the dangers of fire and fire spread

• Fire prevention techniques

• Fire hazard spotting

• Identification and use of appropriate firefighting equipment

• Understand what to do in the event of a fire alarm

– Care home evacuation strategies

– Responding to the alarm

Content

• Current fire safety legislation

• Explore UK care home fires

• Investigating and responding to the fire alarm

• Understand the different evacuation strategies, including use of equipment

• Identifying and use of appropriate firefighting equipment

• Practical evacuation training