Basic Fire Awareness


Introduction

 Fire prevention, confinement, extinction as well as evacuation and alerting the fire department in an emergency situation is essential information for any corporate employee to have! The basic fire awareness training course evolve around each of the above topics. This basic fire training course is ideal to equip corporate employees with the skills and knowledge needed to contain to prevent or contain any fire - these are actions that can save companies million of rands in damages. The purpose of this basic training course in fire awareness is to gain the skills and knowledge to identify, recognise, confine, contain and extinguish a fire.


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Duration

Basic fire awareness training is facilitated over a 4 hour period.

Award

Basic Fire Awareness Booklet with an emergency number reminder card is provided to training course participants. On successful completion of the course a Basic Fire Awareness course attendance certificate will be awarded.

Requirements

  • Training course participants must be able to read, write and understand English. A written test forms part of the evaluation requirements for this basic fire awareness training course.

Course content

This basic fire awareness training course is designed to give attention to the following important topics: Chemistry of combustion, Sources of fires, Fire behaviour, Appropriate fire fighting equipment, Fire prevention and Evacuation. The skill of using the appropriate basic fire fighting equipment is also practiced. It promises to be an interactive, informative and interesting training course! The course consists of the following modules:


  • What is Fire
    • The Nature of Fire
  • Classification of Fires
  • Fire Fighting Methods
  • Chemistry of Fire Fighting Equipment
  • Fight Containable or Extinguishable Fires
  • Evacuation
  • Prevention of Fires
  • Care and Maintenance of Fire Equipment