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About

Fire Safety in Education & Care training provides essential knowledge and practical guidance for maintaining a safe learning and care environment by preventing fire incidents and ensuring effective emergency preparedness. The course focuses on identifying fire hazards, reducing risks, protecting occupants, and complying with fire safety requirements relevant to schools, childcare facilities, early years settings, colleges, and other care environments.
This Fire Safety in Education & Care Training Course & Certification covers key topics including fire prevention, fire risk assessment, emergency evacuation procedures, fire alarm systems, fire-fighting equipment, responsibilities of staff and management, safeguarding vulnerable individuals during emergencies, incident reporting, and fire safety best practices. Upon successful completion, learners receive a certification demonstrating their understanding of fire safety principles and their ability to contribute to a safer education and care environment.

Who Should Enrol?

  • Teachers, Educators, and Teaching Assistants
  • Childcare Providers and Early Years Practitioners
  • School, College, and University Staff
  • Care Home and Residential Care Personnel
  • Facility, Premises, and Site Management Staff
  • Health and Safety Representatives and Fire Wardens
  • Administrative and Support Staff Working in Education and Care Settings
  • Anyone responsible for fire safety, emergency preparedness, or occupant safety in education and care environments

What you will learn

Understand the fundamentals of fire safety in education and care environments, including common fire hazards, fire prevention measures, and legal responsibilities.

Learn how to identify and manage fire risks, conduct fire safety checks, and maintain a safe environment for children, students, staff, and visitors.

Develop knowledge of emergency procedures, evacuation planning, fire alarm systems, fire-fighting equipment, and the roles of designated fire safety personnel.

Gain understanding of fire safety training requirements, incident reporting, regulatory compliance, and best practices for maintaining fire safety preparedness in educational and care settings.

Course Syllabus

  1. Why fire safety matters
  2. Fire in education & care settings
  3. People who may be more at risk
  4. Meet the people
  5. Learning outcomes
  6. How this course maps to your training

  1. Fire safety law is devolved
  2. England - the Fire Safety Order 2005
  3. Fire Safety Act 2021
  4. Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022
  5. Building Safety Act 2022
  6. The Grenfell Tower Inquiry
  7. The Responsible Person / Duty Holder / Appropriate Person
  8. The Competent Person
  9. Employer duties (UK-wide)
  10. Enforcement & penalties

  1. What is fire?
  2. The fire tetrahedron
  3. Sources of ignition
  4. Sources of fuel
  5. The classes of fire
  6. How fire spreads
  7. Smoke & toxic fumes - the biggest killer
  8. How a fire grows - and flashover

  1. Spotting hazards - an overview
  2. Electrical equipment
  3. Lithium-ion batteries - a fast-growing risk
  4. Cooking & kitchens
  5. Laundry & tumble dryers
  6. Heaters & naked flames
  7. Medical oxygen (care settings)
  8. Emollient & paraffin-based skin creams
  9. Smoking & vaping
  10. Candles, decorations & seasonal risks
  11. Hoarding & clutter (domiciliary care)
  12. Flammable & hazardous substances
  13. Arson & contractors

  1. What is a fire risk assessment?
  2. Who carries it out?
  3. The five steps
  4. Step 1 - Identify the fire hazards
  5. Step 2 - Identify the people at risk
  6. Step 3 - Evaluate, remove, reduce & protect
  7. Step 4 - Record, plan & train
  8. Step 5 - Review (and person-centred practice)

  1. Prevention principles
  2. Electrical safety & PAT
  3. Safe charging of batteries
  4. Good housekeeping & waste
  5. Kitchen & cooking safety
  6. Smoking & vaping policy
  7. Security & arson reduction
  8. Maintenance & testing routines

  1. Fire detection & alarm systems
  2. Alarm system categories (in brief)
  3. Detection & warning - the equipment
  4. Emergency lighting
  5. Fire safety signs
  6. Means of escape & travel distances
  7. Fire doors
  8. Compartmentation
  9. Sprinklers & suppression systems
  10. Testing & maintenance at a glance

  1. When (and when NOT) to fight a fire
  2. Extinguisher colour codes
  3. Water (red)
  4. Foam (cream)
  5. CO2 (black)
  6. Dry powder (blue)
  7. Wet chemical (yellow)
  8. Using an extinguisher - PASS
  9. Fire blankets
  10. If a person's clothing is on fire - Stop, Drop, Roll
  11. Lithium-ion battery fires - do not tackle

  1. England fire statistics - year ending March 2025
  2. What the numbers tell us
  3. Where and why fires happen
  4. Who is most at risk
  5. The rise of lithium-ion battery fires

  1. Fire safety is everyone's responsibility
  2. The fire warden / marshal role
  3. Fire warden - BEFORE a fire
  4. Fire warden - DURING a fire
  5. Fire warden - AFTER a fire
  6. How to raise the alarm
  7. On hearing the alarm
  8. Calling 999 and the assembly point

  1. Evacuation strategies - overview
  2. Simultaneous evacuation
  3. Progressive horizontal evacuation
  4. 'Stay put' vs 'get out' (residential buildings)
  5. Vertical evacuation
  6. Personal Emergency Evacuation Plans (PEEPs)
  7. Residential PEEPs (from 6 April 2026)
  8. Evacuation equipment
  9. Night-time & reduced staffing
  10. Dementia & behaviour in an emergency
  11. Fire drills
  12. After a fire

Course Benefits

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CPD Points

Gain Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Points, accredited by The Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine of the Royal College of Physicians of the United Kingdom. These can be used to count towards the distance learning element of any scheme that comes under the umbrella of The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges or any other scheme for which there is mutual recognition.

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Certification

Receive a personal certificate to show your subject knowledge on course completion.

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Affordable

You get excellent value through our cost-effective prices. We can also offer you group discounts on larger purchases.

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Flexibility

The course saves you time through the convenience of online availability. This lets you complete the interactive course at your own comfort.

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Keep Up to Date

You will stay up to date with the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, the Fire Safety Act 2021, the Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022 and the Building Safety Act 2022, the Fire (Scotland) Act 2005, the Fire Safety Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010, the Grenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 2 findings, the latest MHCLG and Home Office fire statistics, and current guidance on lithium-ion battery safety and Residential PEEPs.

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Learn from Industry Experts

The course content has been developed by UK fire safety and health and social care specialists, with scenario design drawn from real schools, nurseries, children's homes, care homes and domiciliary care practice.


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