Fire Training for Care Homes

Making Care Homes a Safer Place

We understand keeping your residents and staff safe from the risk of fire is what’s most important. With the intricacies of mobility, disability and other health issues among residents at play, industry appropriate fire safety knowledge is that much more crucial.

Conventional fire training programs don’t quite cut it in residential care environments. Which is why we’ve designed our Care Home specific fire training course.

The training is hands-on, with practical exercises that will teach your staff the skills they need to prevent, manage and respond to fire incidents and effectively evacuate your care home.

There’s no need for your staff to travel, with our onsite training approach, we bring the training to your doorstep. Reducing the hassle and maximising convenience your end.

Our practical fire training includes

• Progressive Horizontal Evacuation Drills: Ensuring that staff can adeptly guide residents to safety in diverse scenarios.
• Proper Usage of Evacuation Equipment: Familiarising staff with the appropriate use of evacuation tools like Evac Chairs and Evacuation Ski-mats/Sledges.
• Fire Extinguishers: Providing guidance to staff on the accurate and safe utilisation of fire extinguishers.

As with all our courses there is the option for ‘live’ fire training with extinguisher to meet your needs.

Duration

Half day and Full day options available.

Is there an exam?

No. Successful course completion is assessed by the instructor. Although an optional test paper can be included at the end if you want to gain an insight into the level of your teams understanding.

Certification

Following successful completion of the course all employees will receive a certificate of attendance.

Pricing

Half day £495 (up to 12 candidates)
Full day £785 (up to 24 candidates)

"The Care Home Fire Training course at Queensmead today was brilliant! The instructor was really engaging and knowledgeable and kept the interest of the group at all times. He was able to give really relevant, care related examples that the group were able to comprehend."

Moira
Care South

Frequently Asked Questions

There’s no need to come with prior experience. This course is suitable for people who have no fire safety knowledge through to those that do.
The course is a half day course. Approximately 4 hours.
Two reasons.
- It’s a legal requirement that all employers provide appropriate fire safety training for their staff.
- It helps secure the safety of your premises and your most important people (your team, if you were wondering)

Avoid ‘floaty’ clothes. Other than that, come in what’s most comfortable (and appropriate for work).
Yes, of course. Although we have developed the course to meet the specific needs and requirements of a care home environment. We understand that each care home set up will vary. And can change or alter the course as needed.
If you’d like to chat more about customising the course, please get in touch.
We will need an area to set up our laptop and projector.
For the live fire training, we’ll need to go outside and use up approximately 2-3 of your car parking spaces.

Online is something we’re considering should the demand grow for it.
However at present all our courses are in-person. We find this provides a better learning experience, with the ability to ask and discuss questions with our expert instructors.
• Comprehending Legal Requirements (The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005)
• Identifying Fire Hazards, Risk Management, and Fire Prevention
• Distinguishing Between Types of Fires and Their Behavior
• Familiarity with Fire Safety Equipment, including Extinguisher Types
We recommend no more than 10. But accept anywhere between 5-12 attendees per course.