Residential Care Homes, Fire Awareness for Managers and Senior Staff

Residential care homes pose unique fire safety risks. In particular, residents may have physical or mental disabilities and be unable to evacuate themselves in the event of an emergency.

Delegates will be provided with an understanding of relevant fire safety legislation, their specific duties and how they may undertake those duties.

How does it work

The Residential Care Homes, Fire Awareness for Managers and Senior Staff course covers of a series of areas, such as:

• The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005
• Fire safety roles and responsibilities within care premises.
• Introduction to fire risk assessment
• Hazard spotting and rectifying
• Fire safety policy and procedures
• Fire drills
• The selection and use of appropriate fire extinguishers
• Regular checks

Who is this course for

The Residential Care Homes, Fire Awareness for Managers and Senior Staff course is aimed at managers and senior staff, who need to know their legal obligations in more detail. This course will last for three hours, support materials will include:

• Fire safety risk assessment – 5 key steps
• Sample fire risk assessment pro forma
• Sample fire safety maintenance checklist
• FPA leaflet "Residential care home checklist"
• FPA pocket card "Types of extinguisher/Fire instruction"
• DVD – "the front room fire" "fire safety in residential care homes"

The Residential Care Homes, Fire Awareness for Managers and Senior Staff course can be adapted to meet specific organisational requirements.