Fire and Building Safety Awareness Training

About the course

This Fire and Building Safety Awareness Training course will guide you through the background of building and fire safety legislation, help you understand your obligations, and explain how you, as an organisation, can meet these obligations. The course is aimed at housing associations and local authorities where buildings (including higher-risk buildings) and fire safety are managed.

Breakdown of modules

This course is made up of three modules, which will cover: 

• Context and background
• The impact of the Grenfell Tower fire
• Legislation overview
• Your obligations and duties
• Common challenges and prevention
  
• Building safety gateways
• Active and passive fire safety systems
• Personal Emergency Evacuation Plans (PEEPs), Person-Centred Fire Risk Assessments (PCFRAs) and Residential PEEPs (RPEEPs) 
• Fire Doors
• Mobility scooters and e-bike hazards
• Hoarding
• Resident engagement

What you will learn

• A better understanding of fire causes and prevention within social housing
• Awareness of fire and building safety within buildings with communal areas
• A comprehensive awareness of roles, responsibilities, legal duties, and legislation within social housing
• An insight into active and passive fire systems
• An understanding of the importance of PEEPs, PCFRAs, hoarding, and resident engagement