Fire breaks out at Cornwall care home

A large fire has severely damaged a residential home for the elderly in Cornwall.

The fire started in a utility room at the home at around 3.30pm on 16th June.

Cornwall Fire and Rescue Service attended the incident at the building on Barbican Road, Looe and spent around 2 hours bringing the flames under control before it spread to other areas of the home.

There were no injuries reported and initial findings show that the cause was accidental.

At the Fire Training Academy, we run courses specifically designed for people working in residential care homes. The Fire Safety in Residential Care Homes course has been designed to highlight the issues surround care homes and the type of people who stay there.  Care homes by their nature have elderly people who have trouble getting around by their self, can be blind or deaf, may have conditions such as dementia or Alzheimer’s.  These types of conditions present many difficulties for employees and can cause panic in the event of an evacuation.

This is where our course can help.  We will highlight the standard procedures you should follow, and highlight the specifics of your industry.  We also cover Evacuation Chair training as part of the course should you need to use these.

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