Who fire training courses are aimed at

It is important for business owners, employers and those in control of premises are aware about current regulations regarding fire safety in the workplace. This means that as the person responsible for ensuring that this legislation is being followed correctly, you need to determine which members of staff should go on fire training courses.

According to the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, which states that you “must ensure that your employees are provided with adequate safety training”, this requires you to send every member of staff on a suitable fire awareness course.

Whether they are working for you as a permanent employee or on a part-time basis, even as an external contractor in something like security, you still need to make sure that they have had fire awareness training.

Once this has been achieved you also need to comply with the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2006 which expects you to have enough competent individuals to perform evacuation duties in addition to carrying out regular checks on the fire safety systems installed on your premises, so that they are in full working order. To this end, you need to consider sending selected members of staff on a fire warden training course too.