Building Fire Response Training

This training is designed to cover the procedures and arrangements for those nominated to assist with the evacuation of their building(s).

Overview

This training is designed to cover the procedures and arrangements for those nominated to assist with the evacuation of their building(s). It should be repeated at least every 3 years.

Audience

This training is required to be completed by Fire Coordinators, Fire Stewards, Incident Coordinators, Servitors and other similar, relevant roles who are involved in evacuations as the result of a fire/fire alarm.

University staff who wish to become a Fire Steward, or would like to attend refresher training, should self-enrol on this course.

Course outline

  • Introduction
  • University policy on fire safety
    • Legislation
    • Legal obligations
  • Fire action plans
    • Fire action plan content
    • Procedures
  • Reaction of persons
  • Confirmation of duties
    • General duties
    • In-house risk assessment
    • Protection of means of escape
    • On hearing alarm
    • Fire alarm problems
    • Reporting procedures
    • Assembly control
    • Fire coordinators and the Fire and Rescue Service
    • Summary of the Fire Steward's responsibilities

Course duration

The course lasts 1.5 hours and is delivered in person. Please arrive promptly for the start time.

Registration

The course is available to book via People and Money.  Please self-enrol on a suitable offering.

As the Fire Safety Unit are holding this training on a regular basis, we would request that staff enrol on one of the available offerings, to alleviate the time and resource previously spent to organise ad-hoc training for specific areas.

Offerings (dates) with venues secured are listed below.  Further dates will be made available for self-enrolment once room bookings are secured for the training.  Please be assured that the future dates will go ahead, in the campus area listed.

The course requires a minimum of 12 attendees to run so please book with this in mind.  If the minimum number is not reached, the offering will be cancelled and you should enrol on the next suitable offering.  There is no maximum number of attendees.

Staff - self enrol on Building Fire Respose Training (People and Money)

Offerings

Monday 17th February 2025,   Easter Bush,  Roslin B-006 (Basement seminar room)

Tuesday 18th February 2025,  Central Area,  Informatics Building (IF_G.07)

Tuesday 18th March 2025,  Kings Buildings,  Venue TBC

Tuesday 15th April 2025,  BioQuarter,  Venue TBC

Tuesday 06th May 2025,  Central Campus,  Venue TBC

Tuesday 17th June 2025,  Kings Buildings,  Venue TBC 

Tuesday 15th July 2025,  Easter Bush,  Venue TBC                   

Tuesday 19th August 2025,  Central Campus,  Venue TBC       

Tuesday 16th September 2025,  Kings Buildings, Venue TBC

Tuesday 21st October 2025,  BioQuarter,  Venue TBC

Tuesday 18th November 2025,  Central Campus,  Venue TBC

Tuesday 2nd December 2025, Kings Buildings,  Venue TBC 

Fire Safety Unit

Health and Safety Department

The University of Edinburgh

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