Local Fire Safety Management

This training is designed to provide relevant staff with a comprehensive understanding of the local fire safety management arrangements, in order to assist their Head of School with their devolved fire safety responsibilities.

Overview

This training is designed to provide relevant staff with a comprehensive understanding of the local fire safety management arrangements, in order to assist their Head of School with their devolved fire safety responsibilities. It should be repeated at least every 3 years.

Audience

This training is required to be completed by Fire Coordinators, Building Managers, Health & Safety Advisers/Coordinators and other relevant staff who support their Head of School (or Department) with their local fire safety arrangements.

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

Course Outline

  • Introduction
  • Legislative changes
  • Communications
  • Gathering information
  • Fire alarm panel (practical use)
  • Communication panel (practical demonstration)
  • Overview of evacuation of disabled people
  • Confirmation of fire situation
  • Summary of general duties

Course duration

The course lasts one hour 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, staff should 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.  All staff are welcome to attend any training date - it is not a requirement to attend the training on the date for your campus if another date is more suitable. 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 10 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.

*Please note that Fire Coordinators must also complete the Building Fire Response Training course the latest courses have been scheduled side by side to make attending both courses easier*

Offerings

Tuesday 10 March 2026,  11.00 - 12.00 (Kings Buildings) G.31 Murchison House

Wednesday 22 April 2026,  11.00 - 12.00 (BioQuarter) Auditorium B (GU216), Chancellor's Building 

Tuesday 05 May 2026,  11.00 - 12.00 (Central) Hunter Lecture Theatre, ECA

Tuesday 23 June 2026,  Kings Buildings, (time and venue tbc)

Tuesday 07 July 2026,  Easter Bush, (time and venue tbc)

Wednesday 12 August 2026,  Central, (time and venue tbc)

Wednesday 7 October 2026,  Kings Buildings, (time and venue tbc)

Wednesday 21 October 2026,  BioQuarter,  (time and venue tbc)

Tuesday 03 November 2026, Central Campus,  (time and venue tbc)

Tuesday 01 December 2026, Kings Buildings, (time and venue tbc)

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