Fire Awareness / Fire Marshal

Practical fire prevention, protection and emergency response for practitioners who hold — or are about to take on — fire marshal duties in the workplace.

Overview

This course takes practitioners from the legal foundations of fire safety in England and Wales to the daily habits of an effective fire marshal. It is built around the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 as amended — including the Fire Safety Act 2021, the Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022 (England only) and the section 156 changes of the Building Safety Act 2022 in force since 1 October 2023 — and around current official fire statistics, cited on the slides where they are used.

The teaching moves deliberately from understanding to action: how fire behaves, where it starts, how risk is assessed, what equipment and building features protect people, how an evacuation actually runs, and how a marshal’s routine of checks and records holds it all together. Every module closes with an Apply and Reflect exercise anchored in the learner’s own premises. Practical extinguisher handling cannot be taught by slides alone — this course should be paired with supervised hands-on practice where learners are expected to use equipment.

Who this course is for

Assumes workplace experience but no prior fire safety training. It is not sufficient preparation for professional fire risk assessment of complex premises.

Learning outcomes

By the end of the course, learners can:

Career path

Marshal duties are usually held alongside a main role, but they are a recognised foundation for wider safety responsibility. Honest sequencing matters: each step below needs its own training and, at the top end, substantial mentored experience.

Course structure

Course delivery

Each module closes with an Apply and Reflect exercise. Module 7 opens with a practitioner-support note, plus a 20-question knowledge check with a trainer-only answer key.

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