FIRE AWARENESS COURSE
This online Fire Awareness course is designed for all staff, offering essential knowledge to help reduce the risk of workplace fires and respond effectively if one occurs. It also supports employers in meeting regulatory requirements. The training takes approximately 50 minutes to complete, and participants receive a CPD-accredited Fire Awareness certificate by email upon successful completion.
Each year, approximately 20,000 workplace fires occur across the UK, often resulting in significant costs for affected businesses. However, many of these fires can be prevented or their impact reduced through good housekeeping practices.
UK fire safety regulations require employers to take steps to reduce the risk of workplace fires and ensure staff receive appropriate fire safety training.
This online Fire Awareness course equips staff with the required knowledge to prevent workplace fires through practical actions, such as reducing waste to limit fuel for fires, keeping fire doors closed, maintaining clear fire exits, and knowing the quickest route to the muster or fire assembly point.
FIRE AWARENESS COURSE CONTENT
Unit 1 | Fire Risk Management
This unit covers the basics of fire safety. It explains what fire risk management is and gives an overview of fire safety rules. You’ll learn what employers and employees must do to keep the workplace safe. The unit also looks at fire risk assessments, why fire drills are important, and how to use fire exits and fire doors correctly. It also explains what a PEEP (Personal Emergency Evacuation Plan) is and why fire safety signs matter.
Unit 2 | Understanding Fire Hazards
This unit helps staff understand what is required for a fire to start and continue burning. It covers the fire triangle, strategies for preventing fires, the stages of fire development, and the classification of different types of fires. With this knowledge, staff will be better equipped to identify risks and take action to prevent fires from starting in the first place.
Unit 3 | Common Causes of Workplace Fires
This unit helps staff understand how to prevent fires by recognising common risks in the workplace. It includes real examples from different settings, showing where fires often start and why. By learning about these hazards, staff can take simple steps to reduce the risk. Topics include carelessness, electrical fires, the unsafe use of multi-point adapters, and dangers linked to heaters and flammable materials.
Unit 4 | Responding to a Fire
This unit explains what staff should do if a fire breaks out. It covers how to raise the alarm, what to do when an alarm sounds, and how to safely evacuate the building. Staff will also learn how to contact the fire service, when it is safe to tackle small fires, and how to use a fire blanket. Basic first aid is also included, along with a short conclusion to review the key points.
Unit 5 | Fire Awareness Quiz
The Echo3 online fire training course ends with a multiple-choice quiz consisting of 15 questions. To successfully complete the course and receive your CPD-accredited certificate by email, you’ll need to score 80% or higher. If needed, the quiz can be retaken.
Fire Awareness Course Certificate
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- Written in compliance with the The Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022 andThe Fire Safety (Scotland) Regulations 2006
- Developed by qualified health and safety professionals
- Accredited by CPD – learn more about CPD here
- Last Updated May 2025
- To gain the certificate you must complete the assessment which involves 15 questions.
- The online Fire Awareness certificate is valid for 3 years.
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What are the learning outcomes from Fire Awareness training?
On completion of the Echo3 Fire Awareness safety training online, learners will.
- Understand their responsibilities under Fire Safety legislation.
- Know how workplace fires commonly start and how to minimise the chance of fires starting.
- Ways to reduce the impact of fires should they start. For example, ensuring fire doors are kept closed.
- Understand what to do upon discovering a fire. Raise the alarm, evacuate to your fire assembly point, and notify the emergency services.
- Know how to respond to a fire alarm. Firstly, always assume it’s a genuine emergency, unless you know a fire drill was planned for the same time. Leave by the quickest and safest route and stay at your fire assembly point until released.
What causes workplace fires?
For the year ending March 2024 across England there were 251 fire related fatalities and 2,743 non-fatal injuries.
These fires don’t just happen! Usually, they are caused by people in one or more of the following three ways:
- Taking wrong actions – For example, inadvertently putting a source of heat close to a fuel. Such as a cigarette stub in a bin containing rubbish.
- Omitting taking the correct actions – For example, not properly maintaining electrical equipment. Electrical fires are be main cause of workplace fires accounting for around 22%.
- Due to arson
This online Fire Awareness course provides the knowledge your staff need to reduce the chance of many of these causes resulting in a fire.
What is the Echo3 Bridging option?
The Echo3 Fire Awareness course is available with Bridging at no extra cost.
Echo3 Bridging courses enable real-world activities to be incorporated into the training experience. The range of Bridging Activities you can add into the course are;
- Fire Assembly point.
- Fire Exit
- Fire Door
- Fire Extinguishers
- Fire Alarm Call Point
- Fire Marshal
Learners are invited to find any of these areas you with to include. These activities are then recorded on the certificate. Bridging activities make online training relevant to your workplace. They also provide more ‘appropriate’ training. Its important for staff to know where their Fire Assembly point is. Email use for details – info@echo-3.co.uk
What are the UK fire safety regulations?
Legally, every business must undertake a fire safety risk assessment [See guide for Scotland]. After that, ‘appropriate’ equipment and training must be provided. This online Fire Safety course helps employers efficiently meet regulator training requirements by providing staff with an understanding of how to reduce the chance of fire. And, therefore aids compliance to legislation.
For specific details on legislation see; England & Wales Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005. Scotland, Fire (Scotland) Act 2005, (supported by the Fire Safety (Scotland) Regulations 2006).
How can we reduce the chance of workplace fires?
The most appropriate steps to take will depend on your specific fire risk assessment.
Typical steps most businesses will take to reduce the chance of workplace fires include.
- Eliminate or replace hot work processes with processes that use heat/flame.
- Use forms of heating, not reliant on naked flames etc.
- Appoint and train sufficient Fire Marshal / Fire Wardens to keep standards high day-to-day.
- Provide appropriate Fire Safety training for staff.
- Consider the effect heat being radiated to where potential fuels are stored.
- Where multi adapters are used consider installing additional electrical sockets.
- Investigate electrical faults and initiate repair works.
- Prevent smoking on premises.
- Prohibit naked flame sources e.g. candles.
- Ensure electrical equipment is used in accordance with manufacturer’s instructions.
Related Courses
COSHH – How to reduce risks from Hazardous Substances in the workplace.
Electrical Safety – how to work safely where electricity is present.
Fire Extinguisher – how to use fire extinguishers
Fire Warden or Fire Marshal – how to undertake the duties of a Fire Marshal or Fire Warden
First Aid at Work – know the fundamentals of first aid at work
PAT Testing – how to safely maintain portable electrical appliances
Risk Assessment – how to undertake risk assessment in implement appropriate safety controls
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