Fire Warden Training Course

Lesson 1 • The Science of Fire and Combustion

Covers the fire triangle, tetrahedron, and stages of fire development. Provides the physical basis for understanding how fires start, grow, and are extinguished.

Lesson 2 • Regulatory and Legal Framework

Outlines employer and warden obligations under fire safety legislation and workplace health standards. Ensures wardens understand accountability and compliance requirements.

Lesson 3 • Fire Warden Role and Responsibilities

Defines the warden's position within the workplace safety structure and daily duties. Connects role clarity to effective emergency response outcomes.

Lesson 1 • Control Measures and Risk Reduction

Covers the hierarchy of controls applied to fire risks, from elimination to administrative safeguards. Connects assessment findings to actionable prevention strategies.

Lesson 2 • Documenting and Communicating Risk Findings

Teaches wardens to record, report, and communicate risk assessment outcomes to management and staff. Reinforces the documentation obligations introduced in Chapter 1.

Lesson 3 • Principles of Fire Risk Assessment

Introduces the five-step risk assessment process applied to fire hazards. Establishes the analytical framework used throughout all practical assessment activities.

Lesson 4 • Assessing Vulnerable Occupants

Focuses on identifying individuals who may need additional assistance during evacuation. Ensures risk assessments account for mobility, sensory, and cognitive differences.

Lesson 1 • Active Fire Detection and Suppression Systems

Introduces detection, alarm, and suppression technologies and their maintenance requirements. Prepares wardens to verify system readiness and respond to activations correctly.

Lesson 2 • Passive Fire Protection Systems

Explains structural fire protection elements including compartmentation, fire doors, and fire-resistant materials. Shows wardens how building design limits fire and smoke spread.

Lesson 3 • Electrical Safety and Hot Work Controls

Covers inspection, maintenance, and permit systems for electrical equipment and hot work activities. Addresses the leading ignition sources identified in Chapter 1.

Lesson 4 • Flammable and Hazardous Material Storage

Details safe storage, labelling, and handling requirements for flammable liquids, gases, and solids. Reduces fuel-source risks identified during workplace assessments.

Lesson 1 • Types of Fire Extinguishers

Describes water, foam, CO2, dry powder, and wet chemical extinguishers and their operating agents. Connects each agent type to the fire classes it suppresses or is prohibited on.

Lesson 2 • Extinguisher Inspection and Maintenance

Covers routine inspection checks, service intervals, and placement requirements for extinguishers. Ensures wardens can verify equipment readiness during regular workplace walkthroughs.

Lesson 3 • Extinguisher Selection Decision-Making

Trains wardens to match extinguisher type to fire class and workplace environment rapidly. Reinforces classification knowledge through scenario-based selection exercises.

Lesson 4 • Safe Extinguisher Operation Technique

Teaches the PASS technique and safe approach distances for extinguisher deployment. Ensures wardens can operate equipment effectively without endangering themselves.

Lesson 1 • Escape Route Design and Signage

Covers principles for designing clear, unobstructed escape routes and compliant emergency signage. Connects passive protection concepts from Chapter 3 to occupant movement planning.

Lesson 2 • Assembly Point Management

Defines assembly point selection criteria and warden responsibilities at the assembly area. Ensures all occupants are accounted for and secondary hazards are avoided.

Lesson 3 • Evacuation for Vulnerable Occupants

Applies personal emergency evacuation plan concepts from Chapter 2 to live evacuation scenarios. Ensures wardens can coordinate assisted evacuation safely and efficiently.

Lesson 4 • Writing and Maintaining the Evacuation Plan

Guides wardens through drafting, formatting, and updating a formal written evacuation plan. Reinforces documentation skills and ensures plans remain current after changes.

Lesson 1 • Recognising and Confirming a Fire Emergency

Covers alarm activation triggers, investigation protocols, and false alarm management. Ensures wardens distinguish genuine emergencies from false activations without delaying response.

Lesson 2 • Warden Actions During Evacuation

Specifies floor sweep procedures, door-closing duties, and occupant direction during live evacuation. Builds on drill experience from Chapter 6 to reinforce correct real-event behaviour.

Lesson 3 • Post-Incident Actions and Recovery

Covers re-entry authorisation, incident reporting, and business continuity steps after an emergency. Ensures wardens support organisational recovery and regulatory reporting obligations.

Lesson 4 • Activating the Emergency Response

Details the sequence of actions from alarm activation through emergency services notification. Applies the chain of command and communication protocols established in Chapter 1.

Lesson 1 • Fire Drill Planning and Objectives

Covers how to set measurable drill objectives, select scenarios, and coordinate with management. Builds on the evacuation plan from Chapter 5 as the baseline being tested.

Lesson 2 • Evaluating Drill Performance

Teaches wardens to measure evacuation times, identify bottlenecks, and assess warden performance. Connects drill outcomes directly to plan revision and training needs.

Lesson 3 • Roles During a Fire Drill

Defines the specific tasks of wardens, floor wardens, and observers during drill execution. Ensures coordinated performance and accurate data collection for post-drill analysis.

Lesson 4 • Post-Drill Debrief and Improvement

Guides wardens through structured debriefs that translate observations into corrective actions. Closes the improvement loop by linking findings back to the evacuation plan and training programme.

Lesson 1 • Managing Change and Updating Plans

Addresses how building modifications, occupancy changes, and new processes trigger plan reviews. Ensures fire safety documentation remains accurate and legally defensible.

Lesson 2 • Fire Safety Auditing and Inspection

Teaches wardens to conduct structured fire safety audits and routine inspections of premises. Connects audit findings to risk assessment updates and corrective action plans.

Lesson 3 • Performance Monitoring and Reporting

Introduces key performance indicators for fire safety and methods for reporting to senior management. Builds the data-driven accountability needed to sustain organisational commitment.

Lesson 4 • Fire Safety Training Programme Management

Covers designing, scheduling, and recording fire safety training for all staff levels. Ensures training programmes remain current, documented, and aligned with assessed risks.