What are the best free online fire safety courses?
- Health and Safety - Fire Safety Training and Planning
In one of our most enrolled in courses, you will study the causes of blazes, how to draw up an effective evacuation plan and how to help those overcome by smoke, fumes or the flames themselves.
- Fire Safety - Essential Concepts, Prevention and Control
Not only does this highly popular course cover BS 9997 in the UK, the Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Act, it also breaks down different types of extinguishers and smoke alarms, and ways of preventing carbon monoxide contamination.
- Diploma in Fire Safety
Once you have established fire safety as your passion, go ahead and enrol in this diploma course for an all-round overview of the topic, including firefighting emergencies and post-fire recovery.
Why is fire safety so important?
A single spark - from an unattended candle, faulty wiring or saturated grease trap - can trigger a devastating inferno. In high winds or tall buildings, fires can spread so quickly that firefighters may be unable to extinguish the blaze for hours, even days. This can lead to expensive losses of property, substantial insurance claims and, most tragically of all, loss of life. Man-made climate change is causing more extensive and intense wildfires ravaging large wilderness areas.
Fires can be even more dangerous in small, cramped spaces like apartments or ships where evacuation is difficult. Fire safety is paramount to ensure fires are unlikely to break out in the first place and are quickly and correctly contained if they do.
It is not only firefighters who need to be ‘fire conscious’. If you work in the food industry, HR, mining, transport, fuels, or even with the public in places like schools, malls, offices, and so on, you need to understand evacuation plans and general fire prevention and containment.
Do you have specialist fire safety courses?
Yes, we do. If fire safety is your career path, then start finding your niche once you have completed more general courses. Consider some or all of the following for more in-depth expertise:
- Firefighter Training
Not only do firefighters need physical fitness and personal courage, but they also need to understand detection, evacuation and extinguishing systems. While this introductory course focuses on the UK, it has valuable information for anyone considering firefighting.
- Diploma in Firefighting and Shipboard Safety
A fire on a ship can destroy cargo, damage marine ecosystems and cause loss of life. This course covers drills, night watches, and strategies for preventing and combating blazes onboard.
- Wildfire Awareness and Risk Assessment
The wildland-urban interface (WUI) is a prime area for potential forest, bush or wildfires. See how to recognise different types of fires and their causes and know what to do in the aftermath of a severe inferno.
