Basic Fire Safety Nursing Home Course

Course Overview

Current legislation, including the Fire Services Acts 1981 and 2003, applies to all workplaces regardless of the number of employees and requires employers to provide adequate training in fire awareness for all members of their staff. Our online fire safety training courses are aimed at all employees to assist them in identifying and reducing the risk that fire presents in the workplace. This course covers the same content as the Basic Fire Safety course with additional content for employees that work in care homes.

Need practical training delivered in your centre? See our onsite Nursing Home Fire Safety Training course.

About This Course

Current legislation, including the Fire Services Acts 1981 and 2003, applies to all workplaces regardless of the number of employees and requires employers to provide adequate training in fire awareness for all members of their staff. Our online fire safety training courses are aimed at all employees to assist them in identifying and reducing the risk that fire presents in the workplace. This course covers the same content as the Basic Fire Safety course with additional content for employees that work in care homes.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

• Define the common causes of fire and understand how to reduce their risks
• Understand the chemistry of fire and its ability to spread through four specified methods
• Recognise the dangers of smoke
• Identify the fire safety features in buildings and understand their role in fire prevention, management, and evacuation
• Understand the risks to consider if you discover a fire
• Recognise the different types of Fire Extinguishers and when to use them

Using this Basic Fire Safety Nursing Home Course course in Irish social care settings

This online social care course can support induction, refresher learning and training records for Irish care, support, education and community-service teams. It is useful where a provider wants a consistent awareness module before local policy instruction, supervision or practical skills training.

The course should be matched to the learner's role, the people they support, the service type, local procedures and any practical competence required. Online learning works best when it sits inside a wider training matrix and is followed up by managers or supervisors.

Phoenix STS presents this course for Irish learners and employers. The course content, assessment requirements and completion evidence are explained on this page so employers can review them before assigning the course to staff.

Course information

This course covers basic fire-safety awareness with additional content for employees working in care homes. It explains common causes and prevention, fire chemistry and four methods of spread, smoke hazards, building fire-safety features, evacuation, risks on discovering a fire and extinguisher types and use. The course should be matched to the nursing home's local procedures and training matrix. Each of the 6 modules requires 70%. Review the full module list, system requirements and duration on this page before enrolling.

Certificate and completion evidence

After successful completion of the course and assessment, the online course platform issues a certificate. It identifies Phoenix STS Ltd as the issuer and records the learner's name, course title, award date and a validation code. The certificate records 2 CPD units. The certificate carries CPD, IIRSM, Gatehouse Awards and IOSH approval marks.

Supporting guidance for fire safety training frequency

Irish fire-safety guidance does not set one fixed course duration or refresher cycle for every workplace. Phoenix STS sets the training length and review period by looking at the role, building type, evacuation strategy, staff duties, fire risk assessment and whether practical exercises are needed.

The links below support the training decision by showing the wider Irish expectations around fire risk management, emergency escape, fire prevention and staff duties. Higher-risk workplaces, healthcare settings and premises with complex evacuation arrangements may need more frequent training or drills than a lower-risk office.

Useful guidance links

HSA fire guidance.

HSA emergency escape and fire fighting.

HSA fire prevention guidance.

Frequently asked questions

Who is the Basic Fire Safety Nursing Home Course course suitable for?

It is suitable for learners whose role, induction plan or refresher training matrix includes this topic. Employers should decide suitability by looking at the learner's duties, the people supported, the service setting and any practical skills required.

Can this online course stand on its own?

It can provide useful awareness and completion evidence, but many social care topics also require local policy instruction, supervision, practical training or competency checks. The course should be used as part of a wider training and governance process.

What evidence is available before enrolment?

The course content, module assessment requirements and certificate details are provided on this page. After successful completion of the course and assessment, the learner receives a certificate through the online course platform.

Related online course categories

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