Industries that deal with hazardous or combustible materials, whether it's their use, storage, handling, or transportation, present significant risks to fire safety, human life, and the environment if proper safety practices are not followed. Consequently, a wide range of international legislative codes and regulations exists to govern the processes and transportation of explosive and flammable materials, all of which require special attention and compliance.

Course Objectives:

By the end of this course delegates will be able to:

Learn how to carry out a comprehensive Fire Risk Assessment
Means of detecting and giving warning in the event of a fire
Means of escape and emergency lighting
Understand the requirements for Signage and Fire-fighting equipment
How to provide Staff with information on risks and training
Understand that requirements of a comprehensive Fire Risk Assessment and Training Needs Analysis for key responders
A safer industrial environment for you and your company
Learn the techniques for implementing effective Safety Management Systems and Emergency Plans
Understand the necessities for an efficient and timely response

Who Should Attend?

This interactive course will benefit anyone who desires to develop an organizational understanding of Fire and Safety competences to allow them to carry out Fire Risk Assessment processes, prepare emergency plans and so enhance their careers. It is also intended for those who are responsible for enhancing fire safety awareness and emergency planning practices in industrial applications:

Health safety and environment professionals and representatives;
Emergency response team members/leaders;
Fire and security officers
Others who may find themselves in a leadership position when responding to a major emergency or involved in implementing the company’s health safety and environmental safety management systems.

Course Outlines:

Principles of Industrial Fire Risk Assessment, Safety & Emergency Planning - Fire precautions regulations and legislation

Basics of Fire Safety and the cost of fires
Four steps to a successful Fire Risk Assessment
Methodology and checklist for carrying one out
Checklists – ignition and fuel sources
Design and construction requirements for exit routes
Checklists - Escape Routes; Lighting; Stairways; Emergency Exits; Escape Doors; Alarms & hardware
Firefighting equipment and fixed extinguishing systems
Evacuation Procedures - including Bomb Threats
Workshop - Theory into practice - Delegates to carry out an inspection and Fire Risk Assessment

Effective Safety, Fire Prevention, and Emergency Planning Program

Fire prevention policy:
Portable Fire Extinguishers(PFE)
Class of fire
Class Discussion on use and limitations of PFE followed by PFE Quiz
Fire Protection and Fire Prevention Measures
Safety and your emergency action plan/s
Information gathering and processing of plans
Consider by function, the personnel involved in the planning process
Twelve emergency planning steps & Roles and Responsibilities
Workshop - Theory into practice - Delegates to compile an Evacuation Plan
Conducting a Training Needs Analysis and the Identification of roles – Fire Wardens, Incident Controllers, others?
Case Study – Piper Alpha – when all the planning goes wrong

Communications, Emergency and Evacuation Drills and Exercises

Guidance on developing fire training, drills, and exercises;
Exercise Design Formula
Learning from evacuation drills & fire-fighting exercises
Feedback for future assessments, emergency action plans & procedures;
Checklists for a prolonged incident involving an evacuation
Emergency Centers, Staffing, facilities, and reporting facilities
Alerting and Warning. Communicating with staff, neighbors, or public
Public/media, maintain the continuous flow of information
Reputation Management
Case Study – Mexico City, Pemex 1984

Essentials of Safety Management Systems

European Union Directives: Control of Major Accident & Hazard Regulations
On-Site Safety Management Systems
On and Off-site Emergency Plans
Case Study – Flixborough 1974 UK
Incident Command Systems
On-scene management. How to quickly establish a reliable information flow from the scene, co-ordination all resources, on and off-site;
Post-incident evaluations, de-briefs, and reports
Case Study – Texas City, USA, 2005

Maintenance of equipment, plans, and procedures - exercising

Workshop and Class Exercise – “Safe operation of an Industrial Site”;
Human behavior and Fire Safety
Case Study – Burchfield Oil Depot, UK December 2005
Program Evaluation
Discuss personal action plans
Course summary - Open Forum – time permitting

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