Online course

Fire Safety Awareness

Nova Training - Fire Safety Awareness provides employees with an introduction to workplace fire prevention and emergency response. Learners cover how fires start, common ignition and fuel sources, housekeeping, fire risk assessment, alarms, escape routes, fire doors, evacuation, assembly points, people requiring assistance, extinguisher awareness and construction-site fire risks.

Approx. 60-90 minutes

Online, at your own pace

12 modules

Each with a knowledge check

20-question test

Pass mark 16/20, retakes allowed

Digital certificate

With online verification

Online awareness training | Approx. 60-90 minutes | 20-question assessment | 80% pass mark | Digital certificate on successful completion.

What you'll cover

  1. 01

    Introduction to Workplace Fire Safety

  2. 02

    How Fire Starts - Heat, Fuel and Oxygen

  3. 03

    Common Workplace Fire Hazards

  4. 04

    Preventing Fire

  5. 05

    Fire Risk Assessment and Emergency Planning

  6. 06

    Fire Detection and Raising the Alarm

  7. 07

    Escape Routes, Exits and Fire Doors

  8. 08

    Evacuation and Assembly

  9. 09

    People Requiring Assistance

  10. 10

    Fire Extinguisher Awareness

  11. 11

    Construction-Site Fire Safety

  12. 12

    Course Review

Who it's for: construction, engineering, offices, workshops, warehouses, facilities and general workplace personnel.

This awareness certificate does not by itself establish practical competence to fight fires or act as a fire marshal/fire warden.

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