I am looking to provide some fire extinguisher training to a significant group of staff with a specific 'staff search' roles during fire alarm actuations. I know there are 101 companies and venues offering such training using LPG powered fire simulators, but I would like to offer training with more realistic carbonaceous (smoky) fires. This would take the form of perhaps a timber/paper a crib or cage in the open air - with a weather cover shelter nearby, plus a classroom for a powerpoint presentation.

This would help inform these individuals re the amount of smoke produced from a small fire, and even more importantly, the rapid increase in smoke (&steam) when the extinguisher is applied. This sort of input is not possible if using the clean LPG rigs. I must stress that this is extinguisher training only at this stage and not fire behaviour training. Although if reasonably priced, a fire behaviour element of the training may be useful at some time in the future.

So does anyone know such a training company offering this type of training within a 60 to 90 minutes drive from central London?

Thanks

I concur - my local fire service have their own training facilty which they actively market - best professional training you could ask for!

Unfortunately, my local fire service - the London Fire Brigade closed their commercial training unit when they privatised their entire training dept last year.

I am making enquiries to home county fire services to see if they offer (or could offer) this training, but quite often, their training centre is quite a distance from central London.

Yep, just checked on line, they do offer this type of training

Phil

Thanks HeO2

I am on to it