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Posted By Ann Guerrini
Does anyone know if the new Fire Regulations stipulate how often Fire Marshals should receive refresher training? I am having diffculty with funding, everyone is protecting their budgets, nothing new! We had a full training course for our fire marshals 6 months ago and it would usueful to know when this should be repeated. Your advice would be much appreciated.
Regards
Ann
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Posted By Martin Hartland
Hi
There wont be any reference to Fire Marshal retraining in the Fire RRO if thats what you mean by regulations.
I would contact the organisation that did the initial training for you and see what they recommend. Our local Fire service's training unit recommends refresher training after 2 years.
Regards
Martin Hartland
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Posted By jackw.
Hi we do an internal 1-day course for fire wardens or marshals. We intend to do a half-day refresher after 3 years. This is in line with our local fire service recommendations.
Cheers.
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Posted By Frank Hallett
Hi Ann
It's no good asking the enforcers, or anyone else, about things that your risk assessment should tell you! That is effectively what you're doing if you follow the proposals suggested earlier.
Your FRA should explicitly address the scope, depth of information and frequency of the actual training that your fire marshals on you site[s] will need to manage their functions as you have identified them in your Fire Policy.
Frank Hallett
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Posted By AlB
Excellent advice from Frank.
The risk of fire and the potential severity should be assessed, and any training and refresher training should ultimately be goverend by the risk assessment. However, if you're unsure as to what the norm is then you are quite right to ask for advice, but be careful - if you are preparing the FRA then you need to show competence in being able to do so.
Regards,
A
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Posted By Glyn Atkinson
Just a practical point, no two people absorb and retain safety information at the same rate, so you would need to prove to yourself within your assessment that each fire marshall / warden still knows all aspects of their roles and tasks to continue in their position.
Some may need reminding every three months, others could know it all for ever and a day !
Don't we all have one person like that on site??)
Do you know if they know?
No ??
Then ask them at regular recorded intervals and note it down on the assessment that knowledge testing is done regularly - it only takes a few minutes to update your information on them as refreshed.
Why not make it a regular quiz?
But change the questions !!
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