Fire Marshal and Warden Online Training Course & Certificate

This training is suitable for anyone who is interested in undertaking the role of a Fire Warden. The course will take you through all of the must-know aspects of taking on this important role.

Ensuring people can evacuate safely in the event of a fire is so important that it’s enshrined in law.

A fire safety strategy is required in all organisations and premises, and that means many businesses have a dedicated Fire Marshal or Fire Warden who is responsible for this. They’re the ones that carry out a fire risk assessment and ensure that the appropriate precautions are in place as well as a fire management plan.

They identify potential workplace fire hazards and improve effective fire emergency procedures. Not only that, Fire Marshals manage evacuations and ensure everyone is accounted for at the fire assembly point. You’ll find out a lot more in this training course!

This Fire Warden training is suitable for anyone who is interested in undertaking the role of a Fire Warden. It allows business to be prepared if the worst happens, and to comply with the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005.

Understanding your role

The role of a fire marshal or fire warden is crucial in workplace safety. Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, employers must have an effective fire safety strategy. As a trained Fire Warden, you'll be an essential part of your organisation's emergency evacuation plan.

Key responsibilities

• Identifying and reporting potential fire hazards in the workplace
• Helping to implement fire safety best practices
• Contributing to effective fire emergency procedures
• Managing safe evacuations during fire emergencies
• Ensuring regular checks of fire safety equipment and exits

Emergency Response Duties

During a fire or alarm activation, Fire Wardens conduct thorough building searches and manage the evacuation process. As a Fire Marshal, you'll oversee the assembly point, ensuring all occupants and Fire Wardens are accounted for after evacuation.

Preventative measures

A fire marshal's main duties are around preventing preventative duties include:

• Maintaining clear emergency exits
• Monitoring fire extinguisher placement and servicing
• Checking fire door functionality
• Overseeing weekly fire alarm tests
• Ensuring proper fire signage
• Verifying electrical device safety (PAT Testing)
• Coordinating regular fire drills
• Supporting fire risk assessments

Legal requirements

The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 requires competent persons to assist in implementing fire safety measures. This training will help you understand your legal obligations and how to fulfil them effectively.

Are fire marshals and fire wardens the same?

While you may see both terms used, fire marshals and fire wardens essentially share the same primary goal - protecting workplace health and safety through effective fire safety measures. Both roles are considered 'responsible persons' under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, receive the same fire safety training, and share core responsibilities for fire prevention and emergency response.

Some organisations may choose to split these roles between different individuals, particularly in larger buildings, but many businesses combine them into a single position. 

The number of fire marshals or wardens needed depends on your workplace's fire risk level, which is directly related to how many employees you have: 

• Low-risk workplaces should have one trained person per 50 employees
• Medium-risk workplaces need one per 20 employees
• High-risk workplaces should have one per 15 employees

Who is this fire warden course for?

This training is suitable for anyone who is interested in undertaking the role of a Fire Warden.

Whatever the organisation or premises, the legislation requires employers to have a fire safety strategy, which will allow all occupants to evacuated safely in the case of a fire.

In order to build this strategy, a responsible person (usually an owner or employer) has to carry out a risk assessment, decide on appropriate fire precautions and maintain a fire safety management plan.

As a way of ensuring the effectiveness of their strategy, many businesses are appointing a fully-trained fire warden as part of the emergency evacuation strategy.

It is this important role that is the focus of this elearning fire marshal course.

Having a designated fire warden at your workplace will help ensure your business is prepared for a fire emergency and can conduct a safe evacuation of the business premise. The Fire Marshal role is also to identify potential workplace fire hazards and report any hazards found to the appropriate person. Also to assist in the implementation of fire safety best practices and improving effective fire emergency procedures in your workplace.

In the event of a fire or fire alarm is triggered, the Fire Marshal or Fire Warden need to ensure that the premises get evacuated and searched in a timely. The Fire Warden could be the person most at risk during the evacuation process, because they may be the last person to evacuate the building after completing a search of the affected building.

During an evacuation a Fire Marshal should go directly to their assembly point and manage the evacuation from outside the building in a fire emergency. The Fire Marshal is responsible for ensuring that everyone who exits the building is accounted and makes sure that all Fire Wardens are accounted for after completing their search of the business premises.

A Fire Marshal’s main duty is to assist in the prevention of fires in the workplace by ensuring that:

• Fire hazards are identified at their workplace
• Hazards are reported to the appropriate person
• Emergency exits are kept clear at all times
• Fire extinguishers are in place and serviced
• Fire doors are in good working order and kept closed
• Perform weekly fire alarm test
• Ensure fire safety signs are in place
• Electrical devices are PAT Tested
• Perform regular fire drills
• Conduct regular fire safety risk assessments

Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005: enforcement

This vital safety legislation requires competent persons to assist the person who has overall responsibility for fire safety, in implementing and carrying out preventative and protective fire safety measures.

This means that anyone who has key responsibility of a business premises, must take reasonable actions to reduce the risk from fire and ensure that there is an effective fire evacuation plan is in place in the event of a fire.

Fire Warden Course Objectives

Upon completion of this online fire marshal training course, learners will understand:

• The role of the fire warden/ fire marshal
• Fire safety statistics
• Fire prevention and protection
• How to check key working areas, exits and fire doors
• What to do when the fire alarm sounds
• When to provide additional assistance
• Briefing staff, site visitors and contractors
• Post-alarm debriefings
• Legal requirements
• The course includes a summary animation, covering key points

Accreditation

This fire marshal certificate is accredited by CPD and the certificate, awarded upon successful completion, can be used to log your hours against.

By completing the course you will receive 1 CPD point.

How do you receive your fire marshal certificate?

Learners will be able to download a digital fire warden/ fire marshal certificate immediately on completion.

Course duration

This course will take approximately 30-45 minutes to complete. As an e-learning course you can complete this training in convenient stages. The system will record your progress throughout and at the end you will receive your fire warden certification.

Entry requirements

There are no entry requirements for this fire marshal course.

What training can I take next?

After completing this fire marshal training online, you could progress to several other of our popular courses including:

• Fire Safety Training
• Manual Handling Training
• PAT Testing

We also offer a Fire Safety for Fire Marshals and Fire Wardens Training Package which combines our accredited fire safety courses into one handy package saving you 20% in the process.