Introduction:

Industries involving the use of, storage of, or handling and transporting of hazardous or combustible materials possess potentially serious fire, life safety and environmental hazards if safe practices are not adhered to. Accordingly there is a plethora of international legislative codes and regulations for the process and transportation of explosive and flammable materials, all demand special attention.

The purpose of this course is to improve safety management systems, not simply to collect data and file. The assessments have to be both suitable and sufficient, must never be carried out in isolation but in a practical and systematic way. Naturally, there cannot be an off the shelf solution. Every workplace is different. It is vital that assessors are able to seek commitment from the top of the organization and to consult with all relevant personnel; this will ensure a company-wide acceptance of the findings.

Paradigms are being shifted to emphasize the concept of fire assessment and safety systems as organizations attempt to effectively reduce losses and protect their reputation. So much so that all employees must have an understanding of fire, how quickly it can spread, and how devastating its impact can be. With this knowledge, employees will be better equipped to recognize fire hazards in their work environments and take steps to introduce and practice fire safe behaviors. This course includes compliance with applicable regulations, adopting suitable best practices, and applying common sense. It provides the delegate with all the requirements and instruction on what to do and what not to do when carrying out assessments and implementing the findings.

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
• Provide staff with information on risks and training
• Understand that requirements of a comprehensive fire risk assessment and training needs analysis for key responders
• Create 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
• Demonstrate proficiency in improving overall HSE awareness in your organization
• Improve fire and hazard risk awareness
• Learn to develop effective emergency response plans for key personnel with clear defined roles and responsibilities
• Understand the importance of providing clear and unambiguous alerts and warnings
• Improve individual and team awareness of fire safety and evacuation drills
• Demonstrate to Senior Management of the enormous financial consequences of non-action
• Enjoy a safer workplace
• Know how fire risk assessments are prepared, what should be considered, how often they should take place and how to validate emergency plans
• Enhance fire emergency preparedness in the organization
• Improve fire hazard identification and introduce best practice control
• Reduce or eliminate fire hazards
• Achieve an efficient and an effective response to an incident by putting all your research into a successful mitigation and planning process
• Avoid the mistakes of others by continually improving your safety management system programs through rewarding training and exercises events
• Ensure compliance so avoiding potential damage to your company’s reputation
• Complete a training needs analysis on the risk assessment findings
• Enhance HSE Management

Who Should Attend?

Team Leaders, Managers, Superintendents, Line Managers, General Supervisors, Foremen, Supervisors, Project Managers, Fire Officers, Senior Fire Officer, Chief Fire Officers, Senior Fire & Equipment Personnel, Fire Coordinators, Fire Executives & Industry Personnel, Fire Responders, Fire Engineers Loss Prevention Engineers, Control Center Operators and Supervisors, Emergency Personnel, Emergency Dispatchers, Security Personnel and CCTV Operators, HSE Officers, HSE Engineers & Personnel, HSE Professionals, Emergency Response Team Members, HSE Managers and Auditors, HSE Professionals, Incident Control Point (Forward Control) Team Members, Inspectors, Advisors, Auditors, Laboratory Personnel, Process Control Engineers and Technicians, Process Control Designers and Systems Engineers, Instrumentation and Control System Engineers, Plant Engineers, Maintenance Personnel, Maintenance Engineers and Supervisors, Electrical and Instrumentation Supervisors and Technicians, Procurement and Supply Chain Managers, Engineers and Maintenance Personnel, experienced and new Auditors linked to the company’s HSE Management Systems (HSE-MS), HSE-MS Personnel, Personnel involved in implementing the Company’s HSE-MS, Security Personnel and CCTV Operators, Staff responsible for managing hazardous wastes, Supervisors and Line Management who have assigned responsibilities within the organization’s Safety Management System (SMS)

Course Outline:

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

Effective Safety, Fire Prevention and Emergency Planning Programme

• Portable Fire Extinguishers (PFE)                                                                  
• Class of fires
• Class discussion on use and limitations of PFE followed by PFE quiz
• Fire protection and fire prevention measures
• Safety and your emergency action plans
• Information gathering and processing of plans
• Consider by function, the personnel involved in the planning process
• Twelve emergency planning steps & Roles and responsibilities
• 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 continuity flow of information
• Reputation management

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
• Incident command systems
• On-scene management, how to quickly establish a reliable information flow from the scene, coordination all resources, on and off site
• Post-incident evaluations, de-briefs and reports

Maintenance of Equipment, Plans and Procedures

• Human behavior and fire safety
• Case study
• Program evaluation
• Discuss personal action plans

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