This national qualification is suitable for those who assess fire safety in complex premises e.g:

• Regulators – fire services, local building control officers and approved inspectors
• Assessors – fire risk assessors and fire safety professionals
• Designers – designers and architects of new and extend existing buildings and venues
• Responsible for fire safety – managers, employees, owners and occupiers

Course 1: Principles of fire safety (5 days)

• Fire Safety Legislation
• Human behaviour in fire and causes and effects of fire
• Principles of fire risk assessment
• Fire detection and alarm systems
• Emergency escape lighting
• Fire safety signs, notices and routines
• Extinguishing media
• Fire safety management

Course 2: Risk assessing complex premises (5 days)

• Risk profiling and management
• Compartmentation, floor space factors
• Ventilation
• Means of escape
• Offices and shops, Factories and warehouses, Hotels, Atria, Houses in multiple occupation (HMO), Residential care premises, Shopping complexes
• Fire risk assessment of complex premises

Course 3: Risk assessing regulated and licensed venues (5 days)

• Legislation, enforcement agencies, crowd behaviour, safety and control
• Assembly buildings and performance venues
• Theatres and cinemas
• Night clubs and casinos
• Outdoor events and firework displays
• Pop concerts