Fire Safety

Written to the Skills for Health Core Skills Training Framework (CSTF) learning outcomes for Fire Safety (one level, all staff). CSTF alignment has not yet been granted, so this is a certificate of completion for your records and appraisal: check what your employer or agency accepts. Refresher: No fixed national interval (CSTF England v1.1): site-specific fire induction on starting at each workplace, then regular updates at a frequency set by the employer's training needs analysis, with assessment of competence every 2 years. Staff who may help evacuate others, such as clinicians with patients, should train more often; many employers and agencies require yearly fire training. E-learning supports the knowledge outcomes but is not acceptable as the only fire training: practical sessions and fire drills are also needed.