Buckinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service Prevention Team have put together a free training session for all people who work with or support people to identify and reduce the risk of fire.
On this training you will:
- Learn about Buckinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service and different ways in which we help protect the lives of the communities we serve.
- Learn about who is at risk of fire in the home, and why
- Learn to identify the warning signs of fire risk around the home
- Understand how to take a person-centred approach to assess the fire risks and how individual behaviour impacts on risk
- Understand how we can work collaboratively with the resident(s) to reduce the risk in the home
- Look at how your safeguarding policies can support high risk concerns which have been identified and escalation/changes to fire risk
- Ask us any questions you have about your role and our role in fire safety
- Understand a Home Fire Safety Visit and what is involved. This includes equipment that we instal for free, for example, smoke & carbon monoxide alarms and flame retardant bedding
- The session will cover how to make a detailed referral for a Home Fire Safety Visit
The training usually takes 2 hours, but we can adapt it if necessary for your team. We can deliver it face to face or over Teams.
This training would be ideal for a wide range of people, including:
- Adult and Children’s social care teams
- Doctor Surgery teams – Including GP’s and Social Prescribers
- Dog walkers – walking dogs for those unable to leave the home
- Opticians
- Paramedics
- Carers
- Support workers
- Housing officers
- Occupational therapists
- Food delivery drivers
- Post Office Workers
- Police officers or PCSOs
- Environmental health officers
- Volunteers
- Sensory teams
- Family workers
- Utilities workers
- Tradespeople
This list is not exhaustive! Fire Sense training is ideal for anyone who works with or visits people in their own homes.
For more information contact us via the form (use the topic ‘Safety in the home‘ and include ‘Fire Sense‘ in your message).
