Course
Fire Evacuation Chair Training

Course Aim:
Evacuation chairs are widely used as a means of escape for mobility impaired people in the event of fire in a multi-storey building. Use of the evacuation chair requires an understanding of who it is suitable for and how to use it in the event of an emergency. To avoid accidents and injuries it is essential that staff are trained in the safe use of evacuation chairs.

Who should attend evacuation chair training?

All employers who have an evacuation chair on site and those employers who occupy multi-storey buildings and who currently have not considered emergency evacuation for mobility impaired people.

This course will help you understand how to use an evacuation chair and how to avoid its use leading to further risk. It will demonstrate the part that evacuation chairs can play in an overall strategy for means of escape for mobility impaired people and the training required to ensure that procedures are adhered to in practice.

What do we cover in the course?

Course content

- Legislation relating to fire evacuation strategies

- Selecting appropriate equipment

- Issues to consider when using the chair

- Management of the evacuation chair

- Using the evacuation chair, including stairways

- Ongoing management outside of the building

- Returning to the building when safe

- Onward management of evacuation chairs

 
Course Duration and Number of Delegates
Half day with a maximum of 8 delegates per course

Course location
This course is available in-house or at our training venue.

Prices
For our competitive prices please ring us on 0845 0568538 (local call rate)