Training
At Ardenlea Fire Consulting, we offer bespoke training tailored to your business's specific requirements. Every workplace is different, and effective training should reflect the real risks, layout, and operations of your premises.
Our courses are delivered by experienced fire safety professionals, all our trainers hold qualifications via the Institution of Fire Engineers and our training can be adapted for staff at any level. Whether you need a one-off session or an ongoing training contract, we work with you to build a course that's practical, engaging, and fully compliant with current fire safety legislation.
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Fire Warden Training
Fire Manager Training
Fire Design Courses
Our fire warden training gives your staff the knowledge they need to act with confidence and gives you the evidence that they are competent persons under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005.
Fire manager training builds on our fire warden training. It’s designed for anyone with a specific role in managing fire safety arrangements. We take account of the environment you manage and the realities of the role, whether that’s a dedicated, near full-time responsibility or a bolt-on to wider building or facilities management duties.
Our bespoke fire design courses are for organisations and individuals with a stake in fire safety this varies from auditing, fire design of buildings, fire resilience, or the fire safety arrangements required by insurers.
Course Content
Fire Warden Training
Fire Manager Training
Fire Design Courses
We shape every course around your business.
We don’t rely on videos or PowerPoint. Our training is practical and discussion-led, and we check understanding as we work through the syllabus.
What’s covered:
• Fire safety law – the Fire Safety Order, the Responsible Person and fire safety governance
• Prevention and protection – the measures that keep your premises safe
• Fire alarm systems – how detection works, and using your fire alarm panel
• The fire emergency plan – raising the alarm, evacuation, roll call and assembly
• Investigation protocol – checking an activation safely and summoning the Fire Service
• Firefighting equipment – the fire triangle, classes of fire and when to use an extinguisher
• Liaison with the Fire Service – meeting crews and giving them the information they need
Fire warden courses run from a minimum of 90 minutes up to half a day, depending on your premises and needs.
Every delegate is named on a certificate that sets out the full syllabus covered. It gives you a clear audit trail showing that fire safety information and training have been provided – the foundation of competence, built on by your own ongoing training.
Building on our fire warden programme, our manager training considers:
• The fire emergency plan: a recap of the fire warden essentials and how the plan is put into practice
• Fire safety law: a clear, understandable overview of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005
• Risk, hazard and likelihood: to help you understand the hierarchy behind every fire risk assessment
We explain how fire safety arrangements break down into:
• Fire protection and design
• Fire prevention
• Maintenance
• Workforce knowledge
• Fire safety information
• Cooperation and coordination
Managing compliance in practice:
• Fire service audits
• Fire risk assessment reports
• Fire service correspondence
• Unwanted fire signals
• Learning from incidents
• Record keeping
• Fire doors
• Maintenance and upgrades
Fire manager courses run for a minimum of half a day, extending to a full day where additional parts of the syllabus are needed.
We cover every aspect of fire design set out in the functional requirements of the Building Regulations 2010, together with the fire safety management that underpins them:
• B1 – means of warning and escape
• B2 – internal fire spread (linings)
• B3 – internal fire spread (structure)
• B4 – external fire spread
• B5 – access and facilities for the fire service
Guidance and standards:
• Approved Document B – Volumes 1 and 2, including the most recent updates
• BS 9991 – fire safety in the design, management and use of residential buildings
• BS 9999 – fire safety in the design, management and use of buildings
• CLG fire risk assessment guides – applying the government guidance documents to all types of premises
We explain Available Safe Egress Time (ASET) and Required Safe Egress Time (RSET), and how the two relate in typical buildings
Why choose our fire training
Your courses are led by Ardenlea's team of experienced fire engineers. Chris brings 32 years in the Fire and Rescue Service, including responsibility for fire investigation. This background gives him a valuable perspective on the causes and behaviour of fire through an enforcement and regulatory and compliance lens.
Every Ardenlea trainer holds a fire engineering qualification and membership of the Institution of Fire Engineers, and every one of them is either currently serving in the fire service or has served in it, this service means the training you get is grounded in practice, not just theory.
Expert Instructors
All of our trainers have extensive experience including experience within the fire service
Tailored Services
We will cater all fire training specifically to your premises to address your unique site risks.
Delivered On Site
Our specialists provide training directly at your location for maximal convenience and impact.