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Fire Warden in Education eLearning
Online fire warden training for schools: sweeping a building full of children, working with class teachers at the assembly point, and the warden duties between drills.
Who it is for
Who this fire warden in education course is for
A school fire warden works differently from an office one. Classes evacuate as groups with their teacher, and the warden's job is the areas nobody is responsible for: toilets, offices, corridors, practical rooms and anywhere a pupil might be alone.
- Nominated school fire wardens and marshals
- Site and premises staff
- School business managers and bursars
- Senior staff with evacuation duties
- Deputies covering the warden role
- Anyone taking on the role for the first time
Course content
What the fire warden in education course covers
Five short lessons covering the school warden role and routine duties, sweeping a school, assisting evacuation, assembly and reporting, and lettings and out-of-hours use, then a 12-question assessment.
The school warden role and routine duties
Why schools nominate fire wardens, what the role covers, and the routine checks between drills.
Sweeping a school
Raising the alarm, sweeping a school area methodically, the places that are easily missed, and never re-entering.
Assisting evacuation
Working with class teachers, supporting pupils who cannot self-evacuate, PEEPs, refuges and distressed pupils.
Assembly and reporting
Reporting to the chief warden, accounting for pupils, staff and visitors, briefing the fire service and the debrief.
Lettings and out-of-hours use
Fire safety when the school is used out of hours, briefing hirers, breakfast and after-school clubs, and events.
Outcomes
What you will be able to do afterwards
- Carry out the routine fire warden checks in a school
- Sweep a school area methodically when the alarm sounds
- Work alongside class teachers and support pupils who cannot self-evacuate
- Contribute to accounting for pupils, staff and visitors and report to the fire service
- Apply the arrangements for lettings and out-of-hours use
Your legal duty
The law behind fire warden in education training
In England and Wales the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 requires the responsible person to make arrangements for evacuation, nominate competent people to implement them, and provide adequate fire safety training. In a school, that's usually done by nominating wardens.
Scotland and Northern Ireland operate under their own fire safety legislation, and who the responsible person is in a school depends on the school type.
- Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 - England and Wales
- Nominating competent people to implement evacuation arrangements
- Scotland and Northern Ireland have their own fire safety legislation
- The responsible person varies by school type
Practicalities
How the course works
Would you rather have a tutor?
All other school staff need the general school fire safety course.
For employers
Fire Warden in Education training for a team
Schools need enough wardens to cover every block and every part of the day, including before and after school clubs.
- One invoice instead of a card payment per person
- Licences allocated as people join, so induction is covered
- Completion and expiry reporting for your records
- Renewal reminders before certificates lapse
- Bespoke versions built around your own procedures
Fire Warden in Education eLearning: common questions
There is no fixed ratio in law. It depends on the size and layout of the site, the number of blocks, and the hours the building is occupied, including clubs and lettings.
Classes evacuate as groups with their teacher, so the warden concentrates on the spaces nobody is responsible for and on supporting assisted evacuation.
It covers the knowledge. A warden also needs to know your building and take part in your drills, which cannot be done online.
It covers the principle that arrangements must work whenever the building is occupied. Your own procedures cover the specifics for lettings.
About 30 to 45 minutes, with no time limit: start it, pause it, and come back whenever suits. The certificate is issued as soon as you pass the end assessment.
Yes. It runs in a browser on any modern phone, tablet or computer, with nothing to install.
Yes. Open a business account and we invoice you for the licences, which you allocate as people need them, with completion reporting included.