Intended for
This course is suitable for persons who may be nominated as fire watcher during hot work operations
Duration
4 hours
Aims
To provide understanding of Hot Work Fire Watch responsibilities as well as procedural requirements as per company’s SSoW and to train delegates to operate portable fire fighting and fire protection equipment to a level of competency and to promote an awareness of, and confidence in, fire fighting, using different extinguishing mediums.
Content
- What is a Fire Watch?
- Duties and Responsibilities
- Hot Works
- Fire Facts
- IN CASE OF FIRE
- Smoke effects
- Theory of Combustion
- Methods of Fire Spread
- Classes of Fire
- Methods of Extinguishing Fires
- Types and use of different fire extinguishers and fire blanket
- Practical exercises using hand held portable fire extinguishers, a small bore fire hose reel and/ or fire blanket, for extinguishing a class ‘A’ or a class ‘B’ fire as appropriate
- Summary
Price
$120