Fire Wardens Learn More Than Just How to Wear the Red Hat
Being ready for an emergency is crucial in life, and everyone should embrace it. You left occupants in your building or business premise safe, but you don't know the message the next call you receive would convey. The message could be, "We have three customers here who want the same product in bulk" or "Your business is on fire." What loss and damage would you experience if you don't have trained fire wardens around? It's unimaginable! Most employers don't take their employees for fire warden training just to meet their compliance obligations, but also to enhance their safety and that of their business. Here are critical topics that the fire warden training covers:
Evacuation Through Refusal
Handling emergencies is a difficult task, and helping everyone through it worsens the situation and makes the task tougher. You won't know how skilled the fire wardens are or the leadership skills they have until some people refuse to be evacuated during an emergency. The trained fire wardens follow certain protocols to handle the situation. They are trained not to push, demand something or act in a way that makes the stubborn occupant more violent. Trained fire wardens know how to convince the intractable occupant to escape with the other occupants, and they also know the other measures to take if they don't succeed in convincing them to evacuate.
Personal Emergency Evacuation Plan
All workplaces, structures and buildings should have an emergency plan that suits the needs of those with mental and physical disabilities. If you have employees, tenants or workers with physical or mobility impairment, create a plan that helps them to escape during a fire breakout. The evacuation plan also includes individuals with cultural differences and those with respiratory issues and other medical conditions. Fire wardens are also trained on how to evacuate people with language barriers or difficulties such as the deaf people since they can't hear or respond to an audible alarm.
Handling Fire Equipment
It's one thing to know how to evacuate occupants when a fire strikes, and it's another thing to know how to use fire equipment to extinguish it. Fire breakouts come in different types, and the fire wardens use different techniques to quell them. Besides this, fire wardens also learn the different types of fire extinguishers available in the market and how to operate them. They learn how to use fire blankets and use a suitable fire extinguisher for each fire.
Your business is safe if you have trained fire wardens to make the evacuation process timely and safe when a fire emergency strikes. It's hard to handle fire emergencies efficiently if you haven't complied with the specified emergency planning obligations. As you assess how safe your occupants would be during a fire emergency, also find out if your fire wardens are well trained to save lives, evacuate occupants and use fire-fighting equipment.
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