Fire Marshal Training Course, Fire Safety Handbook, Evacuation Checklist (Digital Download)

Fire safety is a legal duty on almost every UK workplace under the Fire Safety Order - and most appointed fire marshals were never actually told what the job is. Ask someone what a fire marshal does and you'll usually hear "they deal with the fire." That's wrong, and it's a genuinely dangerous misconception to be carrying around.

Fire Safety and Fire Marshal Training is a complete, ready-to-teach training course built for fire marshals, wardens, EHS professionals and anyone named as a "responsible person" - written the way a working health and safety trainer would explain it, not the way a regulation reads. It's not a generic fire-drill refresher. It's a practical, legally grounded course on what the fire marshal role actually involves, and the two risks most existing training gets wrong or simply doesn't cover.

What sets this course apart is a dedicated section: THE MARSHAL'S JOB ISN'T TO FIGHT THE FIRE. It corrects, directly, the single most common misconception in fire marshal training - that grabbing an extinguisher is the priority. It isn't. In the correct priority order, a fire marshal's job is to raise the alarm, sweep their zone, direct people out, close doors behind them, report a headcount at the assembly point, and liaise with the fire service on arrival. Firefighting is optional, secondary, and only if the fire is small, contained, the marshal is trained, and there's a clear escape route behind them - never the priority.

Alongside it sits THE NEW RISK: LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES, covering the current e-bike and e-scooter battery fire hazard most existing training simply hasn't caught up with yet. London Fire Brigade attended a record 206 e-bike/e-scooter fires in 2025 - roughly one every two days - and two people died in these fires that year alone. The critical guidance: these fires should NOT be tackled with a standard extinguisher. Thermal runaway means a battery fire can reignite after appearing out, burn extremely hot, and often can't be fully suppressed by ordinary means - evacuate, don't move the device, and let the fire service handle it.

A practical extinguisher-class-to-fire-type matching table (Water, Foam, Dry Powder, CO2 and Wet Chemical against fire classes A, B, C, D and F) puts both principles into one at-a-glance companion tool, printable and designed to sit next to every extinguisher point. The course is also built around a real UK enforcement case: a Kent restaurant fined £30,000 plus costs for five fire safety breaches.

Perfect for anyone appointed as a fire marshal or fire warden, office, facilities and EHS managers coordinating marshal cover and drills, and any "responsible person" named under the Fire Safety Order who's accountable for the fire risk assessment and emergency plan. If your workplace has a fire alarm and an assembly point, this course was written for you.

WHAT YOU GET

• 82-slide PowerPoint deck (PPTX + PDF) - fully editable, ready to present or adapt
• 23-page A4 training handbook (DOCX + PDF) with a contents page
• 18-page A4 participant workbook with exercises and suggested answers
• Knowledge Check: 25 questions with an answer key and an 80% pass mark
• 18-page instructor notes with half-day and 90-minute timetables, talking points and delivery tips
• 12-page learner notes - one page per module, ready to fill in during training
• One-page A4 Quick Reference sheet for the desk or the fire point
• 5-page Fire Marshal Checklist built around the extinguisher-matching decision aid
• Editable landscape A4 Certificate of Completion
• 13-page Bonus Resources: Fire Marshal Routine Check template, Fire Evacuation Drill Record, Extinguisher Matching Poster, a real enforcement case study and a lithium-ion charging policy template, plus an Excel Inspection and Drill Tracker
• Instant digital download - no physical item is posted

HOW TO USE IT

Download straight after purchase and you're ready to run the course the same day: present the slides as-is, print the handbook and workbook for your marshals, and hand out the certificate at the end. Works equally well as a full induction session for newly appointed marshals, an annual refresher briefing, or self-paced reading for one responsible person getting up to speed.

Please note: this is a digital download only, delivered as 5 zip files so please unzip each one after downloading. No physical item will be shipped. This course is awareness-level training and is NOT a substitute for a certificated fire marshal course where your insurer, landlord or site-specific fire risk assessment requires one - always verify your training against current Fire Safety Order guidance and your local Fire and Rescue Authority for your specific premises.