Fire Warden Training Course | Full Day | QNUK | Knutsford & Nationwide
The course for those who carry the responsibility when the alarm sounds.
Fire Wardens and Fire Marshals are the named individuals responsible for ensuring a safe, complete evacuation whenever a fire alarm is activated. Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, the Responsible Person must ensure that their designated wardens are properly trained — not just generally fire-aware, but genuinely competent to manage people, equipment, and communication under pressure.
Competence is the operative word. A half-day course cannot produce a competent fire warden. Ours takes a full day, and the difference is meaningful: delegates who complete this course understand not just what to do in a fire, but why — and that understanding is what holds up when it actually matters.
This course is delivered by Fire Protection Association (FPA) members and includes the Firexo range of extinguishers alongside traditional CO2 and water types. If your wardens have been trained by a provider that doesn’t include Firexo, their knowledge has a gap.
Annual refresher training is strongly recommended. Wardens should renew their full qualification every three years. View refresher options →
What You Will Learn
- The science of fire: combustion, fire triangle, fire behaviour
- The most common causes of workplace fire
- Hazards during and after a fire
- How fire and smoke spread through a building
- Backdraught: what it is and how to recognise the warning signs
- Controlling fire risk: identification, prevention, and mitigation
- Means of escape: fire doors, exits, escape routes, travel distances, refuges, and signage
- Phases and types of evacuation
- Planning and executing a safe evacuation
- Methods of fire detection and alarm signalling
- How fires are extinguished
- Fire extinguisher types and correct applications — including the Firexo range
- Practical use of water and CO2 extinguishers
- Common fixed firefighting systems
- Legal duties: fire safety management in the workplace
- Fire safety inspections
- Fire risk assessment principles
- Zoning
- GEEPs (General Emergency Evacuation Plans) and PEEPs (Personal Emergency Evacuation Plans)
- Your role as a Fire Warden: day-to-day responsibilities, testing procedures, and actions during an emergency
Course Details
| Duration | Full day — 9am to 5pm (6 guided learning hours, approx. 1 hour of breaks) |
| Format | Face-to-face, classroom-based with practical assessments |
| Group size | Minimum 4 / Maximum 12 per instructor |
| Certificate | Issued by Chris Garland Training; valid for 3 years. PDF as standard; paper available on request. Annual refresher strongly recommended. |
| Assessment | Multiple-choice paper (70% pass mark) + practical observation (100% pass required) |
| Venue | Knutsford training centre, or at your premises nationwide |
| Age | Recommended 14+; GCSE Level 2 literacy recommended |
Scheduled Dates
[DATES] — see the booking selector above for current availability, pricing, and start times.
Private courses are available nationwide at your premises. Request a quote →
What Delegates Say
“Very comprehensive. This was an excellent course, loaded with information which made me feel a lot more knowledgeable and confident in my role as a fire marshal.”
“Really good mix of presentation and Q&A. It was more interesting than I expected and left me with so much to think about! Chris was really knowledgeable.”
“Very surprised at just how much I didn’t know!”
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Candidates:
- All classroom courses have a minimum and maximum number of candidates that we can take on a course.
- Minimum: We need a minimum of 4 candidates on an open/scheduled course for the course to run. Click here for more details.
- Maximum: We are limited by the Health & Safety Executive, and (where applicable) by the Awarding Organisation, to a maximum of 12 candidates per instructor.
- Should you have more than 12 candidates to be trained, please contact us to discuss your training needs.
Geographical coverage:
- These fire warden courses are available to candidates across the UK & both courses can be delivered in other countries.
- Please note that the content was developed in accordance with current UK practice, protocols & guidance.
Venue:
- Scheduled courses run at our training centre in Knutsford, Cheshire. Visit our Joining Instructions page to read about what you will need to bring/wear, etc.
- Why not arrange to have a private face to face course run at your workplace? Simply fill in our quote builder tool to request a quotation.
Joining instructions:
Private courses:
- To arrange a private fire warden training course for yourself or your colleagues, please fill in our quote request form.
Links:
- Here’s some great additional information issued by the London Fire Brigade.
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⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ – “Great course. Would love to do a full practical evacuation as well.”
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ – “Very comprehensive. This was an excellent course, loaded with information which made me feel a lot more knowledgable and confident in my role as a fire marshal.”
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⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ – “Really good mix of presentation and Q&A. It was more interesting than I expected and left me with so much to link about! Chris was really knowledgable.”
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ – “the course was really informative. Chris is a great trainer – just the right level of information. Presented at a level that was very suitable to the audience.”
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ – “A valuable course. Learned a lot and the facilitator was thorough and very knowledgable.”
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⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ – “Very helpful instructor with interesting discussion”
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ – “Very good. Instructor very knowledgable”
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⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ – “Informative. Good instructor. Feel comfortable now with what is required.”
Zoe Tomlinson –
The team were really engaged and enjoyed the course
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“A really good and enjoyable course.”
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“A great overview of fire safety & everyone’s roles & responsibilities.”
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