Fire Marshal
Fire Marshal Training delivered at your workplace. Half a day. Practical, premises-specific, and built around the real situations your fire marshals will actually face.
QUALIFICATION: Fire Marshal Training
| Worksafe-Accredited Certificate | CPD-Accredited Certificate | |
| DURATION | Half day (3-4 hours) | Half day (3-4 hours) |
| DELIVERY | Face-to-face only / At your venue | Face-to-face only / At your venue |
| GROUP SIZE | Max 12 learners per trainer | Max 12 learners per trainer |
| CERTIFICATE | Accredited Fire Marshal Certificate | CPD Fire Marshal Certificate |
| VALIDITY | 3 years | 2 years |
| AWARDING BODY | Worksafe | CPD Accreditation |
| REGULATORY STANDARD | Meets the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, Fire Safety Act 2021, and Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022 | |
Course Overview
The scenarios that come up during delivery are consistent enough to say something. A professional services firm with no fire risk assessment in place, despite a legal obligation to have one. Care homes with no Personal Emergency Evacuation Plans for residents who can’t self-evacuate, and no evacuation equipment to support them. Staff who’ve been listed as fire marshals for years without ever having walked the evacuation route or tested the assembly point.
That last one is the most common. Most organisations have a fire marshal on paper. Fewer have one who would know, under pressure, which areas they’re responsible for, how to account for everyone, what to say to the incident controller, or what to do about the wheelchair user on the second floor when the lift is out of use.
Fire Marshal Training closes that gap. In half a day, it gives marshals the legal knowledge, the practical confidence, and the premises-specific grounding to fulfil their role when it actually matters. Content is built around your building, your fire risk assessment, and the real risks your team faces, not a generic workplace that bears no resemblance to where your people work.
This course reflects the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, as strengthened by the Fire Safety Act 2021 and the Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022, alongside current guidance from the Health and Safety Executive and the National Fire Chiefs Council.
Course Details
- Duration: Half day (3-4 hours)
- Delivery: Face-to-face only, at your venue
- Certificate: Worksafe-accredited Fire Marshal Certificate (3 years) or CPD-accredited certificate (2 years), depending on your organisation’s requirements
- Awarding organisation: Worksafe (accredited route)
- Validity: 3 years (Worksafe) / 2 years (CPD)
- Group size: Maximum 12 learners per trainer
- Live fire extinguisher practical: Available as an additional element, on request, subject to suitable outdoor space
Who This Course Is For
This course is for anyone with fire marshal or fire warden responsibilities, or with a role in organising, overseeing, or reviewing fire safety arrangements.
It’s the right course for:
- Appointed fire marshals and fire wardens
- Health and safety leads, compliance officers, and facilities managers
- Supervisors, team leaders, and duty managers
- Business owners and employers with fire safety duties
- Registered managers and senior staff in care settings responsible for fire safety and PEEP compliance
- Anyone responsible for coordinating emergency evacuation procedures
No prior fire safety knowledge is needed. If you’re reviewing fire safety training for a larger or higher-risk site, contact us before booking, and we can advise on whether a more extensive programme is appropriate for your premises.
Why Organisations Book With Prima Cura
Most training providers arrive with a course. We arrive with yours.
Before the day, we gather information about your workplace: your incident reporting forms, your internal procedures, and the specific hazards your team actually faces. On the day, your trainer works that into every scenario, every discussion, every practical exercise. If your staff work in a care home, they’re not practising on hypothetical office workers. If your team are lone workers, that context shapes how the session runs.
It means the training lands. Not because it was well-delivered in a generic sense, but because it was relevant to the people in the room and the situations they’ll actually encounter.
A few other things that matter to the organisations that book with us:
- 98.9% learner satisfaction across all Prima Cura courses
- All trainers hold Enhanced DBS certificates and maintain ongoing CPD
- We advise on the qualification level at the enquiry stage. If a different course is a better fit for your workforce, we’ll say so before you book, not after
We respond to all enquiries within one working day.
What Learners Will Be Able to Do
By the end of the course, learners will be able to:
- Explain the legal duties placed on the responsible person under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, the Fire Safety Act 2021, and the Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022
- Identify common fire hazards in their specific workplace and describe how to reduce ignition risk
- Classify fire types and select the correct extinguisher for each, including understanding why the wrong choice can be dangerous
- Carry out the fire marshal role before, during, and after a fire alarm activation: sweeping, accounting for occupants, and reporting to the incident controller
- Support safe, organised evacuation, including managing occupants who are reluctant to leave
- Explain Personal Emergency Evacuation Plans and their responsibilities toward individuals who cannot self-evacuate
- Recognise when it is and is not appropriate to attempt to tackle a fire, and understand the consequences of that decision
- Describe the correct response when a fire is discovered, when an alarm sounds, and when evacuation is complete
- Identify the importance of fire door checks, escape route accessibility, and regular review of evacuation procedures
What the Day Covers
All content reflects the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, the Fire Safety Act 2021, the Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022, and current HSE and National Fire Chiefs Council guidance throughout. Topics covered include:
- The legal framework: Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, Fire Safety Act 2021, and Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022
- Employer and responsible person duties: what the law requires, what best practice looks like, and where most organisations fall short
- The fire triangle: ignition, fuel, and oxygen, and how removing any one element prevents or suppresses fire
- Fire classifications and extinguisher types: Class A, B, C, D, F, and electrical fires, and the correct extinguisher for each
- Common workplace fire hazards: ignition sources, fuel loads, and the organisational habits that increase risk
- The fire marshal role: responsibilities before, during, and after an incident, including area checks, sweeping, and reporting
- Evacuation procedures: assembly points, roll call, communication with emergency services, and the practical reality of evacuating a building under pressure
- Personal Emergency Evacuation Plans: who needs one, what it must contain, and the fire marshal’s role in ensuring it is followed
- Fire doors, fire exits, and escape routes: their function, their maintenance, and why a blocked or propped fire door is a serious risk
- Post-incident responsibilities: reporting, reviewing, and updating procedures following any evacuation, whether a drill or a real emergency
Every course is also built to include your industry-specific common risks and your organisation’s incident reporting systems as standard.
How the Course Is Delivered
This course is delivered face-to-face at your workplace. Fire safety training can’t be fully replicated online, and we don’t attempt to do so. The practical elements, including walking evacuation routes, understanding the physical layout of your building, and live extinguisher work where requested, require people to be in the room.
Sessions are delivered at your workplace or chosen venue. Groups are capped at 12 to ensure every learner gets sufficient time to engage with the content and apply it to their specific setting. Every session is built around your working environment, your sector’s risks, and your internal reporting procedures. We also design each course to incorporate your specific workplace hazards, your organisation’s layout, and the findings of your fire risk assessment. If you haven’t carried out a fire risk assessment yet, we can guide you through what’s involved during the enquiry process.
Delivery includes:
- Discussion and scenario work covering the real situations fire marshals encounter, including discovering a fire, managing a partial evacuation, and dealing with individuals who refuse to leave
- Review of your evacuation procedures and assembly point arrangements, including whether they have actually been tested
- Coverage of PEEPs and evacuation equipment relevant to your setting
- Time for questions, because fire safety consistently generates them once people start applying it to their actual building
Live Fire Extinguisher Practical
Available as an additional element for organisations where a suitable outdoor space exists. The practical session gives learners the opportunity to extinguish controlled fires using the correct extinguisher for each fire class, under the direct supervision of a qualified instructor, following a clear safety briefing. Every practical element is risk-assessed before delivery.
The difference between understanding how to use a fire extinguisher and having actually discharged one under pressure is significant. The live practical builds genuine confidence, reinforces correct selection and technique, and gives learners the kind of hands-on experience that theory alone doesn’t produce.
If you’d like to include this element, let us know when you enquire, and we’ll confirm whether your premises and outdoor space are suitable.
Fire Evacuation Equipment Training
For organisations supporting individuals who can’t use stairs independently, having a fire risk assessment and a PEEP in place is only part of the requirement. The staff responsible for carrying out those plans also need to be trained to use the equipment.
We deliver fire evacuation equipment training covering evac chairs and evacuation sledges, ensuring that the people responsible for assisted evacuation are genuinely competent to act under pressure, not just aware that the equipment exists somewhere in the building.
This training covers:
- How evac chairs and evacuation sledges work and when each is appropriate
- Safe assembly, deployment, and operation of the equipment
- Practical hands-on use with the specific equipment in your building
- The fire marshal’s role in coordinating assisted evacuation alongside other evacuation duties
- Record keeping and competency documentation
This training can be delivered as a standalone session or combined with Fire Marshal Training as part of a broader fire safety programme. For care homes, residential settings, schools, and any building where individuals may require assisted evacuation, this isn’t optional. It’s a fundamental part of meeting your fire safety duties.
Contact us to discuss the equipment in your building and how we can structure delivery to meet your specific needs.
The Legal Requirement
The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 places a legal duty on the responsible person, usually the employer or building owner, to carry out a fire risk assessment, implement appropriate fire safety measures, and ensure employees receive adequate fire safety training. This applies to every non-domestic premises in England and Wales. There is no minimum size threshold below which it does not apply.
The Fire Safety Act 2021 clarified and extended these responsibilities, particularly in relation to multi-occupied residential buildings. The Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022 introduced additional specific duties, including regular fire door checks, fire safety instructions for residents, and the provision of information to fire and rescue services. Together, these three pieces of legislation form the current legal framework that responsible persons must comply with.
Appointing trained fire marshals is the standard mechanism by which organisations demonstrate they have met their duty under the Order. An organisation with no trained fire marshals, or with fire marshals who have received no formal training, is unlikely to be able to demonstrate compliance if challenged.
Care settings face specific additional obligations. A care home that has not produced Personal Emergency Evacuation Plans for residents who cannot self-evacuate, and that does not have evacuation equipment to support those plans, is non-compliant with both fire safety law and CQC expectations. This course addresses PEEP responsibilities directly.
An organisation with no fire risk assessment in place is already in breach of the Regulatory Reform Order. An organisation with an assessment that hasn’t been reviewed following changes to premises, occupancy, or processes is operating on outdated information. The course covers both.
Certification and Validity
On completion, learners receive either a Worksafe-accredited Fire Marshal Certificate, valid for 3 years, or a CPD-accredited certificate, valid for 2 years, depending on your organisation’s requirements. Both are widely recognised and suitable as evidence at CQC inspections in regulated settings.
Refresher training should be arranged sooner than the certificate period if premises or processes change significantly, if the fire risk assessment is updated, if roles and responsibilities are amended, or following any real fire emergency or evacuation that identifies gaps in practice. Fire marshal lists should be reviewed regularly, and training kept current to reflect the team as it actually stands.
Where We Deliver
We deliver in-house training at your workplace or chosen venue across Manchester, Greater Manchester, and the wider North West. We also deliver nationally across England, including North England, South England, London, and Surrey. All sessions are led by experienced Prima Cura Training instructors.
Every trainer holds an Enhanced DBS certificate.
FAQs
Is Fire Marshal training a legal requirement?
Yes, in practice. The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 requires the responsible person to ensure that employees receive adequate fire safety training and that appropriate fire safety arrangements are in place. Appointing trained fire marshals is the standard mechanism through which organisations demonstrate they have met that duty. An organisation that has no trained fire marshals, or whose fire marshals have received no formal training, is unlikely to be able to demonstrate compliance under the Order.
Do I need a fire risk assessment before booking this training?
You should have one, and if you do not, you are already in breach of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005. We have delivered this training to organisations that had no fire risk assessment in place at all. Part of what this course addresses is ensuring the responsible person understands what a fire risk assessment must cover and what the consequences of not having one are. We can advise on fire risk assessment requirements during the enquiry process.
What is the difference between a fire marshal and a fire warden?
The terms are used interchangeably in UK practice. Both refer to a member of staff with specific responsibilities for fire safety, evacuation coordination, and reporting during a fire emergency. The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 does not specify a job title, only that appropriate fire safety arrangements and trained personnel are in place.
What is a PEEP, and does my organisation need one?
A Personal Emergency Evacuation Plan is a documented plan for evacuating an individual who can’t self-evacuate unaided, due to mobility limitations, a sensory impairment, or a cognitive condition. Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 and associated guidance, the responsible person must ensure all occupants can evacuate safely. For any setting where individuals may not be able to self-evacuate, including care homes, schools, and any multi-storey building with disabled staff or visitors, PEEPs are a legal and practical requirement. This course covers what PEEPs must contain and the fire marshal’s role in ensuring they are followed.
Related Courses
- Fire Safety Awareness
- Emergency First Aid at Work
- Health & Safety Awareness Training
- Manual Handling Training
- Risk Assessing Training
Book or Enquire
To book this course or request a quote for your team, use the enquiry form on this page or contact us directly. Tell us your team size, your sector, and your preferred dates. We’ll come back with a quote and any advice on qualification level if you need it.We respond to all enquiries within one working day.
Our Commitment to Quality and Compliance
At Prima Cura Training, all courses reflect current UK guidance and best practice.
All trainers are experienced professionals with relevant qualifications and ongoing CPD. Because many of the organisations we support work with vulnerable individuals, all trainers hold Enhanced DBS checks.
This course is reviewed against updates from the National Fire Chiefs Council, the Health and Safety Executive, the Care Quality Commission, and current UK fire safety legislation, including the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, the Fire Safety Act 2021, the Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022, and the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974.
You can read more on our Quality Assurance and Compliance page.
Reviewed by Stephanie Austin, Owner and Lead Trainer, Prima Cura Training | 25+ years in health and social care | 15+ years as a trainer | Last reviewed: April 2026 | Next review: April 2027
This page is for general guidance only and reflects current UK fire safety legislation and best practice at the date of review. It does not constitute legal advice. Fire Marshal Training supports compliance with the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, the Fire Safety Act 2021, and the Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022, but does not replace the legal requirement for a suitable and sufficient fire risk assessment to be carried out by a competent person. Organisations remain responsible for ensuring their fire risk assessments, Personal Emergency Evacuation Plans, fire safety arrangements, and staff training meet all applicable legal obligations. Where specialist fire safety advice is required, organisations should seek independent guidance from a qualified fire safety professional.
