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How often do fire wardens have to be retrained?


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Guest RachelWM

Hi there
Several of our employees completed their training in April 2013, but there does not appear to be an expiry date on the certificate. Please could you advise?
Thank you!

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There is no set time, all employees require training, others require additional training depending on their fire safety role but no frequency is given. 

The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 states , 

Article 21 2(a) include suitable and sufficient instruction and training on the appropriate precautions and actions to be taken by the employee in order to safeguard himself and other relevant persons on the premises;
Article 21 2(b) be repeated periodically where appropriate;

So it is not very clear on the frequency and it is left up to the Responsible Person to decide but is generally considered to be 12 monthly.

 

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Many providers put a three year expiry on, using first aid training (which does have a set expiry) as a benchmark, but it's not mandatory.

One Crown Department I am working with at the moment provides initial formal training with no refresher as long as the warden has taken part in at least one fire drill every 12 months - if they have gone longer than 12 months they have to go on the course again.

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