Evacuation Chair Training
Why is Evacuation Chair Training important?
Evacuation chair training is often overlooked when it comes to fire safety. It is vital that in the event of a fire, everyone within a building, whether it be an office building, hospital, school, or nursing home, can get out safely and efficiently. This includes people who are mobility impaired. Nobody should be left behind in case of a fire and everyone needs to have a safe and easy way to evacuate.
Prestige Fire Safety employ several experienced fire fighters and have an in-depth knowledge of fire safety. We have provided many companies and organisations with evacuation chair training courses across the Cambridgeshire area.
What are evacuation chairs?
Evacuation chairs are specially designed seats into which mobility-impaired people are secured and transported from a building, usually via stairways during an emergency. Any building housing multiple people and residents at any given time should have access to evacuation chairs as they are an important aspect of fire safety.
What we do
Prestige Fire Safety provide a cost effective, safe, and simple solution to ensure the safe evacuation of mobility impaired persons up or down stairs when lifts cannot be used in the event of an emergency, power failure or during lift maintenance. We can source a whole range of chairs that can also be used as transfer/ambulance chairs and assist with compliance, and we provide the training that goes with it.
There is a common misconception that it is the responsibility of the emergency services to ensure everyone evacuates a building safely: it is not!
In the UK and many other counties there is a legal requirement for employers, service providers and building owners to ensure the safe evacuation of mobility impaired persons in the event of an emergency.
Anyone permitted into a building must be safely evacuated in the event of an emergency without the dependence of the emergency services.
If you are based in Cambridgeshire, Suffolk or Norfolk and would like us to provide evacuation chair training or you need to buy evacuation chairs for your property, please do not hesitate to get in touch.
We employ several experienced fire fighters and have an in-depth knowledge of fire safety. We have provided many companies and organisations with evacuation chair training courses across the Cambridgeshire area.
We also offer Fire Risk Assessments, Fire Alarm Installation, Repair & Servicing, Fire Door Surveys, Fire Compartmentation Surveys, and Fire Awareness Training.
Evacuation Chair Training Courses
Train the trainer
Train to be an evacuation chair trainer with our evacuation chair Train the Trainer course.
This ½ day course will equip staff with the ability to train others on the safe use of evacuation chairs. A practical approach is taken to ensure plenty of hands-on practice with regard to both the practical element and the training issues — all under expert supervision.
Nationally recognised certification.
Will equip your people with the competency to conduct in-house evacuation chair training.
Generates cost savings through bringing skills in-house.
We can train on most types of evacuation chairs.
Delivered by a highly experienced instructor.
This course is aimed at any staff who may need to train others on the safe use of evacuation chairs. Participants will gain the following competences:
Ability to understand how to safely use evacuation chairs.
Be able to conduct appropriate training to other members of staff on evacuation chair usage.
Train the operator
Train your staff on the safe and competent usage of evacuation chairs with our Train An Operator course.
This ½ day in-house course will equip staff with the ability to safely use evacuation chairs. The course covers the deployment and handling of an evacuation chair and passenger. It will also cover advice on the siting and distribution of chairs as well as improving awareness of their multiple uses. A practical approach is taken to ensure that plenty of hands-on practice – all under expert supervision.
Will equip your people with the competency to safely use evacuation chairs.
Practical and interactive to maximise the effectiveness of the training session.
Delivered by a highly experienced instructor.
The course is aimed at any staff who may need to use evacuation chairs. Participants will gain the following competences:
Ability to understand how to safely use evacuation chairs.
Be able to demonstrate the practical skills required for safe evacuation chair usage.