Friday 28 May 2010

Fire Warden Training Course 10th September London

Date: 10th September 2010 Venue: 78 New Oxford Street London Time: 09.30am Cost: £99 + VAT per delegate
Course Overview:
This 1/2 day course is aimed at employees with a designated role in relation to workplace fire safety. The course builds on the understanding of the phenomenon of fire that all of us can recognise, but the majority of people fail to fully appreciate. The course material and handouts are used in conjunction with Fire Safety Employers Guide and current legislation.
Aim:
The training aims are designed to enable employees identified in your emergency plan who have a supervisory role in the event of a fire (e.g. heads of department, fire wardens or marshals and, in some large workplaces, fire fighting teams) to meet the training requirements of “Fire safety An Employer’s guide” and current legislation.
Learning Objectives: By the end of the course delegates should:
• Be aware of key fire safety duties under the law.
• Be able to recognise habitual human behaviour in a fire situation.
• Know the typical role of a fire warden in relation to workplace fire safety.
• Be able to state the basic principles of risk assessment.
• Be aware of how to prevent fire or limit its impact.
• Be able to state the common modes of building evacuation.
• Recognise the need for fire drills and pre-planning for fire.
• Recognise active and passive fire safety measures and facilities.
• Be able to identify and use a range of portable fire extinguishers.

Prerequisites: None. Although ideally delegates should have attended a Fire Awareness course or have a basic understanding of fire safety in the workplace.
Who should attend? All employees will benefit from the training, particularly new staff and managers. It is especially useful to those employees and managers with a fire safety designated responsibility.
Programme:
 Review of modern fire safety law.
 Human behaviour in a fire situation.
 The role of the fire warden.
 Basic principles of risk assessment.
 Routine fire prevention measures.
 Modes of evacuation.
 Fire drills & pre-planning
 Fire safety features and facilities.
 Fire-fighting equipment.

Certification: Delegates will be awarded a certificate of attendance on successful completion of assessment.

For a booking form e mail info@rhssltd.co.uk

First Aid Course - Last few places!!

Our One day First Aid Appointed Persosn Course is nearly full!

17th June at 78 New Oxford Street

If you would like a place email info@rhssltd.co.uk for a booking form.

Monday 17 May 2010

Landlord jailed

A landlord who failed to provide "even the most basic protection" for tenants has been jailed after a teenager was "lucky" to survive a flat fire.

Barmaid Layla Skalli, who was 19 at the time, suffered devastating 80% burns in the inferno.

Michael Billings, of Beccles, Suffolk, was sent to prison for two-and-a-half years. The Health and Safety Executive prosecuted Billings following the blaze at Miss Skalli's home in April 2009.

At Norwich Crown Court, Billings pleaded guilty to charges of breaking health and safety and fire safety legislation. He was ordered to pay court costs of £20,000.

"Only pioneering skin grafting techniques saved Layla Skalli's life after she suffered 80% deep tissue burns all over her body," said a HSE spokesman.

"Virtually all the skin below her neck was destroyed by the intense 600 degree heat as the property above a mobile phone shop became a raging inferno."

The spokesman said Billings, in his 50s, failed to provide "even the most basic protection" for tenants.

He said the landlord had not fitted a working fire alarm system, installed the correct number of fire doors or provided adequate means of escape.

Gas appliances in the flats above the shop had also not been serviced or properly inspected, he added.

Miss Skalli had been unable to escape because her sash window could only be opened 4in and the staircase was blocked by smoke, said the spokesman.

The cause of the fire has never been conclusively proven.

Miss Skalli's brother Andrew added: "The actions of Michael Billings have ruined my sister's life.

"We want to remind every landlord that they have a legal and moral obligation to the safety of their tenants, something Billings gave no thought to hence why he has been sentenced."

HSE inspector John Claxton said: "This is the most distressing case I have worked on during my 31 years as a HSE inspector."

Monday 10 May 2010

1 Day Emergency Aid Course HSE Approved 17th June London

Emergency First Aid at Work (1 day) (HSE recommended)
Date: Thursday 17th June 2010 Venue: 78 New Oxford Street London 09.30am – 15.30pm
Cost £90+VAT per delegate
First Aid equipment and first aid trained personnel at the workplace are requirements of Health & Safety law. In emergencies, Emergency First Aiders can act to prevent situations becoming major issues and can limit potential sick leave through prompt action.

This course is for:
Employees who have been nominated as Emergency First Aiders for their workplace. If your risk assessment has shown that First Aiders are not necessary, then this course will provide the skills and knowledge required for Emergency First Aiders to render necessary First Aid in an emergency situation. The course is also suitable for those who wish to gain knowledge of emergency procedures & a HSE approved qualification in First Aid.

Syllabus
Introduction
• Identification of learning needs
• The role of the Appointed person
• Emergency Aid (what is it?)
Primary Survey of a casualty
• Recovery Position
• Rescue Breathing
• CPR
Secondary Survey
• Examination of an unconscious casualty
• Choking
• Recognition & Treatment of Minor and Major bleeding
• Recognition & Treatment of Medical Shock
Duties of an Appointed person
• Emergency communication
• Contents & use of a workplace First Aid kit
• Open plenary session to include subjects identified by students
• Revision

Aim
To provide Emergency First Aiders with the knowledge & skills to summon help & give safe, prompt & effective emergency first aid to a casualty in the workplace following an injury or illness using materials to hand and/or HSE approved first aid equipment.

Objectives
By the end of this course, the student will be able to:
State the role of the Emergency First Aider
Carry out a primary survey of a casualty
To place an unconscious casualty into the recovery position
Carry out effective rescue breathing to current Resuscitation Council guidelines
Carry out effective CPR to current Resuscitation Council guidelines
Recognise and deal with Minor & major cases of bleeding
To recognise and treat a patient suffering from medical shock
Recognise & treat medical emergencies as identified by student group.

Certification
A 3 year Certificate of Competence (Health & Safety approved) will be awarded on successful completion of the course and assessment.

For a booking form contact sarah@rhssltd.co.uk