Safety training available to Warwickshire businesses

Businesses in Warwickshire have been offered a range of training courses to help them become safer and more effective.

Safety in the workplace should be of paramount importance to any employer and Training Services, a training arm within Warwickshire Fire and Rescue Service, delivers courses on various subjects. These include First Aid, Fire Safety, Manual Handling and Evacuation Chair while advice is also available on water and animal awareness training. All courses are certificated and assessed where required.

Depending on the level of training required, First Aid courses are available in four categories: Community First Aid, Emergency First Aid at Work, Paediatric First Aid and Emergency Paediatric First Aid. The service is also now starting to deliver First Aid courses for children, as well as Mental Health First Aid training.

Fire Safety courses are delivered in three categories: Fire Warden, Fire Extinguisher and Fire Awareness. The Fire Warden and Fire Extinguisher courses both offer a theory and practical element of training. The service also carries out annual testing and servicing of private hydrants for businesses in the local area. These tests all comply with the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order of 2005 (article 38).

All courses can be delivered at a time and date to suit the business involved and can be held at either the Fire Station training rooms or a venue of the business's choice.

For more details please telephone 01926 413405, email wfrtrainingservices@warwickshire.gov.uk or vsit Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WFRtrainingservices/ or the service website: https://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/wfrstrainingservice