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Staff at 12,000 Schools In The UK Will Need Fire Training Over Next 4 Years

April 4, 2007

Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK

A total of 12,000 primary and secondary schools will be built or renovated under the new Build Schools For the Future Program. It is a massive £36 billion investment in new and renovated schools over the next 4 years to create, according to Gordon Brown, the “most educated nation in the world”. It includes the new building or renovation of 50% of primary schools, 90% of secondary schools and 100 colleges. These developments will be done in three waves across the country.

This creates a huge need for two things; fire safety audits and fire safety training for the teachers and staff. Each new or renovated building will need a fire safety audit to define; future fire risks, evacuation planning and training needed for the teachers and staff. This work must be done by qualified professionals.

The audit must be followed by fire safety training for all teachers and staff. This will be very labour intensive and costly. Each adult working at the school will in general need a full day of training. This day usually includes training of evacuation procedures, when to use fire alarms, how to use a fire extinguisher to put out flames, how to see signs that the fire equipment may have been tampered with and other issues specific to that building.

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