We offer a variety of Fire Safety Training services...

The Derbyshire Fire and Rescue Service Training Centre is split over three sites.  The Littleover Headquarters site houses the Training Centre administration, lecture facilities and residential accommodation.  The Kingsway site is the location for the operational training facilities for breathing apparatus training, recruit, road traffic accident and first responder training.

The Ripley site is the location for the driving school unit and in addition to these facilities the Alfreton Community Fire Station can also be used for training purposes.

The section has a team of twenty.  This is made up of 17 uniformed, two support staff instructors and two full time equivalent administration staff.

The centre offers a wide range of courses designed to meet the training requirements of Derbyshire Fire and Rescue Service and also provides recruit training courses and Health and Safety courses for other fire services.

Industrial Training Section

The unit is based at our Headquarters site at Littleover.  It provides training courses, which are individually tailored to meet the needs of external organisations.

The industrial training team is made up of two full time equivalent staff and they are committed to providing the best training available to industry and commerce.

Courses include Fire Safety, Fire Extinguisher and Fire Warden's Courses.

Course duration varies from two-hour “in house” training to five day courses based at the Kingsway Training Centre.

If you want any more information, please contact Roy Sands or Garry Wain on 01332 777012 or please use the Contact Form  

CONTENTS OF A ONE DAY INDUSTRIAL FIRE WARDEN COURSE

This course is provided by our Training Centre to advise and train members of staff in more depth than the basic two hour Industrial Course. It is aimed at staff who are to become firm's Fire Safety Officers or Fire Wardens.

The course is held at the Fire & Rescue Service Headquarters, Burton Road, Littleover, Derby.

Subjects covered in this course include:-

• Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order
• Fire Prevention Legislation - Health and Safety at Work Act
• Means of Escape - Basic Principles
• Fire Procedures - Drills
• Understanding Fire Chemistry and Combustion
• Procedure for Checking Rooms/Areas during Evacuation
• Fire Extinguishing Equipment
• Practical Exercise in Evacuation Procedures and identifying hazards
• Demonstration and Practical Use of Fire Extinguishing Equipment
• This course can be adjusted to suit a firms fire risks.

CONTENTS OF A TWO HOUR IN-HOUSE FIRE SAFETY COURSE

This course is designed to make staff at your business aware of the dangers of fire and give them the confidence to go through correct fire procedures and tackle the fire in its early stages.

Subjects covered in this course include:-

• Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, who it applies to, duties of employer and employees regarding fire
• Causes of fire
• Triangle of Combustion
• Methods of Extinguishing Fire
• How Fire Spreads
• Fire Routine Details - What to do on discovering a Fire
• Purpose of Drills
• Use of Fire Alarm Call Points
• Fire Extinguishing Equipment
• Procedure for Checking Rooms/Areas during Evacuation
• Demonstration and practical use of Extinguishers
• Courses can be altered to suit business needs.