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Fire Safety and Prevention
Learn workplace fire safety and prevention in this 60-minute online course: the fire triangle and classes of fire, common workplace fire hazards, lithium-ion batteries, compressed gas, fire safety signs and emergency response. Earn a certificate when you pass.
A fire can move through a workplace faster than most workers can react. The gap between a near-miss and a serious injury is often a single decision made in the wrong moment. This fire safety and prevention online course gives you the practical knowledge to recognize hazards before they ignite, respond correctly when conditions change, and follow the established procedures that protect people and property.
From the chemistry of combustion and WHMIS hazard communication to flammable liquid storage, fire extinguisher use, and emergency evacuation, this fire safety course covers every major hazard category you are likely to encounter on a Canadian job site.
Course Overview
This fire safety and prevention course is built around learning modules that move from foundational fire science through to emergency response. The course is structured around the following modules:
- Understanding Fire: The Fire Triangle, Tetrahedron, and Classes of Fire
- Common Workplace Fire Hazards
- Electrical Hazards, Lithium-Ion Batteries, and Compressed Gas Cylinders
- Types of Fire Safety Signs and Colour Coding
- Hazard Communication and WHMIS
- Everyone’s Role in Fire Safety and Your Three Rights
- Flammable Liquids: Storage, Bonding, and Grounding
- GHS and TDG
- Personal Protective Equipment
- Fire Safety Equipment
- Emergency Planning, Evacuation, and Hot Work
Each module builds on the last. By the time you reach evacuation and hot work procedures, you already carry the hazard-recognition and communication skills that make those steps meaningful in practice.
Fire science, hazard controls, and emergency procedures are all covered.
What You’ll Learn
This fire safety and prevention training covers the decisions, documents, and physical tasks you need to handle fire risk at work.
Fire science and hazard recognition
- Describe the fire triangle and fire tetrahedron, and explain how removing any one element stops combustion.
- Identify common workplace fire hazards and the controls that reduce or eliminate each one.
Hazardous materials and storage
- List safe charging, storage, and handling practices for lithium-ion batteries and compressed gas cylinders.
- List safe handling and storage practices for flammable liquids, including bonding and grounding requirements.
Hazard communication
- Explain the key elements of WHMIS labels and Safety Data Sheets as they relate to fire risk.
- Identify GHS pictograms and TDG hazard classes relevant to fire safety.
Signs, rights, and responsibilities
- Recognize fire safety signs and their colour-coded meanings so you can navigate any facility quickly.
- Describe the three worker rights and the responsibilities of employers, supervisors, and workers in a fire-safe workplace.
Equipment and emergency response
- Describe the types of fire extinguishers and demonstrate the PASS technique for safe, effective use.
- Explain the steps of a workplace fire evacuation, from alarm recognition through to assembly point procedures.
- Describe the requirements for hot work permits and fire watch procedures that govern high-risk tasks.
Assessment and completion
- Work through a graded assessment requiring a score of 80% or higher to earn your certificate of completion.
The PASS technique, WHMIS labels, evacuation steps, and hot work permits are all addressed.
Who Should Take This Course?
- Maintenance and trades workers. You perform hot work, handle compressed gas cylinders, or work near flammable materials and need documented fire safety training on file.
- Warehouse and storage personnel. You manage flammable liquids, lithium-ion battery charging stations, or hazardous goods and must follow safe storage and handling procedures every shift.
- Supervisors and team leads. You are responsible for ensuring your crew can identify fire hazards, read WHMIS labels, and execute an evacuation correctly.
- New hires and onboarding workers. You need a foundational fire safety credential before stepping onto a job site or into a facility.
- Health and safety committee members. You review fire emergency plans, conduct workplace inspections, and need a working knowledge of GHS, TDG, and fire equipment.
- Any worker in a Canadian workplace. You work where fire risk is present and a verifiable certificate of completion is required to document your training.
Why Take This Course?
Workplace fires follow predictable patterns. Improperly stored flammable liquids, overcharged lithium-ion batteries, uncontrolled hot work, and misread safety signs are the recurring causes. Workers who can name those hazards are positioned to interrupt them.
The cost of a preventable fire is measurable. Injuries, lost production, equipment replacement, and the human toll of a serious incident are all outcomes that trained workers can interrupt before they occur.
WHMIS and GHS requirements demand more than awareness. Workers handling chemicals or dangerous goods need to read a Safety Data Sheet and identify a pictogram accurately. This fire safety course covers both, specifically in the context of fire risk.
Hot work is one of the leading ignition sources in industrial environments. The permit and fire watch procedures in this course are the operational controls that keep those tasks from becoming incidents.
Key Benefits
- Certificate of completion included. You receive a printable, verifiable credential upon passing the 80% assessment, ready to submit to an employer or drop into a safety file.
- Hazard controls you apply on your next shift. From flammable liquid storage procedures to the PASS technique, every skill in this fire safety and prevention course maps to a physical task or a workplace document.
- Completed in 60 minutes. The entire course fits within a single work break or lunch period, with no scheduling conflict and no travel required.
- Skills that hold across job sites and industries. Fire triangle principles, GHS pictograms, and evacuation procedures stay with you when you change employers or move between facilities.
- Priced at $29.99. That is one of the lowest per-worker costs available for a certificate-bearing fire safety course with a graded assessment.
Need a system to store and manage the certificates your team earns? BIS Training Record Management keeps completion records organized and audit-ready.
Course Details
- Duration: 60 minutes
- Format: Online, self-paced
- Pass mark: 80%
- Certificate: Certificate of completion included
- Price: $29.99
Frequently Asked Questions
How long does the fire safety and prevention course take to complete?
The Fire Safety and Prevention course takes 60 minutes. You can complete it in a single session during a work break or lunch period.
What score do I need to pass the fire safety course?
You need 80% or higher on the graded assessment to earn your certificate of completion.
Is a certificate included when I complete the fire safety and prevention course?
Yes, the Fire Safety and Prevention course includes a certificate of completion, issued automatically once you pass the assessment.
Who should take this fire safety and prevention online course?
Any worker, supervisor, or health and safety committee member who handles flammable materials, operates in environments with fire risk, or needs a documented fire safety credential will benefit from this course.
What does the fire safety course cover in terms of hazard communication?
The course covers WHMIS labels and Safety Data Sheets, GHS pictograms, and TDG hazard classes, all addressed specifically in the context of fire risk.
How much does the fire safety and prevention course cost?
The Fire Safety and Prevention course is priced at $29.99.
Enrol in the Fire Safety and Prevention course today and earn your certificate of completion in 60 minutes for $29.99.
Course Details
Course Length
This course will take roughly 60 minutes
Passing Mark
To pass this training course, you need to score 80% or higher on the quiz
Certificate
Upon the successful completion of this course a certificate with your name will be stored on your profile and available to print
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