For every worker: how fires start and spread, choosing the right extinguisher, and knowing when not to fight a fire.
Most workplace fires can be prevented by good housekeeping, safe storage of flammable materials and looking after electrical equipment. When a fire does start, the first decision is whether it is safe to fight it at all.
This talk covers the fire triangle, classes of fire, the types of portable extinguisher and fire blanket and what each is for, how to use an extinguisher, when to leave instead, and keeping exits and equipment clear. It does not include hands-on extinguisher practice, which needs a separate practical session.
After the session, participants will be able to:
Yes. The slides, handout and guide are editable, and the facilitator guide marks the places to add your own procedures, contacts and photos of your workplace.
No. It is there if your business wants a record that each worker understood the key points. The attendance record on its own shows who attended and when.
Yes. Presentations, guides, workbooks and templates are supplied in editable formats so you can adapt them to your workplace. The copyright notice must stay.
Yes. The hazards and the controls in each toolbox talk apply in any workplace. The duties slide and the facilitator guide's "check before you deliver" table refer to Australian WHS and OHS laws, licences and standards, so a business elsewhere should swap those for its own country's rules. Everything is editable.
Yes. The package includes an editable certificate template, an attendance record (Word, plus an Excel register) and an optional 10-question multiple-choice assessment with an answer key, so you can record who attended and, if you choose, that each worker understood the key points. It is a certificate of completion issued by your business, not a nationally recognised qualification.
Yes. The packages are designed for face-to-face sessions and work over a video meeting platform. The facilitator guide notes where an activity needs adjusting for online delivery.
Yes, as many times as you like, for your own organisation's workers.
Your rights under the Australian Consumer Law are not affected. See the Refund Policy for how we handle a package that is faulty, not as described, or not what you ordered.
You keep the version you bought for as long as you use it, and corrections to that version are made available to you. A new edition, for example following a significant change in the law, may be sold separately.
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For every worker and regular contractor: what the alarms mean, how to evacuate, where to assemble, and what the wardens need from you.
For workers who weld, cut, grind or braze, and the people around them: how hot work starts fires and explosions, and the permit, fire watch and fume controls.
For workers who use electrical equipment or work near powerlines: how electricity injures, the checks before use, and what to do if someone is shocked.
All 28 toolbox talk awareness packages in one purchase: a year of toolbox talks and more.