Fire Safety and Evacuation for Accommodation

Course code: FS140

Prevent fires, act fast, and get every guest out safely.

An interactive, self-paced online course for guesthouse, lodge, B&B and hotel teams. Learners inspect a guest room and an escape route for fire hazards, match extinguishers to fires, work through load shedding, laundry and gas risks, watch animated scenarios and answer picture-based quizzes.

Who it is for

Owners, managers, front desk and night staff, housekeeping, kitchen and maintenance staff in guest accommodation.

What the course covers

• Module 1 · How fires start: The fire triangle and the classes of fire, everyday causes in guesthouses, lodges and B&Bs including load shedding, how heat and smoke spread, flashover, and charging, electrical and smoking hazards.
• Module 2 · Prevent, detect and alert: Daily, monthly and yearly checks, smoke detectors and gas safety, raising the alarm, a five step fire risk assessment, the fire file an inspector or insurer will ask for, kitchen and storage risks, and braai, boma and veld fires.
• Module 3 · Using fire equipment: Which extinguisher for which fire, PASS, pan fires and fire blankets, reading an extinguisher and its service tag, using a hose reel, fighting a small fire safely, and what must happen after equipment is used.
• Module 4 · Evacuating guests: Escape routes, the guest register, night evacuation and roll call, guests who need extra help, running and recording fire drills, night shift duties, briefing the fire brigade and what happens after a fire.

How it works

4 modules, each with two interactive lessons, about 6 hours in total, quizzes included. You cannot skip ahead: each lesson unlocks Mark as Complete only when every activity in it is done, and each lesson and quiz opens when the one before it is complete. Each module ends with a 15-question quiz drawn from both lessons (70% to pass). A 30-question final assessment drawn from a bank of over 100 questions (70% to pass) closes the course and unlocks a QR-verified ASC certificate of achievement.

The final assessment is proctored. You need a device with a working camera and microphone, and a quiet place to write it. Copying and pasting are blocked, and the recording is reviewed before your certificate is released.

This is a non-accredited awareness course with a QR-verified ASC certificate of achievement. It does not replace hands-on extinguisher training, fire drills or your local fire department’s requirements.