Fire safety
On this page you will find current fire safety training programmes.
Do you have requests for separate training sessions or training for a specific group? Are you missing a course? Contact our fire safety coordinators.
Email: brandsakerhet@su.se
Basic fire safety training
The training for evacuation leaders is now included in the course ‘Basic fire safety training’.
When
8 April, 09:00–12:00
Where
Södra huset, teaching room F331
From the course content
- The Swedish civil protection act
- Systematic fire protection
- Basic fire knowledge
- Fire progression and time factor
- Human behaviors during evacuation
- Evacuation leader
- Common fire hazards and how they can be prevented, managed and eliminated
- Lessons learned from previous fires
- Structural fire protection
- Task of the fire safety organisation
- Description of firefighting equipment
Fire protection controller
Fire safety training programmes
Here we have compiled more information about the various fire safety training programmes.
Open training
Would you like to order a specific fire safety training course for your organisation? Send a request for the listed courses via the service portal:
- Basic fire safety training (3 hours) Order this course for your institution/department.
- Hands-on fire training (1 hour) Practice using fire extinguishers and fire blankets.
- Web-based fire safety training (0.5 hours) Interactive basic level training conducted on a computer, ending with a knowledge test. Also available in English.
- Hot work (7 hours) Open training.
- Fire safety officer (4 hours) Open online training.
Fire safety officer
The role of the fire safety officer
- Accident Prevention Act
- Responsibilities of the Fire Safety Officer
- Working with fire inspectors/evacuation officers
Background – why prevent?
- Background to the role of the fire safety officer
Systematic fire safety management
- Fire safety documentation
- Fire safety of the organisation
- Emergency plan
- Risk inventory
- Fire safety self-monitoring
- Fire extinguishing equipment
- Training and education
Training is delivered on-site, but is often available as open digital training.
For more information and to register for digital training, see Open training.
Fire protection inspector
- Fire safety organisation
- Preventative work
- Risks and hazards
- Firefighting equipment
- Reporting a fault – where, when and how?
- Practical exercise, self-monitoring
- Follow-up training
- The training includes knowledge of the organisation's systematic fire protection work, as well as specific training to carry out checks and report faults.
Flammable goods Manager
- Law on flammable and explosive goods
- Properties of flammable goods
- Storage requirements
- Role of the manager
- Explosive atmosphere
- Self-monitoring documentation
The course concludes with an outdoor firefighting exercise where you will try out the use of fire extinguishers and fire blankets.
Basic fire safety training
- Accident Prevention Act
- Systematic fire safety work
- Basic fire knowledge
- Fire behaviour and time
- Human behaviour during evacuation
- Common fire hazards and their prevention, control and mitigation
- Lessons learned from previous fires
- Structural fire protection
- Role of the fire safety organisation
- Description of fire safety equipment
The course concludes with a practical outdoor fire-fighting exercise, where you can try out the use of fire extinguishers and fire blankets.