Fire Prevention on Construction Sites

Fire Prevention on Construction Sites
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Fire Prevention on Construction Sites

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For construction workers and the supervisors who run the site: keep fire extinguishers where they belong and reachable, know how the site alarm works, control ignition sources, and store materials and flammable liquids so a fire cannot start or spread.

This certificate records completion of awareness training based on OSHA 29 CFR 1926.150, 1926.151 and 1926.152(a)(1), (a)(2) and (b)(1). It is not an OSHA card or license, and it does not by itself meet the training requirements of 29 CFR 1926.21(b)(2) and (b)(5). Sections 1926.150, 1926.151 and 1926.152 have no worker training paragraph of their own. Your employer must still instruct each employee in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions and the regulations applicable to their work environment, and instruct employees required to handle or use flammable liquids, gases, or toxic materials in the safe handling and use of these materials and make them aware of the specific requirements contained in subparts D, F, and other applicable subparts of Part 1926.

What you will learn

  • Check that fire extinguishers are the right rating, in the right places, and never blocked
  • Raise the alarm using the site's system, and keep sprinklers and standpipes in service
  • Control ignition sources: smoking, engine exhaust and temporary buildings
  • Store combustible materials and flammable liquids so fire cannot start or spread

Course outline

  1. Fire extinguishers and equipment: The program and the equipment; How many extinguishers, and where
  2. Alarms, sprinklers and standpipes: Raising the alarm and keeping protection in service
  3. Controlling ignition sources: Smoking, engines and temporary buildings
  4. Storing materials and flammable liquids: Yard and indoor storage; Flammable liquids: the basics
  5. On the job

Course facts

  • Who it is for: Worker, Supervisor
  • Time: about 20 minutes, on your phone or computer
  • Final quiz pass mark: 80%, with a certificate employers can verify
  • Based on OSHA 29 CFR 1926.150 (fire protection), 1926.151 (fire prevention) and 1926.152(a)-(b) (flammable liquids)

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