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Fire Safety and Emergency Preparedness

Every workplace needs an emergency plan and people who know what to do when the alarm goes. Fire classes, the right extinguisher, how an evacuation is run and the plan the Regulations require.
What You Will Learn
- Explain the fire triangle and identify common ignition and fuel sources in the workplace
- Match the six Australian classes of fire (A to F) with the correct extinguisher types
- Describe what an emergency plan must include under WHS Regulation 43
- Outline how evacuations are organised under AS 3745, including warden roles and evacuation diagrams
- Apply the PASS method correctly and recognise when a fire should not be fought
Course Content
- Fire safety starts with understanding how fire works
- By the end of this course, you'll be able to:
- Every fire needs three things at the same time. Remove one and it goes out
- Common workplace fuels are everywhere you look
- Ignition sources are the sparks that set fuel alight
- Good fire prevention is mostly good housekeeping
- Under WHS law, fire is managed like any other risk
- Using the wrong extinguisher can be useless, or deadly
- There are six Australian classes of fire, A to F
- All Australian extinguishers are red: the coloured band tells you the type
- Two agents must NEVER touch electrical or oil fires
- Extinguishers must be selected, located and maintained to standard
- The law requires planning, not just equipment
- Regulation 43 spells out what the plan must provide for
- Emergencies are broader than fire alone
- A plan that sits in a folder protects no one
- Where the emergency plan duty sits where you work
- As a worker, your responsibilities are simple but essential
- AS 3745 is the benchmark for organising your emergency response
- AS 3745 builds your response on two key structures
- Coloured hats tell you who is running the evacuation
- The evacuation procedure follows a clear sequence
- Evacuation diagrams must be displayed and kept current
- Portable extinguishers are for one job: knocking down a small fire
- Your first actions come before any extinguisher, in order
- The PASS method is how you actually use an extinguisher
- You get one short attempt: most extinguishers empty in under a minute
- Know when to fight a fire, and when to walk away
- No property is worth a life: choosing not to fight is a valid response
- Now put it all together
- The five things to carry away
Who This Course Is For
All workers in offices, warehouses, retail, hospitality and industrial settings, plus anyone nominated to support workplace emergency procedures.
Written by Kam Askari, Managing Director of Creative Directions Management Consulting Pty Ltd, ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and ISO 45001 Lead Auditor. MBA, Graduate Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety, MAICD. Checked against the sources listed below.
Sources and Legal References
This course is aligned to 20 official sources. Legal and regulatory references checked between 13 August 2026 and 1 November 2026.
Sources and Further Reading
This course draws on the following official sources. Always rely on the current version on the regulator’s website.
- LegislationWork Health and Safety Act 2011 (Qld)As at 13/08/2026
- LegislationWork Health and Safety Regulation 2011 (Qld)As at 13/08/2026
- LegislationWork Health and Safety (General) Regulations 2022 (WA)As at 02/09/2026
- LegislationOccupational Health and Safety Act 2004 (Vic)As at 13/08/2026
- LegislationWork Health and Safety Act 2020 (WA)As at 13/08/2026
- Australian StandardAS 1851As at 03/09/2026
- Australian StandardAS 2444As at 03/09/2026
- Australian StandardAS 3745As at 03/09/2026
- LegislationWork Health and Safety Act 2011 No 10 (NSW)As at 03/10/2026
- LegislationWork Health and Safety Regulation 2025 (NSW)As at 03/10/2026
- Code of PracticeCode of Practice: Managing the work environment and facilities (NSW), SafeWork NSW, August 2019As at 03/10/2026
- LegislationWork Health and Safety Act 2011 (ACT)As at 31/10/2026
- LegislationWork Health and Safety Regulation 2011 (ACT)As at 31/10/2026
- LegislationWork Health and Safety (National Uniform Legislation) Act 2011 (NT)As at 31/10/2026
- LegislationWork Health and Safety (National Uniform Legislation) Regulations 2011 (NT)As at 31/10/2026
- LegislationWork Health and Safety Act 2012 (SA)As at 13/09/2026
- LegislationWork Health and Safety Regulations 2012 (SA)As at 13/09/2026
- LegislationWork Health and Safety Act 2012 (Tas)As at 31/10/2026
- LegislationWork Health and Safety Regulations 2022 (Tas)As at 31/10/2026
- LegislationOccupational Health and Safety Regulations 2017 (Vic)As at 01/11/2026
Always rely on the current version on the regulator’s website.
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What You Get
Certificate of Completion
This is to certify that
has successfully completed
All learning modules and the final assessment
Kam Askari
Director, Creative Directions Management Consulting Pty Ltd
This is a certificate of completion of a non-accredited professional development course. It is not a nationally recognised qualification, a VET statement of attainment, a competency card, a licence, or evidence of competency. It is issued by Creative Directions Management Consulting Pty Ltd, which is not a Registered Training Organisation.
Sample layout. Certificate ID WP-SAMPLE-0001 verifies as Hazardous Manual Tasks and Manual Handling Safety.
- Certificate verified by its ID
- 100% online, self-paced
- Six months of access
Bought for yourself: six months of access from the day you pay. Team seat: six months from the day the worker activates their code.
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