HTM: Healthcare Premises

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Target audience

Fire safety officers, inspectors, fire engineers, building control officers, risk assessors, building managers, fire safety professionals, hospital fire safety managers and advisers.

Aim

To provide delegates with a knowledge of the Firecode series so they can apply them to design, management and use of healthcare premises.

Core Topic Areas

On course completion, delegates should have an understanding of:

• Health Technical Memorandums (HTMs) series
• HTM 05.01: Managing healthcare fire safety
• HTM 05.02: Functional provisions in healthcare
• HTM 05.03: Part A General Fire Safety
• HTM 05.03: Part D Commercial enterprises
• Lessons from previous hospital case studies
• Responding to a 3-storey hospital ward extension
• Assessing suitability of a Hospital Fire Policy
• Audit planning for healthcare premises

The course focuses on:

• Firecode Guides: Functional provision in healthcare
• Application of Firecode Guides to design, fire risk assessment and auditing of healthcare premises
• Areas include geriatric, secure mental health, infectious diseases, obstetrics and gynaecology. Day surgeries, clinics, pharmacy, outpatients, radiotherapy, operating theatres, administration blocks and shops.

Assessment

Assessment of course work is assessment criteria from National Occupational Standards.