Health and Safety Statement
Frontline Fire Training Ltd
Version 2.0
Last updated: 11 August 2026
1. Commitment
Frontline Fire Training Ltd will take reasonably practicable steps to protect the trainer, participants, clients, visitors and others who may be affected by its training activities. Safety takes priority over completing a planned activity.
2. Responsibility
Overall responsibility rests with Guy Cambouropoulos, Director and Trainer. Clients retain control of their premises and responsibility for site conditions, emergency arrangements, first-aid provision and information about relevant local hazards.
3. Scope
Frontline delivers trainer-led fire awareness, fire warden or marshal training and portable firefighting equipment familiarisation. Standard practical familiarisation uses supervised short discharges of water and CO₂ extinguishers at a non-ignited target and may include fire-blanket handling. No live fire is used.
Frontline does not carry out fire risk assessments, inspect or service client equipment, reset alarm systems, run search-and-rescue exercises or train participants as firefighters.
4. Risk assessment
Frontline maintains a master training risk assessment and completes an on-the-day check. Client and booking information is reviewed before delivery. A site-specific addendum or additional competent advice is required where the standard controls are not sufficient.
A booking or activity may be refused, changed, postponed or stopped if information is missing, conditions are unsuitable or the risk falls outside Frontline’s competence, insurance or agreed scope.
5. Client responsibilities
Before delivery, the client must:
• provide accurate pre-course and site information;
• confirm that a suitable training room and, where booked, practical area are available;
• identify relevant hazards, restrictions, permits and site rules;
• confirm emergency, first-aid and incident-reporting arrangements;
• keep uninvolved people away from the practical area;
• provide agreed accessibility arrangements; and
• obtain any landlord, property or internal permission needed for extinguisher discharge.
6. Classroom delivery
The trainer will make a proportionate visual check of access, housekeeping, seating, cables and emergency information. Training stops during a real alarm or other emergency and the client’s procedures apply.
7. Practical equipment familiarisation
Practical activity proceeds only where it is included in the Booking Confirmation and the on-the-day check is satisfactory.
Controls include:
• no live fire and no discharge of the client’s extinguishers;
• water and CO₂ training equipment only;
• an outdoor or otherwise specifically assessed area with adequate space and ventilation;
• a stable non-ignited target and controlled discharge direction;
• clear separation from people, vehicles, doors, air intakes, sensitive equipment and public access;
• one participant operating at a time under direct supervision;
• a safety briefing, demonstration and immediate stop instruction;
• safe handling of the CO₂ horn or discharge assembly to prevent cold injury;
• controls for noise, overspray, wet surfaces, weather and wind direction;
• prompt suspension if equipment, behaviour or conditions are unsuitable; and
• safe transport, storage and post-use handling of equipment.
Fire-blanket handling uses a non-ignited demonstration only.
8. Participation and accessibility
Practical participation is voluntary and observation is an acceptable alternative. Frontline does not require diagnoses or detailed medical information. Participants should identify any functional adjustment they need without disclosing unnecessary health information.
The trainer may prevent or stop participation where behaviour, clothing, footwear, communication, mobility or another observable factor creates an unmanaged risk. This is a safety decision, not an assessment of medical fitness.
9. Equipment
Frontline equipment must be suitable for the intended activity and checked before use. Damaged, discharged, out-of-date or otherwise suspect equipment must not be used. Cylinders must be secured during transport and protected from damage or unauthorised access.
10. Incidents and near misses
Training stops where necessary to protect people. The trainer and client will coordinate immediate assistance and preserve relevant facts. Frontline will record incidents and near misses connected with its work, notify its insurer where appropriate and cooperate with the person responsible for any legally required report.
Responsibility for a RIDDOR report depends on the circumstances and the legally defined responsible person. Frontline will not assume that every incident at a client site is reportable by Frontline.
11. Lone working and travel
Travel, arrival, parking, loading and access risks must be managed proportionately. The trainer will not proceed where access, weather, fatigue, aggression, security or lone-working conditions create an unacceptable risk.
12. Consultation and improvement
Relevant feedback, incidents, near misses, equipment changes and guidance will be considered when reviewing controls. Where a matter is outside Frontline’s competence, appropriate external advice will be sought.
13. Insurance and legal limits
Frontline maintains insurance subject to its policy terms and declared activities. This statement does not guarantee that every site or requested activity is insured or suitable. The agreed scope and current insurance position must be checked where work materially differs from normal delivery.
14. Approval and review
Approved by: Guy Cambouropoulos, Director
Date: 11 August 2026
Review at least annually and after a material incident, equipment change, service change or relevant legal development.