Safety training
GWO Basic Safety Training / V20 10032026
11. FIRE AWARENESS INITIAL TRAINING
11.1 Aims and Objectives of Fire Awareness Initial Training The aim of this training is to enable the participants to prevent fires, make appropriate judgements when evaluating a fire, manage evacuation of personnel and ensure all are safely accounted for in the event of an unmanageable fire. If the incident is judged to be safe, the participants should be able to efficiently extinguish an initial fire by using basic handheld firefighting equipment.
After having successfully completed Fire Awareness Initial Training, the participants will have the ability to:
1) Act independently to identify fire hazards and prevent fires in a wind turbine environment (Ability, intermediate level)
2) Take responsibility for assessing a fire and, if needed, be able to select the right extinguishing media according to the fire classes (Ability, intermediate level)
3) Take responsibility for the evacuation of personnel and ensure all are safely accounted for in the event of an unmanageable fire (Ability, intermediate level)
4) Act independently in efficiently extinguishing an initial fire by using basic handheld firefighting equipment, if the incident is judged to be safe (Ability, intermediate level)
11.2 Duration of the Fire Awareness Initial Training
The total contact time for completing the Fire Awareness Initial Training is to be 3 hours and 20 minutes.
The training provider must not exceed the times per day given in the table below.
Maximum Duration Per Day
Contact time
8 hours
Total training day
10 hours
Table 11.2.1 – Maximum durations for training day
Contact time includes delivery of course lesson contents, practical exercises and activities directly related to these.
Note
The total training day includes contact time, meals and breaks and travel between training sites (where applicable).
Global Wind Organisation ©2026/ www.globalwindsafety.org
104 / 341
Made with FlippingBook Digital Proposal Creator