Fire Training

Is your business prepared to respond if a fire breaks out on site? Our basic fire fighting course gives employees the practical knowledge and confidence to prevent workplace fires, respond correctly when one starts, and operate a fire extinguisher safely under pressure. It's a foundational part of workplace fire safety, and a practical way to reduce fire risk on your premises.

NOSHC delivers basic fire fighting training to companies across South Africa, with experienced assessors. Our clients come from diverse sectors including manufacturing, forestry, fishing, construction, mining, retail, and other higher-risk industries. Training can be arranged on-site at your premises or at a convenient venue, making it easy to train teams, shifts, or whole sites with minimal disruption to operations.

Why businesses choose our basic fire fighting training

Fire is one of the most serious and immediate risks any workplace faces, and one that regulators and insurers pay close attention to. Untrained staff often hesitate, panic, or make the wrong call when a fire starts - costing critical seconds and putting people and property at risk. Our basic fire fighting course is built around real workplace scenarios, so employees know exactly what to do.

Key benefits for your business:

• Supports your internal fire and emergency procedures, and your broader OHS compliance efforts
• Builds practical, hands-on competence in extinguisher use, not just theory
• Reduces the risk of small incidents escalating into major fires, injuries, or property damage
• Helps you formally appoint and prepare fire fighters and fire wardens for your site
• Strengthens your health and safety file and audit readiness
• Delivered by experienced, registered assessors with a practical, business-focused approach
• Available on-site or at a venue, nationally, to suit your operation. Training is also available online via Zoom or Teams.

What the Basic Fire Fighting Course covers

The course content includes:

• Introduction to the theory of fire, including how fires start and spread
• Classes of fire and the fire triangle
• Fire prevention principles and identifying fire hazards in the workplace
• Types of fire extinguishers and other fire-fighting equipment
• Selecting and using the correct extinguishing method for different classes of fire
• Practical, hands-on fire extinguisher demonstration
• Inspection, care, and maintenance of fire-fighting equipment
• Fire safety signage and equipment placement
• Basic evacuation and emergency response procedures
• The role and responsibilities of appointed fire fighters and fire wardens

This balance of theory and a practical demonstration is what makes the training useful in a real emergency, rather than a box-ticking exercise.

Who this fire fighting training is for

Basic fire fighting training suits any organisation that needs employees who can respond competently and safely if a fire occurs. It's commonly arranged for:

• All employees, as part of general fire awareness and emergency preparedness
• Staff nominated as fire fighters or fire team members for their site or department
• Fire wardens and emergency response personnel
• Supervisors, team leaders, and safety officers responsible for fire risk areas
• Companies in manufacturing, warehousing, construction, mining, forestry, fishing, retail, and other sectors with elevated fire risk

Under the OHS Act, employers are generally expected to make provision for fire detection, fire fighting, and evacuation in the workplace. In practice, this often means nominating and training employees as fire fighters or fire wardens. This course is designed to support that process in a practical, workplace-focused way.

On-Site fire fighting training for companies

To minimise disruption and travel time, we offer on-site basic fire fighting training at your premises, using your own fire equipment and layout wherever practical. This has clear advantages for employers:

• Training is contextualised to your actual site, equipment, and fire risk areas
• No need to release staff to travel to an external venue
• Easier to train larger groups, multiple shifts, or several departments efficiently
• Reduces lost production time compared with off-site training
• Builds site-specific fire response capability, not just generic theory

Where on-site delivery isn't suitable, we can also arrange training at an alternative venue. Either way, scheduling is built around your operational needs.

Basic fire fighting training locations

We provide basic fire fighting training to businesses nationally across South Africa, with regular delivery in major centres including Johannesburg, Pretoria, Durban, Cape Town, Port Elizabeth, and East London, as well as Gauteng more broadly, Pietermaritzburg, Bloemfontein, and Polokwane. Whether you operate from a single site or have teams spread across multiple provinces, we can structure training to match your footprint.

Refresher training: keeping your fire team current

Fire safety knowledge fades over time, and staff turnover means new employees need to be brought up to speed. Many businesses build basic fire fighting training into an annual or periodic refresher cycle, alongside other OHS training, so that:

• Fire fighters, fire wardens, and general staff stay current on procedures and equipment use
• New employees and new fire team appointees are trained promptly
• Practical extinguisher skills are reinforced through repeated hands-on practice
• The business maintains a consistent, audit-ready record of fire training across its workforce

If you already run periodic OHS or safety refresher training, basic fire fighting training fits naturally into that schedule.

Need basic fire fighting training for your staff or site?

Whether you need to train a handful of nominated fire fighters or roll out fire safety awareness across your entire workforce, we can put together a basic fire fighting training solution that fits your site, your industry, and your schedule. Get in touch for a tailored quote based on group size, location, and your training requirements.

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