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Emergency Action and Fire Prevention

Know the alarm, the way out and the fire hazards at your workstation

Duration: 1.5 hours
Modules: 4
Final exam: 70% to pass
Certificate: 12 months

$59

Before you buy: what your employer must also provide

Your employer must review its own emergency action plan and fire prevention plan with you: exit routes, assembly points, alarm signals and your duties. Employees designated to fight fires must also get hands-on extinguisher training. Where extinguishers are provided for employee use, extinguisher education must be repeated every year.

Lifetime access to the course and your certificate
Verifiable Certificate of Completion. Certificate valid for 12 months.
3 exam attempts
Progress saved to your account on every slide
The full course, every module, quiz and the final exam, is available in Spanish. Choose your language inside the course at any time.

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About this course

When an alarm sounds, the people who get out quickly are the ones who already know what the signal means, which way to go, where to report and what not to do. This course teaches the general requirements behind your site's emergency action plan and fire prevention plan, so that your site-specific briefing makes sense and sticks.

You will learn what a workplace emergency is and the minimum elements of an emergency action plan under 29 CFR 1910.38, including when the plan must be written and when your employer must review it with you. You will learn what the employee alarm system must do under 29 CFR 1910.165, what makes an exit route usable under 1910.36 and 1910.37, and how evacuation, critical shutdowns and head counts work. You will learn the fire triangle and fire classes, the fire hazards typical of electronics, aerospace, metal fabrication and warehouse sites, and the content of a fire prevention plan under 29 CFR 1910.39. The last module covers portable fire extinguishers under 29 CFR 1910.157: when to fight and when to leave, the PASS method, monthly and annual checks, and the training the standard requires.

What this course cannot do. It is general awareness training. It does not replace the site-specific review your employer must give you on your own exit routes, assembly point, alarm signals and duties, and it does not replace the hands-on training with real extinguishers that you need if you are designated to fight fires under your site plan. Federal OSHA general industry rules are the baseline; state-plan states such as California may add requirements, and sites outside the US follow their own regulations.

The course closes with a 10-question examination drawn from a bank of 20. On passing you receive a PlanetISO Certificate of Completion for the online instruction, with lifetime access to the course. The certificate is valid for 12 months, because 29 CFR 1910.157(g)(2) requires extinguisher education upon initial employment and at least annually wherever extinguishers are provided for employee use. Federal OSHA sets no fixed refresher interval for the emergency action and fire prevention plan content itself.

What you will be able to do

Describe the minimum elements of an emergency action plan under 29 CFR 1910.38 and when the plan must be reviewed with you.
Explain what an employee alarm system must do and what each alarm signal at your site requires of you.
Recognize a usable exit route and the conditions that make one unsafe, such as locked doors, obstructions and hidden signs.
Evacuate correctly, including critical shutdowns, alternate routes and reporting at the assembly point for the head count.
Identify the fire classes and the fire hazards typical of electronics, aerospace, metal fabrication and warehouse sites.
Describe the elements of a fire prevention plan under 29 CFR 1910.39 and your part in controlling fuel and ignition sources.
Decide when not to fight a fire, describe the PASS method and explain the extinguisher training and inspection requirements of 29 CFR 1910.157.

Course outline

1
Workplace emergencies and the emergency action plan
What counts as a workplace emergency, what an emergency action plan under 29 CFR 1910.38 must contain, when it must be written, and when your employer must review it with you.
About 20 minutes, then a module quiz
2
Alarms, exit routes and evacuation
What the employee alarm system must do under 29 CFR 1910.165, what makes an exit route usable under 1910.36 and 1910.37, and how evacuation, critical shutdowns and head counts work in practice.
About 20 minutes, then a module quiz
3
Fire basics and the fire prevention plan
How fires start and spread, the fire classes, the fire hazards typical of electronics, aerospace and metal fabrication sites, and what a fire prevention plan under 29 CFR 1910.39 contains.
About 20 minutes, then a module quiz
4
Portable fire extinguishers: fight or leave
When an employee may attempt to fight an incipient-stage fire, the PASS method, monthly and annual extinguisher checks, and what 29 CFR 1910.157(g) requires for training, including the hands-on practice this course cannot provide.
About 20 minutes, then a module quiz
Final examination and certificate
10 questions drawn from the course bank. Score 70% or higher to receive your Certificate of Completion.

Who it is for

Production, assembly, machining and test employees in manufacturing plants
Warehouse, stores, shipping and receiving staff
Supervisors, team leaders and evacuation wardens who need refresher awareness
New starters, temporary workers and office staff on manufacturing sites

Prerequisites

None.

Questions

Does this course meet OSHA's emergency action plan training requirement?

Not on its own. 29 CFR 1910.38 requires your employer to review the site's plan with you when you are assigned, when your duties change and when the plan changes. That review covers your routes, alarms, assembly point and duties. This course gives you the general knowledge that supports it and a record of completion.

Does this course qualify me to use a fire extinguisher?

No. It provides the kind of general education described in 29 CFR 1910.157(g)(1), which must be repeated at least annually. If you are designated under the emergency action plan to use extinguishers, 1910.157(g)(3) also requires training in the use of that equipment, and OSHA defines training as including hands-on practice. OSHA has explained that hands-on training need not involve live fire but should at minimum include actually discharging an extinguisher. Only your employer can arrange that practice.

Is this an OSHA-approved course?

OSHA does not approve or certify training providers or courses of this kind. The course is built on the federal OSHA general industry standards, cited throughout, and it does not make anyone OSHA certified or qualified.

My site is in a state-plan state or outside the US. Is the course still useful?

Yes. The principles are the same everywhere. State plans such as Cal/OSHA may add requirements, and local fire codes often add drills and inspections. Outside the US, your own country's regulations apply.

What certificate do I receive?

A PlanetISO Certificate of Completion for the online instruction, showing the course title, your name and your exam result. It is valid for 12 months, matching the annual extinguisher education required by 29 CFR 1910.157(g)(2) where extinguishers are provided for employee use. If your site requires total evacuation and employees do not use extinguishers, that annual requirement does not apply to you.

What happens if I fail the exam?

You have 3 attempts. Each attempt draws a different 10-question set from the bank of 20, and module quizzes can be retaken without limit to prepare.

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About this course

What you will be able to do

Course outline

Workplace emergencies and the emergency action plan

Alarms, exit routes and evacuation

Fire basics and the fire prevention plan

Portable fire extinguishers: fight or leave

Final examination and certificate

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