Fire Prevention and Control
Prevent ignition and fire spread while maintaining alarm, escape, firefighting and coordination arrangements.
How to prepare for SSSTS
Connect each duty and hazard to the supervisor's workface sequence: check the task and RAMS, brief the team, establish controls, observe and intervene, then report and learn.
Core concepts
Concept 1
Fire risk assessment considers fuel, ignition, oxygen, people at risk and the changing construction state.
Exam cue: Remove combustible loading before approving hot work.
Concept 2
Hot work, temporary electrics, charging, heaters and dangerous substances require controlled arrangements.
Exam cue: Check escape distance, route condition, lighting, signage and final exits.
Concept 3
Alarm, escape, assembly, roll call and liaison must work for workers, visitors and vulnerable people.
Exam cue: Coordinate site arrangements with occupied premises and emergency services where relevant.
Risk pitfalls and guardrails
Using a hot-work permit as the physical control.
Guardrail: Do not use a signature, course certificate or verbal instruction as a substitute for a missing competent plan or physical control.
Blocking temporary escape routes with deliveries.
Guardrail: Do not use a signature, course certificate or verbal instruction as a substitute for a missing competent plan or physical control.
Assuming extinguishers make evacuation unnecessary.
Guardrail: Do not use a signature, course certificate or verbal instruction as a substitute for a missing competent plan or physical control.
Memory anchors
Fuel, Heat, Oxygen
Break the fire triangle at source.
Permit Plus Controls
Authorisation does not replace preparation and watch.
Alarm, Escape, Account
Warn, evacuate and confirm people are safe.
Build Changes Fire
Reassess as compartments and routes change.
Checkpoint rule
Do the check-up only after you can summarize each concept in one sentence and identify one dangerous pitfall from memory.
Knowledge Check (after reading)
Short check-up to confirm understanding of this module.
Check-up Questions
Next step personalized recommendations
Continue learning
Move forward only after this module is stable.
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