Health, Safety and Emergency Response
What the domain tests
This domain covers risk assessment, personal safety, fire and emergency response, first aid and evacuation. The exam expects a sequence: protect yourself, raise the alarm, assist within your training, and report.
Core rules
- PPE and safe systems: wear issued uniform and safety shoes, use gloves for first aid or waste, keep walkways and fire exits clear, and report hazards such as loose wiring, wet floors or broken lighting.
- Fire: know the fire triangle (fuel, oxygen, heat), alarm points, extinguisher types and assembly point. Never use water on electrical or oil fires; use CO2 or dry powder as appropriate and only if trained and the fire is small.
- Evacuation: raise the alarm, call the emergency number, guide people to exits, check accessible routes, and account for visitors at the assembly point. Do not re-enter.
- First aid: follow consent, infection control and your training; call emergency services for serious injury; record what you saw and did.
- Drills: participate, note problems, and report them; do not treat a drill as a joke.
Worked example
A guard smells burning near a server room. Reasoning: smoke may mean electrical fire. The guard does not throw water. He activates the alarm, calls the control room and fire service, clears the corridor, directs staff to the assembly point and keeps the server-room door closed. He gives the fire service the exact location and any known hazards.
Traps
Playing hero, using the wrong extinguisher, blocking exits with stock, delaying the alarm to check first, moving an injured person unnecessarily, or failing to record the drill or incident.