Fire safety training online for workplaces in Ireland

What employers in Ireland look for in an online fire safety certificate

Irish law expects your employer to plan for emergencies, including fire-fighting and evacuation, and to train you in the measures to take. Your employer decides what training you need, based on its own risk assessment and emergency plan. When an employer checks a fire safety certificate, they usually look for:

• Content written around Irish law. The Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005, the General Application Regulations 2007 and the Fire Services Act 1981, not the UK fire safety rules.
• The right emergency numbers and procedures. Calling 112 or 999, raising the alarm, following the emergency plan and evacuating safely.
• A clear, verifiable record. The course name, hours of learning and completion date.
• A refresh date. The 2005 Act expects training to be adapted as risks change and, as appropriate, repeated periodically.

Lift College's certificate does each of these. It records Fire Safety Training (Ireland), 2 hours of learning, your completion date and a recommended refresh date 12 months on, with a unique certificate number and a verification link. Your employer will also show you the emergency plan for your own workplace, and the course prepares you to follow it.

What the Lift College course covers

There are 5 short modules, each with a knowledge check, then a multiple choice final test with an 80% pass mark and unlimited free retakes.

1. How fires start. The fire triangle of heat, fuel and oxygen, common causes of workplace fires and how small habits prevent them.
2. Preventing fire at work. Housekeeping, safe storage, electrical safety and keeping emergency routes and exits clear.
3. Irish fire safety law. What the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005, the 2007 General Application Regulations and the Fire Services Act 1981 expect.
4. Emergency plans and evacuation. Raising the alarm, calling 112 or 999, evacuating by the nearest safe route and reporting to the assembly point.
5. Fire-fighting equipment. The main extinguisher types, which fires they suit, and the role of employees designated in the emergency plan.

By the end you can identify common fire hazards and help remove them, describe employer and employee duties under Irish safety law, call the emergency services, follow your workplace emergency plan, recognise the main extinguisher types and keep emergency routes and exits clear.

The Irish law it is written around

• Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005, sections 10 and 11. Employers must prepare emergency plans covering first aid, fire-fighting and evacuation, and designate employees to implement them (section 11). Training must cover the measures to take in an emergency, in a form and language employees are likely to understand (section 10).
• Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005, section 13. Employees must take reasonable care of themselves and others, co-operate with their employer, attend training their employer reasonably requires and report dangers.
• Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (General Application) Regulations 2007 (S.I. No. 299 of 2007). Emergency routes and exits must be kept clear (regulation 12). Workplaces must have appropriate fire-fighting equipment and, as necessary, fire detectors and an alarm system (regulation 13).
• Fire Services Act 1981, section 18. Section 18 applies to certain premises, such as those providing sleeping accommodation, treatment or care, entertainment, instruction or training, or access for members of the public. The person in control of these premises must take all reasonable measures to guard against fire and, as far as is reasonably practicable, ensure the safety of people on the premises if a fire breaks out. Everyone on these premises must act so that, as far as is reasonably practicable, no one is exposed to danger from fire because of what they do or fail to do.

How Lift College compares with other providers

Details below are as each provider shows them on its own website, checked 11 October 2026. Prices are shown in the currency each provider uses. "Check provider" means the page did not state it.

With Lift College the £19.99 is the full price for one learner, with nothing added at checkout, and the refresher is free when your recommended refresh date arrives.

Who it suits

Fire Safety Training (Ireland) is for every employee working in the Republic of Ireland. It is for you if:

• you work in an office, shop, hotel, school or care setting in Ireland
• you are a new starter and fire safety is part of your induction
• you are a designated employee in your workplace emergency plan
• your employer has asked you to complete annual fire safety training
• you manage a small business and want your team trained on the basics

If you work in England, Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland, take Fire Safety Training instead, which covers UK fire safety law; our UK fire safety guide explains it. See every course on the health and safety courses page or browse all Lift College CPD courses. Buying for a team? Ask about team enrolment.

Enrol on Fire Safety Training (Ireland) for £19.99 and start module 1 the minute you pay. Ask within 14 days of paying and we refund you in full.