Cooking on Fire Risk Assessment Template
Create a professional, comprehensive risk assessment for cooking on fire in forest schools settings. Tailor hazards and measures to your needs and download a professional PDF. Add your own branding.
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What this covers.
This template focuses on typical risks and controls for cooking on fire in forest schools settings. You can add, remove or adapt items to match your context.
Potential benefits
- Links fire, fuel, and environmental awareness through natural resource use.
- Promotes healthy relationships with food through shared meal experiences.
- Teaches cooking fundamentals like heating, flipping, and timing using open flames.
- Encourages responsibility for cleanliness, hygiene, and preparation of ingredients.
- Engages all five senses in a rich, real-world context.
Typical hazards & measures
- Sloped or uneven ground — Children help choose a level cooking site and remove rocks or branches. If seated, they check that logs are stable and spaced safely from the fire.
- Low adult-to-child supervision — Staff-to-student ratios are maintained at all times, with experienced leaders ensuring close supervision and appropriate support based on the activity and group needs.
- Inexperience using cooking tools — Tools are introduced one at a time. Children practice with adult supervision and reflect on technique. Skills are built progressively with positive feedback.
- Clothing catching fire — Children wear fire-safe clothing: sleeves rolled up, scarves off, hair tied back. Before cooking, a visual check is done in pairs.
- Cross contamination — Children use colour-coded boards or plates and separate tools for raw and cooked food. They wash hands between tasks and are guided to avoid touching shared items.
How to use this template
- Click Create Risk Assessment: Cooking on Fire to begin immediately.
- Review suggested hazards and measures, then tailor as needed.
- Download your PDF. Create a free account if you want to save.
FAQ
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