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
- Teaches cooking fundamentals like heating, flipping, and timing using open flames.
- Builds practical skills and confidence by teaching safe fire-starting techniques using natural materials and tools.
- Engages all five senses in a rich, real-world context.
- Promotes healthy relationships with food through shared meal experiences.
- Develops teamwork as children take turns managing cooking stations or food items.
Typical hazards & measures
- 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.
- 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.
- Smoke inhalation — Children are encouraged to notice wind shifts and move if smoke drifts toward them. “White rabbit” breathing trick is taught to manage mild smoke exposure. Activity is paused if persistent.
- Wandering away from cooking area — Group stays within a defined boundary. Children are given roles (e.g. wood collector, cook, helper) to keep engaged. Regular check-ins ensure all are present.
- Cooking near animal droppings or fungi — Site is checked together and any hazards are flagged. Children are taught how to spot and avoid droppings or unfamiliar growths.
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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