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Fire Lighting Risk Assessment Template
Create a professional, comprehensive risk assessment for fire lighting 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 fire lighting in forest schools settings. You can add, remove or adapt items to match your context.
Potential benefits
Promotes respect for natural elements through direct interaction with fire.
Provides an opportunity to learn essential fire safety skills in a controlled environment.
Reinforces scientific concepts like combustion, fuel sources, and oxygen needs.
Builds confidence and a sense of achievement through successfully lighting a fire.
Enhances understanding of survival techniques through hands-on fire lighting activities.
Typical hazards & measures
Anxiety
— Offer roles like observer or storyteller away from fire. Explain steps in advance, repeat safety rules. Encourage sharing feelings. Allow gradual approach.
Hot ash
— Explain ash retains heat long after flames. Post-fire, stir thoroughly, check with gloved hand. Keep supervising until no warmth. Teach children that non-visible hazards persist.
Missing child / child wandering off
— Carry out headcounts before, during, and after fire activity. Staff are stationed around the site perimeter to maintain oversight. Use clear physical boundaries and establish a “safe return” signal. Any child leaving or re-entering must be escorted by an adult.
Lighting method misuse
— Demonstrate correct striker use: kneel, three‑point stance, strike away from body. Only one child lights cotton wool at a time with adult approval. Emphasise observation before participation.
Misbehaviour
— Set fire circle rules and role-play them. Remove any child breaking safety behaviour immediately. Use positive reinforcement. Debrief actions to reinforce learning.
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