Overview

Fire & Safety Awareness for Kitchens course provides practical safety guidance for employees working in kitchen, food preparation, and back-of-house environments. The course focuses on recognizing fire risks, heat-related hazards, and common injury exposures associated with kitchen operations.

This course is designed for real-world food service conditions.

Course Description

Commercial kitchens present potential hazards that are not found at other types of work environments. These hazards include hot surfaces, hot liquids, open flame as well as slips, trips and falls. These hazards can also be compounded by close working conditions and the rapid pace of food preparation work. This short-format course addresses the dominant safety risks present in kitchen and food preparation environments. Instruction emphasizes fire awareness, hazard recognition, prevention strategies relevant to fast-paced culinary workplaces, as well as incident awareness ad response actions.

Our training reflects the operational realities of commercial kitchen settings.

Learning Objectives

Core Topics Covered

• Fire risks and heat-related hazards
• Grease fire awareness and prevention
• Safe equipment and hot-surface practices
• Slips, trips, and congestion hazards
• Electrical and cord safety considerations
• Cuts, burns, and common injury exposures
• Emergency awareness and response actions

Compliance and Certification Requirements

Participants who complete this course will receive a Certificate of Participation – Fire & Safety Awareness for Kitchens

Audience

This course is appropriate for:

✔ Restaurant & café workers
✔ Grocery store deli staff
✔ Food preparation personnel
✔ Kitchen and back-of-house teams
✔ Catering & food service operations