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Training Locations
Indoor fire extinguisher handling training is available throughout Switzerland, with sessions organised directly at your buildings and business premises.
SafetyFirst regularly operates in French-speaking Switzerland, German-speaking Switzerland and, depending on requirements, Italian-speaking Switzerland, adapting the training to each site’s organisational realities, technical constraints and specific requirements.
The INTERIEUR module allows training to be delivered:
- directly in your occupied premises,
- in administrative, educational or hospital buildings,
- in buildings open to the public,
- without the use of a real outdoor fire.
This approach enables teams to train in their usual working environment, incorporating your internal alarm and evacuation procedures while ensuring maximum safety.
Practical Information
Duration: half a day to one day, depending on the selected format
Participants: up to 12 people per session, ensuring individually tailored practical training
Prerequisites: none – training is open to all adults in the workplace
Format: face-to-face indoor training, alternating between theory and practical exercises using simulated fire and smoke
Training languages:
🇫🇷 French
🇬🇧 English
🇩🇪 German
Target audience:
businesses, public administrations, healthcare facilities (EMS), schools, hotels, shops, buildings open to the public and safety officers.
Equipment provided:
complete indoor fire simulation equipment (simulated flames, non-toxic cold smoke, full-weight training extinguishers and manual alarm call points).
Certificate:
SafetyFirst certificate of participation – Indoor Fire Extinguisher Handling Training.
Realistic Fire Training in an Occupied Building
Corporate or On-Site Training: Vaud, Geneva, Fribourg, Neuchâtel, Valais and Jura
The SafetyFirst “INTERIEUR” training enables your employees to train in indoor fire extinguisher handling, directly at your premises, without actual combustion, persistent odours or disruption to your operations.
Using complete indoor fire simulation equipment, participants train in a realistic, secure and fully controlled environment.
The module uses simulated flames, non-toxic cold smoke without residue and training extinguishers that faithfully reproduce the weight, size and ergonomics of a real extinguisher.
This innovative approach recreates a fire scenario in an occupied building while ensuring maximum safety and full compatibility with sensitive environments.
Target Audience for the INTERIEUR Training
The INTERIEUR training is designed for organisations wishing to organise indoor fire extinguisher training without a real fire, in buildings that remain operational.
It is particularly suitable for:
- administrative headquarters and office buildings,
- healthcare facilities and EMS facilities,
- schools and universities,
- shops, hotels and facilities welcoming the public,
- buildings open to the public requiring a high level of safety.
This module is ideal when using a real outdoor fire is not possible or when the environment requires indoor fire training without real smoke.
Objectives of the INTERIEUR Training
By the end of the training, participants will be able to:
- recognise the outbreak of a fire and quickly assess the situation,
- raise the alarm using a manual fire alarm call point,
- select the appropriate type of extinguisher for the scenario,
- master the correct stance and extinguishing technique,
- extinguish a simulated fire in a controlled manner,
- understand the limits of intervention and initiate an evacuation if necessary,
- actively contribute to securing and evacuating the building.
Training Content of the INTERIEUR Module
The INTERIEUR training uses complete indoor fire simulation equipment, including:
- simulated flames without actual combustion,
- cold simulation smoke that is non-toxic and leaves no residue,
- manual alarm call points for initiating scenarios,
- simulation extinguishers that faithfully reproduce the weight and ergonomics of real equipment.
Participants are trained in the complete chain of response:
- detecting the outbreak of a fire,
- raising the alarm,
- intervening with a simulation extinguisher,
- securing the area,
- evacuating if necessary.
Indoor Fire Prevention with SafetyFirst
By choosing SafetyFirst for your fire extinguisher training, you benefit from an innovative training solution that enables realistic and completely safe practice.
The INTERIEUR module is a modern fire prevention measure adapted to occupied buildings, complementing traditional fire training with a real fire.
Sessions are led by SafetyFirst-certified instructors who are fire safety specialists and experts in emergency management. Their expertise ensures a high level of training realism, in line with VKF directives, while respecting the constraints of your working environment.
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Your advantages with SafetyFirst
Interactive training
Our training courses combine interactivity and practice for a dynamic and engaging safety learning experience.
Customised training
We value your time: courses are scheduled around your availability to minimise operational disruption.
Certified Training
We incorporate international safety standards, finely tuned to your company’s local specifics.
Indoor Fire Simulation: How Does the Technology Work?
Indoor Simulated Flames Without Actual Combustion
The INTERIEUR module uses simulated flames that visually reproduce the outbreak of a fire without a real fire. The exercise enables participants to practise assessing the fire, choosing the right approach and intervening without the risks associated with combustion.
Non-Toxic, Odourless Cold Simulation Smoke Without Residue
The simulation smoke is cold and non-toxic, creating a realistic setting with reduced visibility and controlled stress, without persistent odours or deposits. It enables indoor training that is compatible with occupied premises.
Manual Fire Alarm Call Point for Realistic Scenarios
Scenarios incorporate a manual fire alarm call point to train participants in the response sequence: detection → alarm → intervention → securing the area → evacuation if necessary.
Full-Weight Training Extinguishers for Learning the Right Techniques
Participants use simulation extinguishers that reproduce the weight, size and ergonomics of a real extinguisher. This allows them to practise essential techniques: gripping the extinguisher, removing the safety pin, testing, aiming and controlled sweeping.
Training in an Occupied Building with Maximum Safety
The INTERIEUR equipment enables indoor fire extinguisher training directly at your premises, with a high level of training realism and maximum safety, without disrupting operations or the constraints associated with real outdoor fires.
Indoor Fire Extinguisher Training and VKF Compliance
VKF Directives and Fire Prevention Requirements in Switzerland
The INTERIEUR training forms part of a fire prevention approach aligned with Swiss fire safety requirements. It trains teams in essential responses—detection, alarm, intervention, securing the area and evacuation—in a controlled environment, in line with the VKF directives applicable to buildings and their operation.
Fire Safety in Occupied Buildings: Training Without Real Fire or Disruption
In occupied buildings such as offices, schools, EMS facilities, hotels and shops, the challenge is to provide effective training without creating additional risks. The INTERIEUR equipment enables realistic indoor training with simulated flames and smoke, without actual combustion, persistent odours or residue, while strengthening teams’ operational preparedness.
Operator Responsibility: Organisation, Instructions and Response in an Emergency
The operator or site management is responsible for ensuring an appropriate safety organisation: fire safety instructions, raising the alarm, initial intervention where possible and evacuation if necessary. The INTERIEUR training contributes to this preparedness by training employees to follow procedures, understand the limits of intervention and make the right decisions at the right time.
Integration of Internal Procedures and Site-Specific Scenarios
The training can incorporate your internal procedures—alarm instructions, roles, assembly points and evacuation routes—as well as realistic scenarios related to your operations. The result is skills development that can be applied directly at your site, particularly appreciated by management and safety officers.
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Frequently Asked Questions About Indoor Fire Extinguisher Training
Yes. The INTERIEUR module uses simulated flames and cold simulation smoke: there is no actual combustion, enabling indoor training in a secure environment.
No. The smoke used is cold simulation smoke, non-toxic and designed to leave neither residue nor persistent odours, making it suitable for occupied buildings and sensitive environments.
Yes. The training is designed to be delivered on site, indoors, so that it can be adapted to your operational constraints and the layout of your building, including circulation routes, sensitive areas and internal instructions.
Participants practise the complete response sequence: detection, raising the alarm via a manual call point, handling the extinguisher, removing the safety pin, testing, positioning, extinguishing with a controlled sweeping motion, retreating and securing the area, followed by evacuation if necessary.
Yes. Participants use training extinguishers that faithfully reproduce the weight, size and ergonomics of a real extinguisher, enabling them to develop skills that transfer to real-life situations.
Yes. It is particularly suitable for occupied buildings and sensitive environments such as schools, universities, hotels, shops, healthcare facilities/EMS facilities and, more broadly, buildings open to the public.
Yes. The module includes activating a manual alarm call point and understanding evacuation instructions. The objective is to learn when to intervene and when to initiate an evacuation within the limits of intervention.
The training enables indoor practice without a real fire, odours or residue, while maintaining a high level of training realism through fire and smoke simulation and full-weight extinguishers. It is ideal when a real-fire exercise is impossible or impractical.
It forms part of a fire prevention and building fire safety approach consistent with the requirements associated with VKF directives, training teams in the right responses: raising the alarm, controlled intervention, securing the area and evacuation.
