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Key Facts: NEBOSH Fire Safety Exam

45/100

FSC1 Provisional Pass Mark

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24 hours

FSC1 Open-Book Window (~5 hours of work)

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2 units

FSC1 Exam + FSC2 Practical Risk Assessment

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4 per year

FSC1 Sittings (Feb, May, Aug, Nov 2026)

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SCQF Level 6

Qualification Level (RQF Level 3 equivalent)

NEBOSH

28 hours

Minimum Taught Hours

NEBOSH learner guide

75+

Marks for Distinction Grade

NEBOSH grading boundaries

The NEBOSH Certificate in Fire Safety suits managers, facilities staff and safety reps responsible for fire safety in low-to-medium risk premises. Unit FSC1 is an open-book scenario exam - around 5 hours of work within a 24-hour window - testing six elements: managing fire safety (Fire Safety Order 2005 duties, enforcement, Fire Safety Act 2021), principles of fire and explosion (fire triangle, flash point, LEL/UEL, fire classes, spread mechanisms, dust explosions), fuel/oxygen/ignition controls (arson, hot work, DSEAR zoning, HSG51 storage), fire protection of buildings (compartmentation, fire doors, BS 5839-1 detection, BS EN 3 extinguishers, sprinklers), safety of people (travel distances, evacuation strategies, PEEPs), and the five-step fire risk assessment. The provisional FSC1 pass mark is 45 out of 100 and sets the grade (Credit 65, Distinction 75). Unit FSC2 is a roughly 3-hour practical fire risk assessment marked Pass/Refer. FSC1 runs quarterly (4 February, 6 May, 5 August and 4 November 2026); FSC2 is on demand. Minimum 28 taught hours; no entry requirements.

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1Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, who is normally the 'responsible person' for fire safety in a workplace?
A.The local fire and rescue authority that inspects the premises
B.The employer, where the workplace is to any extent under the employer's control
C.The most senior trained fire marshal on each shift
D.The Health and Safety Executive (HSE)
Explanation: Article 3 of the Fire Safety Order 2005 defines the responsible person in a workplace as the employer, where the workplace is to any extent under the employer's control. The responsible person owes the duties in Articles 8-22, including the Article 9 fire risk assessment.
2Which body is the principal enforcing authority for the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 in most non-domestic premises in England and Wales?
A.The Health and Safety Executive (HSE)
B.The local authority environmental health department
C.The local fire and rescue authority
D.The Crown Premises Fire Inspection Group for all premises
Explanation: Article 25 of the FSO makes the local fire and rescue authority the enforcing authority for the great majority of non-domestic premises, with powers to inspect and to serve alterations, enforcement and prohibition notices.
3A fire and rescue authority inspector finds that the risk to people in a nightclub is so serious that its use should be restricted immediately. Which notice should the inspector serve?
A.A prohibition notice under Article 31 of the Fire Safety Order
B.An enforcement notice under Article 30 giving 28 days to comply
C.An alterations notice under Article 29
D.An improvement notice under the Health and Safety at Work Act
Explanation: Article 31 of the FSO allows a prohibition notice where use of premises involves, or will involve, a risk to relevant persons so serious that use ought to be prohibited or restricted; it can take effect immediately.
4Which of the following is an UNINSURED cost that a business typically bears after a serious workplace fire?
A.Rebuilding costs paid out under the buildings policy
B.Replacement of stock covered by the contents policy
C.Business interruption payments received from the insurer
D.Loss of customer goodwill, reputation and market share
Explanation: Intangible losses such as customer goodwill, reputation, lost orders and market share cannot be insured and are a key financial argument for managing fire safety; many businesses never reopen after a major fire.
5The Fire Safety Act 2021 clarified that, in multi-occupied residential buildings, the Fire Safety Order 2005 applies to which parts of the premises?
A.Only the internal common parts such as corridors and stairways
B.The structure, external walls (including cladding, balconies and windows) and flat entrance doors
C.Only the inside of individual flats
D.Only buildings over 18 metres in height
Explanation: The Fire Safety Act 2021 confirmed that the FSO covers the building's structure, external walls - including cladding, balconies and windows - and the entrance doors of individual flats in multi-occupied residential buildings, so these must be covered by the fire risk assessment.
6Which set of tasks best describes the routine, day-to-day role of a workplace fire marshal (fire warden)?
A.Carrying out the premises fire risk assessment on behalf of the responsible person
B.Servicing the fire alarm panel and replacing detector heads
C.Checking escape routes are unobstructed, fire doors are closed and extinguishers are in place, and sweeping their area during an evacuation
D.Deciding the building's evacuation strategy and compartmentation standards
Explanation: Fire marshals provide day-to-day monitoring - keeping escape routes clear, checking fire doors and equipment - and during an alarm they sweep their allocated area and report to the assembly point controller.
7Following the Building Safety Act 2022 amendments to the Fire Safety Order (in force 1 October 2023), when must the significant findings of a fire risk assessment be recorded?
A.In every case - all responsible persons must now record the fire risk assessment in full, regardless of how many employees they have
B.Only where five or more people are employed
C.Only where the premises hold a licence
D.Only where an alterations notice is in force
Explanation: Section 156 of the Building Safety Act 2022 amended Article 9 of the FSO so that, from 1 October 2023, every responsible person must record their fire risk assessment in full, whatever the size of the business.
8Which three elements make up the classic fire triangle?
A.Fuel, smoke and heat
B.Heat, carbon dioxide and fuel
C.Fuel, oxygen and heat (a source of ignition)
D.Oxygen, pressure and ignition energy
Explanation: Combustion needs fuel, an oxidiser (normally the oxygen in air) and heat sufficient to ignite the fuel; removing any one side of the triangle prevents or extinguishes fire.
9What is the 'flash point' of a flammable liquid?
A.The temperature at which the liquid ignites without any external ignition source
B.The lowest temperature at which the liquid gives off enough vapour to form an ignitable mixture with air that flashes momentarily when an ignition source is applied
C.The temperature at which the liquid boils and produces continuous vapour
D.The lowest temperature at which the vapour will keep burning for at least five seconds
Explanation: Flash point is the lowest temperature at which a liquid produces sufficient vapour to flash momentarily when an ignition source is applied; liquids with flash points below ambient temperature (such as petrol at about -40 degrees C) are especially hazardous.
10Which definition correctly describes the auto-ignition temperature of a substance?
A.The temperature at which vapour flashes when a spark is applied
B.The minimum temperature a flame must reach to spread across a surface
C.The temperature at which a liquid's vapour pressure equals atmospheric pressure
D.The lowest temperature at which the substance will ignite spontaneously without any external ignition source
Explanation: Auto-ignition (spontaneous ignition) temperature is the lowest temperature at which a material ignites of its own accord, without a spark or flame - for example vapours igniting on contact with a hot surface such as an exhaust manifold.

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