First Aid Training

First Aid Training in Ireland

When medical emergencies occur, skilled response saves lives. At Firestoppers , we transform Irish first aid legislation, medical expertise, and hands-on instruction into comprehensive first aid training programmes that equip every participant in your organisation with life-saving skills—whilst ensuring complete compliance with workplace safety obligations.

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Why Every Irish Workplace Requires Professional First Aid Training

Medical emergencies strike without warning, but untrained responses can worsen injuries that proper first aid would stabilise or resolve. Comprehensive first aid training transforms panicked bystanders into confident responders who provide effective care, prevent condition deterioration, and coordinate seamlessly with emergency services. Irish employers are mandated by the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005 and General Application Regulations 2007 to provide adequate first aid arrangements including trained personnel—yet many organisations rely on basic courses that lack workplace-specific scenarios or fail to maintain current certification standards. Firestoppers addresses this gap through targeted programmes that deliver practical first aid competency for real workplace situations.

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Our Complete Training System

Workplace Assessment & Training Needs Analysis

Qualified first aid instructors evaluate your premises, identify potential injury scenarios and workplace hazards, assess current first aid capabilities and equipment provision, and determine optimal training levels and participant numbers based on workforce size and operational risk profiles.

Comprehensive Skills Development & Practical Application

We deliver structured training courses featuring essential life support techniques, wound management and trauma care procedures, and workplace-specific emergency protocols. Hands-on practice sessions ensure that participants master CPR, defibrillation, choking response, and injury stabilisation whilst building confidence through realistic scenario-based exercises.

Certification, Assessment & Competency Validation

Firestoppers conducts thorough practical assessments, issues nationally recognised first aid certificates, and maintains comprehensive training records for compliance purposes. We then establish refresher training schedules and competency monitoring systems, concluding with ongoing support that ensures first aid skills remain current and effective.

Programme Management & Continuous Skills Maintenance

Annual refresher courses, skills update sessions, and emergency response reviews keep your first aid capability—and your trained personnel—permanently ready. A dedicated Firestoppers consultant manages your training programme, coordinates certification renewals, and liaises with occupational health services so first aid compliance and competency never become administrative challenges.

Full Compliance with Irish First Aid Training Standards

YYour completed training programme meets or exceeds Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005, General Application Regulations 2007, Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council standards, and all sector-specific requirements. We provide the certification records, training documentation, and competency evidence required for regulatory inspection, eliminating compliance uncertainty whilst giving management teams complete confidence in workplace first aid provision.

Specialised Training for High-Risk Environments

Standard first aid courses overlook the specific challenges of hazardous workplace environments. Firestoppers develops enhanced training protocols for construction sites, industrial facilities, remote locations, and chemical processing plants ensuring that first aiders understand occupation-specific injuries, environmental hazards, and emergency response procedures relevant to their workplace risks. Our targeted programmes demonstrate not only regulatory compliance but genuine preparation for protecting colleagues who face elevated injury potential.-

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Ready to Protect Your Workplace?

Firestoppers combines chartered expertise with commercial pragmatism, delivering solutions that are:

Practical: 

tailored to your workflows and facility constraints;

Comprehensive: 

covering assessment, design, installation, and training under one roof;

Transparent: 

fixed prices, clear scopes, and no hidden extras;

Nationwide: 

rapid response from Dublin, Cork, Galway, Limerick, and beyond.

 

Hundreds of Irish organisations, from tech start‑ups to manufacturing giants, already trust Firestoppers to protect their people and assets. Let us do the same for you.

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