Photo: Shropshire Union Canal, Middlewich · Jonathan Hutchins, CC BY-SA 2.0
Fire safety training in Middlewich. Practical, on-site, hands-on.
On-site fire safety and fire marshal training for businesses across Middlewich, Sandbach, Holmes Chapel and the surrounding Cheshire area. Tailored to your premises, live extinguisher use, from £395.
Fletcher Risk Management carries out fire risk assessments, fire door inspections, fire safety training and fire safety consultancy for businesses, landlords and property managers across Middlewich. Our head office is in Chester and our trainers are based across the region, so Middlewich is a regular part of our working week. Every course is delivered by an experienced fire safety professional who keeps training practical and engaging.
Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, the responsible person for any non-domestic premises is legally required to ensure a suitable and sufficient fire risk assessment is carried out by a competent person. That obligation has been strengthened by the Fire Safety Act 2021 and the Building Safety Act 2022. An outdated or inadequate approach leaves the responsible person exposed to enforcement, invalidated insurance, and prosecution.
Process and manufacturing sites around Middlewich need training built around their specific materials and ignition sources, delivered on-site rather than in a classroom.
Industrial and process premises sit alongside canalside commercial units, town-centre retail and hospitality, flats above shops and care premises. Both ends of the risk spectrum fall under the same legal duty.
Cheshire Fire & Rescue Service covers Middlewich and is an active enforcement authority, and the town sits within Cheshire East Council for licensing and building control. We cover Middlewich, Sandbach, Holmes Chapel and the surrounding Cheshire area regularly, and we produce documentation that meets the expectations of the fire authority, your insurer, and any licensing authority with jurisdiction over your premises.
We train staff and fire marshals across every kind of premises in Middlewich, on-site and built around your building.
Salt & manufacturing premises
Process and manufacturing units in Middlewich need work reflecting their specific materials and plant.
More for this sector →Mixed-use town-centre premises
Where flats sit above commercial units, separation between the two uses is exactly where we focus.
More for this sector →Town & surrounding lets
Documentation suitable for licensing across Cheshire East for Middlewich landlords.
More for this sector →Care homes & surgeries
CQC-ready documentation for care and healthcare premises across the Middlewich area.
More for this sector →We also work with schools and colleges, offices and commercial premises, hotels and hospitality venues, and churches and places of worship across Middlewich.
Training priorities in Middlewich
Middlewich has produced salt since Roman times, and salt and chemical production remain important in the town. Midpoint 18, beside junction 18 of the M6, holds large distribution and manufacturing buildings.
The town also sits at a junction of the Trent and Mersey Canal, with boating visitors and canal-side businesses. Our sessions here range from large logistics teams to small town centre premises.
Salt and chemical production
We explain the difference between fire and chemical release procedures and what staff should do for each.
Midpoint 18 distribution
We focus on racking fires, charging areas and evacuating very large buildings quickly.
Canal-side hospitality
Staff learn to clear the public safely and guide the fire service to waterside sites.
Whatever your premises, we can help. In Middlewich we regularly train teams in offices, schools, care homes, hotels, warehouses and HMOs and shared housing.
Around Middlewich we also cover Byley, Sproston, Moulton, Kinderton, Winsford and Holmes Chapel.
How fire safety is enforced in Middlewich
Middlewich is covered by Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service. In the year to March 2025 it carried out 2,040 fire safety audits, and 8.1% found premises unsatisfactory: the lowest rate of any fire and rescue service in England.
Inspectors also check that staff know what to do in a fire, and up-to-date training records are the simplest way to show it.
Audit results partly reflect how each service targets its inspections, so they show where enforcement attention falls rather than how safe an area is. Source: MHCLG FIRE1202, year ending March 2025.
Read our Cheshire enforcement analysis →Whatever your premises needs, we can deliver it in Middlewich. Where one piece of work points to another, we join it up rather than send you elsewhere.
Fire Risk Assessment
- ABBE Level 3 or 4 qualified assessor
- Full premises inspection
- Prioritised written action plan
- Suitable for insurers & fire authority
- Post-assessment support included
Fire Door Inspection
- FDIS-accredited inspectors
- Component-level assessment
- Photographic evidence per door
- Prioritised remedial schedule
- Building Safety Act records
Fire Safety Training
- On-site, tailored to your premises
- Fire marshal training
- Live extinguisher use included
- Certificates issued
- Practical evacuation scenarios
Fire Evacuation Plan
- Site-specific, not a template
- All escape routes & exits mapped
- PEEPs for those who need them
- Assembly & fire-service procedures
- Flows from your risk assessment
Fire Safety Policy
- Organisation-specific policy
- Roles & responsibilities defined
- Review & monitoring framework
- Meets enforcing-authority expectations
- Pairs with assessment & plan
Evacuation Chair Training
- Hands-on staircase training
- Safe deploy, secure & manoeuvre
- Linked to your PEEPs
- Certificates issued
- Refresher scheduling available
Not sure what you need? Call us on 01244 450 990 and describe your premises — we will tell you plainly what is required and what it will cost. No obligation.
Tim Fletcher
Tim has more than 30 years of experience in the fire industry and leads assessments across all sectors at Fletcher Risk, with particular focus on complex or higher-risk sites.
- ABBE Level 4 Diploma in Fire Risk Assessment
- NEBOSH National General Certificate
- FPA Fire Safety Management Certificate
- Member — Fire Protection Association
Sam Fletcher
Sam leads operations at Fletcher Risk, combining ABBE Level 4 qualification with legal training and an MBA. Particularly effective on residential block and portfolio work.
- ABBE Level 4 Diploma in Fire Risk Assessment
- Bachelor of Laws (LLB)
- Master of Business Administration (MBA)
- 10+ years hospitality fire safety experience
"Great training session. Tim explained everything clearly, kept it engaging and made the information interesting and easy to understand. At the end of the session, Tim showed each of us how to use a fire extinguisher to put out a small fire that he safely started in a metal bucket. I have taken all this feedback to the practice i work in and we have now invited Tim to come and train the whole practice. Highly recommend this company."
Our fire safety guidance covers the legislation and practical obligations that responsible persons in Middlewich need to understand.
Tell us your premises type and we will come back with a fixed price. We cover Middlewich regularly and respond quickly.