NEBOSH Fire Safety Unit FSC1 - Open Book Examination - Guidance to learners

Oct 3, 2026

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Open book examination guidance for NEBOSH Certificate in Fire Safety, Unit FSC1. The document explains exam rules for completing an assessment using a realistic scenario, submitting original work only, and avoiding collaboration or copying from other sources. It details how tasks are structured as scenario-based questions, how marks are allocated, recommended word count and time distribution, use of answer templates, and instructions to attempt all tasks. The scenario describes a petrol/gasoline filling station with a convenience store and related fire-safety arrangements.

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SCENARIO

Open book examination rules

Marking guidance and response expectations

Scenario: petrol/gasoline filling station and store layout

Fire detection and extinguishing arrangements

Forecourt activities and nearby business risks

NEBOSH FIRE SAFETY UNIT FSC1: For: NEBOSH Certificate in Fire Safety Open Book Examination Available for 24 hours Guidance to learners This is an open book examination. It is not invigilated, and you are free to use any learning resources to which you have access , eg your course notes, or a website , etc. By submitting this completed assessment for marking, you are declaring it is entirely your own work. Knowingly claiming work to be your own when it is someone else’s work is malpractice, which carries severe penalties. This means that you must not collaborate with or copy work from others. Neither should you ‘cut and paste’ blocks of text from the Internet or other sources. The examination begins with a realistic scenario to set the scene. You will then need to complete a series of tasks based on this scenario. Each task will consist of one or more questions. Your responses to most of these tasks should wholly, or partly, draw on relevant information from the scenario. The task will clearly state the extent to which this is required. The marks available are shown in brackets to the right of each question , or part of each question. This will help guide you to the amount of information required in your response. In general, one mark is given for each correct technical point that is clearly demonstrated. Avoid writing too little as this will make it difficult for the Examiner to award marks. Single word answers or lists are unlikely to gain marks as this would not normally be enough to show understanding or a connection with the scenario. You are not expected to write more than 3 000 words in total. Try to distribute your time and word count proportionately across all tasks. It is recommended that you use the available answer template. Please attempt ALL tasks. SCENARIO You are the new owner of an established petrol/gasoline filling station in a small village. You have no previous experience of this type of business. The petrol/gasoline filling station also contains a small convenience store. This convenience store is the only store in the village. The store stocks a limited range of prepared and ready-to-eat foods, alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, household goods, tobacco products, and newspapers and magazines. The village is on the outskirts of a popular coastal town that attracts large numbers of visitors, so the petrol/gasoline filling station is often busy with both locals and tourists. The small store is divided into two parallel shopping aisles by a central shelving unit. The shelves are packed full of general goods, such as food, cleaning supplies and other household products. Atthe back of the store, at the end of the aisles, there are two large refrigerators for chilled items. Customers pay for their purchases at the front of the store, close to the entrance. Payments are taken by a cashier who, for security reasons, works in a secure area, separated from customers by a transparent plastic screen. The secure area can only be entered via a door fitted with a security keypad. In between the two large refrigerators there is a fire-resisting door that leads to a small stockroom. This door does not fully close against the door frame and there are large gaps between the bottom of the door and the floor. The door is often wedged open by workers bringing in stock to refill the shelves and the refrigerators. The door is fitted with a glass vision panel, but this is cracked. Over the years the door has been painted several times and some of the paint is now cracking and peeling off. The stock room is small and very congested; there are boxes and pallets full of stock , as well as empty packaging that is ready for waste collection. At the back of the stock room there is an emergency exit door, this is not always accessible due to the congestion in the stock room. The other emergency exits are the main entrance/exit door from the store and an additional emergency door within the secure

FAQs

What are the key rules for completing this open book examination assessment?

The assessment is open book and not invigilated, but submitted work must be entirely your own. Collaboration, copying, and cutting-and-pasting from the internet or other sources are malpractice and carry severe penalties.

How are tasks and responses expected to relate to the scenario?

The examination starts with a realistic scenario, then uses tasks made up of one or more questions. Responses to most tasks must draw wholly or partly on relevant information from the scenario, as each task specifies.

How should marks and word count be managed across all tasks?

Marks available are shown next to each question to guide the amount of information required. You are not expected to write more than 3,000 words total and should distribute time and word count proportionately across the tasks.

Oct 3, 2026

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