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Achievement of fire safety objectives in buildings for the safety of lives, property conservation and business continuity is a collective responsibility of all the stakeholder, and its depends on the level of fire safety knowledge and awareness of the concern stakeholders. Therefore, this research was conducted to determine the fire safety training needs of fire safety practitioners and building managers for adequate fire safety knowledge and awareness of the building occupants in Nigeria. The research adopted questionnaires survey research design. The research population for the study comprises of 349 building manager and fire safety practitioners from six (6) north-central states of Nigeria. A research questionnaires was design for the study, the questionnaires was distributed to collect the data from the participants and was validated by experience fire safety experts; the Cronbach alpha reliability approach was used to identified the internal consistency of the questionnaires items at 0.933. the collected data were analyzed through CFA using SPSS and AMOS software, after the analysis, the data from the participants were adjudge appropriate for inclusion into the confirmatory factor analysis. The CFA was carried out and finding from the analysis is in agreement with one-factor model of fire safety training program for the enhancement of the occupant’s fire safety knowledge and awareness. The research found that fire safety practitioners and building manager requires the components for effective fire safety training. Therefore, it was suggested that the stakeholders should prioritize adequate fire safety training of the occupants and public in the fire safety for boosting their knowledge and awareness of fire safety
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To Cite this Article: Alao, M. K., Yatim, Y. M., and Mahmood, W. Y. W. (2021). Adequate Fire Safety Training for the Occupants Knowledge and Awareness of Fire Safety. International Journal of Academic Research in Progressive Education and Development, 10(1), 13–24.
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