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Arab Fire Safety & Security academy offers one of Fire alarm systems training courses represented in Fire detection & alarm systems program. That is one of  developmental fire alarm systems training courses .

Who should take this Fire alarm systems training ?

Personnel working in entities concerned with inspect for fire-fighting protection .

Personnel in safety , fire-fighting and industrial security .

Safety and fire-fighting supervisors within industrial facilities that have detection and alarm  network of fire  .

The program objectives:

Developing the skills of dealing with fire detection devices, fire alarm devices for quick response for controlling fire .

Interim goals (detailed):
          At the end of this program, the trainee will be able to: –
Identify the types of fire, the characteristics of each type and the extinguishing agents used for each type.
Identify the chemical outputs of the combustion process.
Determine the methods and means of fire detection and alarm according to expected hazards in places to be protected.
Detect fire since the initial moments, prevent its spread and reduce losses to the minimum.
Identify fire detection devices (smoke – heat – flames – leaking gases detectors).
Recognize how each detector works.
Inspect and test the fire detection and alarm system.
Check fire detection and alarm networks periodically.
The main axes of Fire detection & alarm systems:
• Types of fires.
• The chemical outputs of the combustion process.
• The importance of fire detection early.
• Fire detection devices.
• Devices and means of warning.
• Identifying methods of inspection and testing for the fire detection and alarm system.
• The importance of periodic inspection for the fire detection and alarm networks.
* Terms of joining the program:
1. Educational level: General secondary and its equivalent.
2. Basic requirements: Obtaining one of the qualifying courses in firefighting.
3. General Requirements: physically fit and healthy
* Duration of the program: two weeks – five days a week -60 training sessions (40% theoretical 60% practical).
* Training language: – Arabic in addition to English slang terms.
* Place of training: – Arab Fire, Safety and Security Academy in Jeddah.
* Accreditation: –
– Each trainee passes the course gets a certificate from the Arab Fire, Safety and Security Academy locally approved by the Technical and Vocational Training Corporation.

Program duration : 10 days .

Program type : advanced .

-Note : This program is accredited from IFSAC

Arab Fire , Safety & Security Academy offers Hazardous Materials Technician which is a developmental programs .

Who should take this program ?

– All employees in safety and firefighting whose jobs require rapid and urgent intervene in the incidents containing hazardous materials.

– All employees who work in factories and institutions that carried out inside industrial processes or packing and shipping, storage and processing of hazardous materials.

The overall objective of the program:
Qualifying specialized cadres appropriate response required to deal with hazardous materials according to international standards, the National Association of Fire Protection No. NFPA472 to provide safety and incident management requirements.
Interim objectives (detailed):

After completion of this program, the trainee will be efficiently able to: –

1- Clarify and explain the rules and regulations that control the use, storage and transport of hazardous materials.
2- Describe health and safety issues, identify the levels and categories of chemical elements and toxic effects on the body systems.
3- Discuss the importance of the survey and comprehensive medical supervision and advance planning to discover any cases in early to secure the requirements of the Occupational Safety and Health.
4- Identify the types and requirements of different containers and vessels used in the storage of hazardous materials transportation.
5- Described the pre-planning for handling hazardous materials and procedures for the process.
6- Discuss the principles and basics of chemical and terminology for the practical application of fire and safety men.
7- Clarify and explain the necessity associated with the use of personal protective equipment and (PPE) and maintenance.
8- Clarify and explain the types, models and levels of purges.
9- Describe situations in purging and special cleaning.

10- Describe and use the measurement and control defensive and offensive devices used by members of the response team.

11- Identify the composition or structure of incident management model system or the system applied in the incidents containing hazardous materials.

12-Identify the role of the technical specialist responder within the incident.

13- Identify terrorism, the types and ways of fighting it.

14- Identify requirements to oversee the implementation of the evaluation, treatment and transport of injuries.

The main axes of the program:

– Rules and regulations for responding to hazardous materials: –

A.National Assembly System for Fire Protection NFPA 472
B. system of the National Association for Fire Protection NFPA 1500
C. National Assembly System for Fire Protection NFPA 473
D. United Nations classification.
– Recognition and identification of hazardous materials.
– Personal protective equipment, SCBA & PPE.
– Process chemistry of hazardous materials.
– Advance planning for hazardous material incidents.

– purging and removing contaminants and hazardous materials.

– Incident management.
– ministering and treating the patient.

Terms of joining the program:

1. Educational level: General secondary Certificate (scientific section) and its equivalent.
2. Basic Requirements: It’s required before enrolling in this program to obtain:
Hazardous materials awareness program:
The duration of this program is two weeks according to the attached offer.
Hazardous materials program operations:
The duration of this program is two weeks according to the offer.
This brings the total of the periods necessary to end the requirements of hazardous materials technician program is to be seven weeks.
3. General Requirements: physically fit and healthy.

* Duration of the program: three weeks (15 days) – Five days a week – 90 training session (40% theoretical 60% practical).

* Training language: – Arabic in addition to English slang terminology.
* Place of training: –  Arab Fire, Safety and Security Academy in Jeddah.

* Accreditation: –
– Each trainee passes the course, gets a certificate from the Arab Fire, Safety and Security Academy locally approved by the Technical and Vocational Training Corporation and internationally approved by the World Congress of Safety and Fire Services IFSAC.

Fire inspector is a qualifying  fire fighting course :

Who should take this fire fighting course?

Consultant offices engineers , fire safety inspectors, insurance corporate inspectors and responsible for safety in industrial, commercial and engineering institutions.

The program objectives:

Qualifying for inspecting in institutions of its various types for applying safety and fire protection  systems according to local standards systems and global standards system NFPA1031

Interim goals (detailed) for this fire fighting course : –
At the end of a cycle of this program, the trainee will be able to: –
Identify the authority, responsibilities and the legal status of the Fire Inspector.
Extract inspection authorization (access).
Identify inspection methods and procedures and tools needed for the inspection process.
Identify rules and standards for the inspection process.
Identify the principles of the combustion process and its stages and the factors that influence the growth or the increase of the speed of the fire spread.
Identify common sources of heat and dangerous operations causing fire.
Identify the characteristics of electricity, electrical appliances and equipment risks in combustion and methods of securing.
Identify the different types and use of buildings.
Identify safety and protection standards for buildings according to regulations of the Civil Defense and the Saudi Building Code SBC 800 and the codes of National Fire Protection Association NFPA.
Identify the physical and chemical properties of hazardous materials through the MSDS.
Identify characteristics of the flammable and combustible liquids, their risks and procedures for the proper storage.
Take safety procedures when storing radioactive materials.
Increase the capacity of the inspector to deal with all hazardous materials during the inspection without risks.
The main axes of this fire fighting course :
• The legal status of the fire inspector within the public and private sector.
• Legal responsibility for fire inspectors.
• Extraction inspection permits.
• Modern laws and standards for the inspection process.
• Inspection procedures.
• Technical reports of the inspection.
• Written and electronic records.
• The principles of combustion and spread speed of fire.
• Thermal energy sources.
• Factors that affect the spread and the increasing growth of the fire.
• Electricity properties.
•Cooling and ventilation systems.
•National Fire Protection Assembly code NFPA 101 for life safety.
• Compressed gases properties.
•Cryogenic liquids.
•Risks associated with the use of these liquids.
•Oxidizing substances and organic peroxides.
• Radioactive materials.
•Corrosive substances.
Terms of joining this fire fighting course :
1. Educational level: General secondary Certificate and its equivalent.
2. Basic Requirements for this fire fighting course : obtaining hazardous materials – awareness fire fighting course .
3. General Requirements for this fire fighting course : physically fit and healthy.
* Duration of the program: a month and a half – five days a week -180 training session (40% theoretical 60% practical).
* Training language: – Arabic in addition to English scientific terms.
* Place of training: – Arab Fire, Safety and Security Academy in Jeddah.
* Accreditation: –
– Each trainee passes the course, gets a certificate from the Arab Fire, Safety and Security Academy locally approved by the Technical and Vocational Training Corporation and internationally approved by the World Congress of Safety and Fire Services IFSAC.

Duration: 6 weeks

Arab Fire, Safety & Security Academy offers training  for  fire fighter represented in Fire fighter II program  . Fire fighter II program is an qualifying fire fighting program.

Who should take Fire fighter II ?

Fire fighter who passed the exam of fire fighter I program.

Those who are assigned to check and monitor the fire alarm, detection devices and automatic fire extinguishers systems.

Participants in all rescue operations .

Interim goals (detailed):
           At the end of this program, the trainee will be able to: –
Identify the incident management system (IMS) and how to implement it and methods of transferring command in the incidents.
Identify and study the fire effects on the building materials and the risks associated with them and find out the factors that determine the degree of resistance of the construction element to fire.
Identify the various rescue equipment to free the trapped and how it is used in various incidents.
Study the contents of the rescue vehicles and proper use of each device.
Increase rescue skills in car accidents and free the trapped.
Rescue from leaking of industrial gases in the workplace.
Increase rescue skills in the incidents of cars of petroleum products and gas and control the spilled liquids.
Search and rescue victims from burning buildings.
Increase the rescue operations skills in wells and free the victims inside.
Know the main rules of water flow and pressure in hoses, identify fire hydrants and how to examine and use in firefighting.
Identify types of fire hoses and how to care about hoses tools and equipment.
Identify the types and characteristics of the foam used in the fires of flammable liquids and their effects in the firefighting operations.
Practical training on the use of foam in firefighting.
Practical training on rules to control the fires of petroleum tanks, fight ground fires around the tanks, tanks vents fires and protect adjacent tanks.
Increase firefighting skills in fighting flammable gases fires and take the procedures in case of gas leak without ignition.
Identify early detection and fire alarm systems.
Recognize various fire protection systems.
Inspect and test fire automatic extinguishing systems.
Inspect automatic sprinklers systems, control valves and fire tanks.
Recognize source and cause of the fire and ways to identify directions of fire spread.
Determine causes of the accident and how to protect evidences in the fire site.
Gather information and evidences about the fire from the scene.
Implement field survey for fire safety in industrial facilities and warehouses.
Create confidence factor to identify methods and programs for fire prevention.
Increase the skills of preparing and writing reports.
The main axes of the program:
The main axes of the program are focused on five consecutive and sequent parts:
• Part one:
_ Implementation of incident management operations.
_ Construction materials and the collapse of buildings.
• The second part:
_ Rescue and tools for extricating the trapped.
_ Rescue in car accidents.
• The third part:
_ Liquids flow and pressure rate.
_ Fire hydrants.
_ Fire hoses tools and equipment.
• The fourth part:
_ Early fire alarm systems.
_ Fire manual and automatic systems.
• The fifth part:
_ Identify the source and cause of the fire.
_ Fire accidents reports.
* Terms of joining the program:
1. Educational level: General secondary Certificate and its equivalent.
2. Basic requirements: access to the following programs: –
Fire fighter I
Hazardous materials – awareness.
Hazardous materials – operations.
3. General Requirements: physically fit and healthy
* Duration of the program: a month and a half – five days a week -180 training session (40% theoretical 60% practical).
* Training language: – Arabic in addition to English slang terms.
* Place of training: – Arab Fire, Safety and Security Academy in Jeddah.
* Accreditation: –
– Each trainee passes the course gets a certificate from the Arab Fire, Safety and Security Academy locally approved by the Technical and Vocational Training Corporation and internationally approved by the World Congress of Safety and Fire Services IFSAC.

-Note : This program is accredited from IFSAC

Arab Fire , Safety & Security academy introduces  Public safety telecommunications II program. That is an advanced program in fire-fighting .

Who should take this program ?

Personnel within emergency  communications processes center (fire-fighting , Firstaid and security emergencies) and persons ready to be telecommunicator.

Program objectives:

Preparing modern communication teams according to professional performance requirements for the international code NFPA1221, NFPA1061 and the latest communications technology systems . Recieving and aggregating all information within the emergency communications operations centers.

Program duration : 10 days.

Program type : advanced .

Arab Fire Safety & Security Academy introduces fire fighting training represented in qualifying program in firefighting . This fire fighting training name is Extensive Firefighting .

Who should take this fire fighting training ?

Everyone works in firefighting .

Those who are assigned to fight fires in different work sites .

Personnel in petroleum, commercial, administrative and industrial institutions.

The program objectives:

Preparing professional  firefighting teams, so they can work in the most types of firefighting teams according to international accreditation authority for firefighting services and scientific codes NFPA1001 and NFPA472
Interim goals (detailed) for the program: –
The program aims to achieve the following objectives: –
1.Identify the physical and chemical properties of fire.
2.Identify all materials used in firefighting operations and their properties.
3.Practical training on the use of manual fire extinguishers.
4.Practical training on the use of personal protective missions.
5.Practical training on the use of ladders and ropes.
6.Practical training on how to ventilate the fire place.
7.Training on the use of safety equipment.
8.Recognize the dangers of various building materials.
9.Training on the maintenance of machinery, equipment and fire hoses.
10.Compiling information about the risks of the hazardous material through the use of emergency response guide (ERG).
11.Identifying the physical and chemical properties of hazardous materials.
12.Setting tactics to control hazardous material incidents.
13.Remove the impact of pollutants of hazardous material incidents and clearing the scene and the affected areas.
14.Developing leadership and supervision skills.
15.Practical training on how to fight different liquids and gases fires.
16.Practical training on the use of rescue tools and equipment.
17.Identifying the detection and fire alarm systems.

The main axes of the program:
1.The development stages of fire behavior.
2.Types of buildings and their various elements.
3.Individual protection clothes and respirators.
4.Manual fire extinguishers.
5.Ladders, ropes and knots.
6.Forcible entry and its equipment.
7.Ventilation methods.
8.The initial rescue operations.
9.Fire water sources.
10.Fire Hoses.
11.Detection and fire alarm devices.

Terms of joining the program:
1. Educational level: General secondary (scientific section), Industrial secondary Certificate and its equivalent.
2. Basic Requirements: obtaining a qualifying courses in firefighting.
3. General Requirements: physically fit and healthy.
* Duration of the program: four months – five days a week -480 training session (40% theoretical 60% practical).
* Training language: – Arabic in addition to English slang terms.
* Place of training: – Arab Fire, Safety and Security Academy in Jeddah.
* Accreditation: –
– Each trainee passes the course, gets a certificate from the Arab Fire, Safety and Security Academy locally approved by the Technical and Vocational Training Corporation and internationally approved by the World Congress of Safety and Fire Services IFSAC.

Arab Fire, Safety & Security academy offers security planning  program.

Who should take this program ?

Those who work in industrial and administrative security in different facilities sepcially in leadership levels and branches of organizing and planning .

The program objectives:

Gaining the ability to study the risks that may threaten the security and the safety of the facilities.
Acquiring the ability to perform field surveys , identify risks and analyse them .
Preparing a plan to deal with emergency cases
Duration: 12 days

Arab Fire, Safety & Security academy introduces Command fire fighting operations program. That is an advanced program in firefighting .

Who should take this program ?

Heads of firefighting teams and fire fighting supervisors within facilities

The program objectives:

Acquiring special skills in leading firefighting operations and controlling fire incidents successfully .

Program duration : 10 days .

Program type : advanced .

Arab Academy offers ARFF training Airports firefighters program  . which is a qualifying program in firefighting.

Who should take this ARFF training program ?

Everyone works  in firefighting teams  that is specialized in fighting the aircraft fires

The program objectives:

Qualifying firefighting and rescue teams specialized in fighting the aricraft fires according to NFPA1003 that  belongs to job performing requirements and NFPA1582 that belongs to medical requirements.

Interim goals (detailed) for the program: –
After completion a cycle of this program, the trainee will be able to: –

• Identify information about the history of rescue and fighting aircraft fires and the training requirements.
• Discuss the basic requirements for rescue teams of aircraft fires.
• Identify the causes of fires in general and the causes of aircraft fires, in particular.
• Identify aircraft fire risk and the consequent destruction.
• Identify the different types of aircrafts and, fire protection equipment inside.
• Proper use of all personal protective equipment (PPE) and self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) for the protection from aircraft fires.
• Use proper manual fire extinguishers in fighting aircraft fires.
• Identify tactics to prevent the spread of fire to keep the surrounding are safe.
• Identify the risks faced by firefighters during the aircraft fires.
• Make the airport emergency plan AEP and implement strategic and tactical operations.
• Inspect and make reports.

The main axes of the program:

• Qualifications of aircraft fires rescue teams.
• Organizations associated with rescue and fighting aircraft fires.
• The job performance requirements and rules.
• Airport components and systems used within the airport.
• Airstrip designs and runways.
• The materials used in firefighting.
• Aircraft (types – evolution – the fire risk – means of fire protection –

Systems and their supplies).

• Communication systems during fighting operations.
• Airport emergency plan AEP.
• Individual protective equipment PPE and self-contained breathing apparatus SCBA.

Terms of joining the program:

1. Educational level: General secondary Certificate and its equivalent.
2. Basic Requirements: obtaining the following programs:

Hazardous materials – awareness

Firefighter I

Hazardous materials – operations

Firefighter II

3. General Requirements: physically fit and healthy.

* Duration of the program: a month and a half – five days a week -180 training session (40% theoretical 60% practical).

* Training language: – Arabic in addition to English slang terms.
* Place of training: – Arab Fire Academy in Jeddah.

* Accreditation: –

– Each trainee passes the course, gets a certificate from the Arab Fire, Safety and Security Academy locally approved by the Technical and Vocational Training Corporation and internationally approved by the World Congress of Safety and Fire Services IFSAC.

Program Type : qualifying program .

Program duration :  6 weeks.