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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.

Arab Fire, Safety & Security academy offers Personal protective equipment (P.P.E) program. That is a developmental program .

Who should take this program ?

Personnel working in safety and occupational health .

Personnel in different work sites which contain risks , pollutants and damages require using of  clothes  and equipment of individuals protection .

The Program objectives:

Developing the skill of choosing and determining individual prevention equipments according to the current risk .

Program type : developmental .

Program duration : 5 days.

Arab Academy offers Safety specialist Refresher course  program that is a developmental program in firefighting field .

Who should take Safety specialist Refresher course program ?

Fire Safety coordinators within public residential , service , commercial and industrial facilities .

Safety specialist Refresher course objectives :

Preparing a specialized and well-qualified fire safety coordinator in order to monitor and take care of the fire safety requirements in addition to continuous coordinating with civil defense units for continuous achievement of safety .

Interim goals (detailed) for the program: –
The program aims to achieve the following results: –

• Identifying the benefits of fire, the risk of fire and various causes.
• How to prevent fire causes.
• Identify types of risks in facilities.
• Identifying fire types, fire extinguishing agents and types of fire extinguishers, according to NFPA.
• Identifying methods and procedures for controlling and monitoring the application of fire safety requirements.
• Identifying the regulations of civil defense for facilities.
• Coordinating with the nearest fire department and helping fire teams when needed.
• Operating alarm and fire manual systems when needed and reporting maintenance faults and shortcomings.
• Identifying civil defense methods for coordination and reporting incidents and accidents.
• Making and applying the emergency plan for the evacuation.
• Implementing periodic training for the evacuation.
• Making safety record and updating it.

The main axes of the program:

• Basic definitions.
• A brief history of the fire.
• Ignition elements.
• Types of fires.
• Types of risks in public facilities.
• How to prevent fires.
• An idea about the fire detection and alarm devices in public facilities.
• General principles of firefighting.
• Initial extinguishing agents.
• Firefighting equipment in public facilities.
• Coordination methods.
• Emergency and evacuation plan.
• Procedures after the fire.
• The role of the individual in the emergency plan.

Terms of joining the program:

1. Educational level: General secondary Certificate 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: four weeks – five days a week – 120 training session (40% theoretical 60% practical).

* Training fees: – 8000 S.R (eight thousand Saudi riyals)

* 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.

Duration : 4 weeks.

Program type: developmental .

Arab Fire, Safety and Security academy offers Driver / operator pumper ***  program that is a developmental program in fire-fighting .

who should take this program ?

Personnel work in strolling fire-fighting teams and fire pumps .
Responsible for the leadership of firefighters and fire companies.

The program objectives:

Developing the efficiency of firefighters specialized in driving and operating the fire cars.

Program duration : 10 days .

Program  type : developmental.

Arab Fire, Safety & Security Academy offers Standard for the Installation of Sprinkler Systems (NFPA 13) program that is a developmental program :

Who should take this program ?

Personnel who work in installing and maintaining Sprinkler Systems.

Personnel who work in companies and institutions that are specialized in operating and maintaining Sprinkler Systems.

Supervisors , inspectors and watchers of Sprinkler Systems.

The program objectives :

Developing the skills of installing Sprinkler Systems according to international standard NFPA13. Also , developing the skills of quickness responding of dealing with these systems to protect facilities of different types.

Duration : 10 days.

Program type: developmental.

Arab Fire, Safety & Security academy introduce to Industrial security principles course . The Industrial security principles course is an essential course and this course is intended for :

All personnel in security field .

The Course aims  :

Recognize the importance of security .

Realize the role of  security administration and security men within their work places .

Show the importance of appearance , technique and behavior in dealing with others .

Acquire the skills and knowledge of the basic duties of the security man.

Course type : essential.

Course duration : 4 weeks .

AFSSAC (Arab Fire Safety & Security Academy ) introduces Fire Alarm systems program which is a qualifying program in firefighting .

Who should take this program ?

Everyone wants to become a technician in alarm and protection systems.

All personnel that work in checking, testing and maintaining alarm and protection systems

Installations and maintenance supervisors for alarm and protection systems

The program objectives :

Preparing technician cadres can deal with alarm and protection systems . Also make  them able to respond with it quickly , make installations , checking and maintaining .

Duration  : 16 weeks

Arab Fire, Safety & Security Academy offers Life Safety Code (NFPA 101) program that is a developmental program in safety field .

Who should take this program ?

Personnel who work in fire , safety and security teams . Also , Safety , fire and security responsibles in all industrial , service and commercial facilities.

Life Safety Code (NFPA 101) program objectives :

Personnel who work in fire , safety and security teams . Also , Safety , fire and security  officials  in all industrial , service and commercial facilities.

Duration : 10 days.

Program type: developmental program .

ِArab Fire, Safety & Security Academy offers fire extinguisher technician course that is a qualifying program .

Who should take this fire extinguisher technician course ?

Those who want to specialize as a technician of refilling and maintaining extinguishers, in companies and institutions of fire and safety.

The program objectives :

Acquiring inspection, maintenance and refilling skills of manual and wheeled fire extinguishers of different types and sizes.

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

1. Identify the causes of fires and the factors that lead to their occurrence and how to secure.
2. Identify the different types of fires and the symbol of each of them and the most suitable materials for each type of fire.
3. Recognize the importance of manual and wheeled fire extinguishers.
4. Identify the types of manual and wheeled fire extinguishers, the characteristics of each type and the distinctive labels.
5. Choose the types and sizes of manual and wheeled fire extinguishers to suit the place and its contents.
6. Proper use of manual and wheeled fire extinguishers.
7. Proper technical distribution of manual and wheeled fire extinguishers in accordance with international systems.
8. Inspect manual and wheeled fire extinguishers.
9. Identify the steps of maintaining manual and wheeled fire extinguishers according to NFPA10.
10. Inspect parts of the fire extinguisher according to NFPA10.
11. Do hydrostatic test for the fire extinguishers as required by the standard specifications.
12. Identify steps of refilling the manual and wheeled extinguishers.

The main axes of this fire extinguisher technician course :

1.   Fire classification.
2.   Early suppression manual and wheeled extinguishers (types-selection-
   distribution – methods of use).
3.  Components of manual and wheeled extinguishers.
4.  Various fire materials.
5.  Extinguishers sizes and fire capacity according to NFPA10.
6.  Inspection requirements of manual extinguisher:-
   1.  Internal and external apparent inspection.
   2. – Compressive inspection.
7.  Maintenance of manual extinguishers.
8.  Refilling manual extinguishers.
9.  Fire extinguishers record.

Terms of joining the program:

1. Educational level: Prep and vocational training institutes and their equivalents.
2. Basic Requirements: obtaining one of the advanced courses in firefighting.
3. General Requirements: physically fit and healthy.

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.

More information :

* Duration of the program: two months – five days a week -240 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.

Duration: 8 weeks

Arab academy offers Ships and Harbour fires program. It is one of  qualifying programs from arab academy in firefighting .

Who should take this program ?

1. Firefighters work in fighting fires of ships and marine bases

The program objectives:

1. Preparing national cadres to general and comprehensive response to marine firefighting according to the  international organization for life safety in the sea and NFPA 1005.

* Specific objectives of the program:

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

1. Identify and study marine environment, seaports sidewalks and ground acquired into the sea.
2. Identify port services and types of naval ships and shipbuilding.
3. Identify compositional structure of these marine boats (firefighting- rescue).
4. Identify the attributes and characteristics of marine agreements and treaties.
5. Identify types of manual fire extinguishers.
6. Study the desired control plan applied when there is a fire inside the ship.
7. Achieve fire prevention that affects the structure of naval vessels.
8. Identify the documents of ports authority and the different systems and
9. Understand all the information about the ship, its crew and its capabilities in case of emergency.

The main axes of the program: –

1. Definition of the marine environment.
2. Jetties types.
3. Identify risks according to the quay type.
4. Drawings and maps.
5. Weather effects, wind and tides.
6. The risk of fire operations in the marine environment.
7. Safety requirements for a maritime firefighter.
8. Navy ships, components and types.
9. Fire protection means in marine vessels.
10. Control Plan in ships fires.
11. Emergency response agencies.
12. Hazardous materials and awareness of them.
13. First aid inside the ships.

Terms of joining the program:

1. Educational level: General secondary Certificate and its equivalent.
2. Basic Requirements: Obtaining hazardous materials awareness program.
3. General Requirements: physically fit and healthy.

* Arab academy Accreditation for this program : –

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.

More Information:

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

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

Program type : qualifying