Category Fire-fighting Courses

Arab Fire Safety & Security Academy offers technical rescue training represented in Technical rescuer I program . This technical rescue training is essential program named  Technical rescuer I .

* This technical rescue training is addressed to:

1. All employees in the field of rescue.
2. Members of the civil defense rescue teams.
3. First responders who respond to accidents that require rapid intervention     and rescue.
4.  All employees who are responsible for providing emergency medical services (EMS).

The overall objective of this technical rescue training course:

Preparing specialized rescue teams, increasing their skills to fulfill their missions and develop their competencies in accordance with international standards of NFPA 1670, 1006 & OSHA, 29CR1910.146.

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

1. Identifying the rescue fields, their importance, the safe and proper method of performance with competence required and the use of modern technology in machinery and equipment.
2. Determine the appropriate personal protective missions and good use of it.
3. Safe use of various rescue equipment, manual and automatic.
4. Rescue equipment inspection and maintenance.
5. Implementation of safety requirements of the Occupational Safety and Health Organization OSHA, which must be carried out by rescuers during operations.
6. Rescue trapped people in drill places quickly enough to save their lives.
7. The right handling with the person who was rescued and relieved from danger.
8. Identifying ways to reach the victims.
9. Identify ways to free, supervise and transport the injured.
10. Identifying types of the ropes and knots used in the rescue services and methods of linking.
11. Making presets plans for rescue operations and identifying human and mechanical possibilities for success of rescue operation.

* The main axes of the program:

1.  Rescue (identification importance – objectives – fields)
2. Personal protective equipment PPE and self-contained breathing
   apparatus SCBA required for rescuers.
3. Equipment used in rescue operations.
4. Safe use of manual and automatic rescue tools.
5. Rescue in car accidents of all kinds.
6. Methods of intervention to rescue trapped individuals.
7. Individual protective equipment required for rescuers.
8.  Rescue and clearing equipment.
9. Rescue team Safety rules, according to the specifications of the Occupational safety and Health Administration OSHA.
10. Forcible entry operations.
11. Rescue operations which include:-
    1. Rescue in buildings.
    2. Rescue in elevators and escalators.
    3. Rescue in car accidents.
    4. Rescue in accidents of petroleum products cars.
    5.  Rescue in electrical accidents.

Terms of joining the program:

1.  Educational level: General secondary Certificate (scientific section) and its equivalent.
2.   Basic Requirements: Obtain the following programs:-
   1. * Firefighter I
   2. * Hazardous materials – awareness
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: 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.

Arab Fire, Safety and Security Academy offers Refresher course for a safety team member that is a developmental program .

The Refresher course for a safety team member addressed to:

• All who wants to achieve fire safety in factories, companies and industrial, commercial and service facilities.

The overall objective of the program:

Developing the skills of fire safety teams in facilities to protect them from fire accidents.

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

• Identifying fire risks of and types.
• Identifying basic principles of fire causes prevention.
• Identifying types of fire extinguishers, how to choose, operate and use safely.
• Operating fire systems and informing the civil defense teams.
• Identifying the emergency exits and contribute in the evacuation.

The main axes of the program:

• Ignition elements.
• Fire classification.
• How to prevent fire

-Fire causes.

-Fire prevention.

• General principles of firefighting.
• Types of manual fire extinguishers.

-Fire extinguishers characteristics.

-Operation and use steps.

• Fire hoses and their equipment.
• Fire hoses cabinets.
• Fire hydrants.
• Inspecting emergency lanes, exits and doors.
• A general idea about the fire detection and alarm devices.
• Operation procedures for alarm systems and informing the civil defense teams.
• Participate in evacuation plan.

Terms of joining the program:

1. Educational level: General secondary Certificate (scientific section) and its equivalent.
2. Basic Requirements: obtaining the training courses for safety team member according to the approved list.
3. General Requirements: physically fit and healthy.

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

* Training language: – Arabic in addition to English slang terms.

* Training fees: –
* 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 number/ 201 RC

Program type/ Advanced

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 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.

Arab Fire Safety & Security academy offers Fire risks and fire fighting training program . That is an developmental program in firefighting .

Who should take this Fire risks and fire fighting training program ?

1. Beginners firefighters  .
2. Personnel of the different professional and functional level in the different work site within the commercial , industrial, service and administrative facilities.

The program objectives:

1. Developing the skills of fire-fighting using modern scientific techniques .

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

1. Identify the ignition elements.
2. Identify various types of fires and the characteristics of each type.
3. Identify fire causes and how to avoid.
4. Identify the fire detection and alarm systems and how they work (automatic – manual).
5. Know the general basic principles of firefighting.
6. Identify fire extinguishing agents and the impact of each of them in firefighting operations.
7. Choose the best fire extinguishing agent appropriate to the burning material.
8. Identify the types of fire hoses.
9. Know the different methods of rolling, stretching and carrying fire hoses.
10. Recognize all kinds of equipment used with fire hoses and their uses.
11. Identify the contents of fire hoses cabinets.
12. Firefighting using fire hoses.
13. Identify manual fire extinguishers and distinguish between the different types and sizes.
14. Firefighting using manual fire extinguishers.
15. Know the procedures to be taken in case of fire accident.
16. Know the procedures to be observed during emergencies and your role in the emergency plan.

The main axes of the program:

1. Ignition elements.
2. Types of fires, the characteristics and symbols of each type.
3. Fire causes and how to prevent them.
4. Fire detection and alarm systems (automatic – manual).
5. Fire extinguishing agents and the impact of each of them in firefighting
   operations.
6. Firefighting equipment (fire hoses and their equipment – manual fire
   extinguishers).
7. Procedures after the fire.
8. Your role in the emergencies.

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.

* 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 weeks – five days a week – 60 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.

The program duration : 10 days.

Program type : advanced .