CERTIFICATE IN FIRE SAFETY & EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COURSE Central

Course details

This course is designed to equip and familarise participants at the completion of the course with:

• The basic working knowledge on fire science and fire safety engineering.
• The various types of fire protection installations and equipment in their premises and their operational control and maintenance.
• The means and knowledge to respond to fire alarm activation, fight incipient fire, perform rescue and evacuation.
• The basic knowledge of first aid / CPR
• The basic requirement of fire safety installations and maintenance.
• The basic working knowledge to building inspection and testing of fire protection systems in a building.
• The role and responsibilities of a Fire Safety Manager.
• To understand basic concepts and applicants to incident management.
• To have basic knowledge of what are the principal consideration, planning parameters and desired outcome of evacuation planning and emergency response planning.

Course Contents

• Fire Science
  • Heat and Combustion
  • Electricity
• Fire Safety Engineering
  • Automatic fire alarm systems and detectors
  • Fire suppression systems
  • Automatic Sprinkler Systems
  • mechanical ventilation and smoke control system
• Fire Safety Management
  • Fire Safety Acts and the Regulations
  • role and responsibility of a Fire Safety Manager
  • emergency voice communication system
  • fire command centre
  • ire safety committee
  • Building Inspection and Testing
• Building Fire Fighting Provision
• Concepts in Incident Management

Entry Requirements

Participants are required to meet the following minimum eligibility requirements:

• Personnel responsible for fire safety, security, building / property / facilities maintenance
• Completed Secondary 4 Education or “O” Level or “N” Level or NTC 3

Will I recieve a certificate of completion?

• A participant must attain at least 80% of physical attendance to be eligible to take the prescibed examination at the end of the course.
• Participant who passes the prescibed examination will be awarded a Certificate of Achievement issued by Fire Safety Managers' Association (Singapore) and supported by Civil Defence Academy.