Welcome to the Fire Extinguisher training course, which is offered to community members and facilitated by the KAUST Fire Department.
Attendance criteria
Nomination to be a Fire Warden from your Building/section manager.
Good communication skills in the English language for students attending this course, as the assessment is a pass-or-fail written exam.
The course length will be approximately 2 to 3 hours dependent on class size and is held at KAUST Fire departments training facilities.
Course Content
In this course, you will be trained on how to safely use a Fire extinguisher by our experienced Fire team in a practical scenario. You will also receive fire safety technical classroom input, which includes:
classes of fire.
types of extinguishers and their use.
actions by community members in the event of discovering a fire.
Assessment
This is an assessable course.
You will be assessed during and after the training, including 20 questions in a written test. A score of 15 or better and full completion of all of the training elements will facilitate a pass and the student can then receive the training certificate.
This training course does not currently have a refresher element, this can be achieved by in-house training.
For any queries related to Fire safety training contact firesafetytraining@kaust.edu.sa “ KAUST HSE o+ers Fire Warden training to its community and non-attendance for our courses drains our limited resources and inconveniences our crews.
If unable to attend this Training course, please call:
FIRE CAPTAIN – 012 8085103 or 012 8084012
Nonattendance without informing the Fire department will disqualify this person from future training courses. Permission for any further attendance on future Fire training courses will then be needed to be gained directly from Deputy Fire Chief Nicholas D. Cheatle, as part of our procedure for managing non-attendance of Fire training courses and to help limit time wasting of KAUST resources.
Welcome to the Fire Warden training course, which is offered to nominated persons and facilitated by KAUST Fire Department.
Attendance criteria
Nomination to be a Fire Warden from your Building / section manager.
Good communication skills and written and verbal English language to a good standard are prerequisites for students attending this course, as assessment is a pass or fail written exam in English.
The course length will be approximately 3 to 4 hours dependent on class size and is held at KAUST Fire departments training facilities
Course Content
In this course, you will be trained on how to be a fire warden and the responsibilities of this role
before, during and after Fire emergency evacuations within KAUST premises.
Proactive and reactive actions of a Fire Warden.
Actions when: hearing an alarm – discovering a fire.
Basic Fire safety
Classes of fire
Dealing with a fire – Fire extinguishers
Evacuation chairs
During this training you will receive fire safety technical classroom input from the Fire team and also use a fire extinguisher, coordinating and assisting with emergency evacuations during a practical scenario
Assessment
This is an assessable course.
You will be assessed during and after the training, including with 20 questions in a written test. A score of 15 or better and full completion of all of the training elements will facilitate a pass and the student can then receive the training certificate.
Students who pass the course will receive a Fire Warden vest either on the conclusion of the course or within a short period of time, dependent on resources.
Refresher training should be sought every 2 years to ensure Fire Warden skills are updated and any changes can be communicated.
For any queries related to Fire safety training contact firesafetytraining@kaust.edu.sa “KAUST HSE o+ers Fire Warden training to its community and non-attendance for our courses
drains our limited resources and inconveniences our crews.
If unable to attend this Training course, please call:
FIRE CAPTAIN – 012 8085103 or 012 8084012
Nonattendance without informing the Fire department will disqualify this person from future training courses. Permission for any further attendance on future Fire training courses will then be needed to be gained directly from Deputy Fire Chief Nicholas D. Cheatle, as part of our procedure for managing non-attendance of Fire training courses and to help limit time wasting of KAUST resources.
