HSE News

Did you know that you play a vital role in Keeping KAUST Safe?

Join us for an exciting event dedicated to Keeping KAUST Safe!

We’re excited to invite the KAUST community to the annual Fire Station Open Day! This is your chance to learn about fire safety and discover how our Fire Station plays a vital role in Keeping KAUST Safe.

To foster a culture of fire safety within the KAUST community and ensure the well-being of all residents, we encourage everyone to prioritize fire awareness in their homes. KAUST values your safety and urges all residents to adopt the following simple yet crucial practices to safeguard your family, home, and neighbors from the serious consequences of fire.

To better serve our community, Health, Safety, and Environment (HSE) in collaboration with KAUST Smart, developed new emergency features now available on the KAUSTCentral app and include dissemination of emergency notifications via KAUSTCentral.

We in HSE would like to recognize KAUST’s pet friendly culture but to also recognize the health risks and unintended consequences for community animals living in and around our work spaces on campus. The practice of feeding and/or harboring these community animals at the workplace may create such unintended consequences.

We invite you to take part in the “Keeping KAUST Safe Pulse Survey 2024,” organized by the Health, Safety & Environment (HSE) department.

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All buildings at KAUST have been constructed according to international fire safety and emergency evacuation codes. Each building is equipped with a fire/evacuation alarm system, clearly marked emergency exits and designated assembly points to facilitate organized emergency evacuations. Our collective aim is to prevent disorganized evacuations, which can lead to confusion, injury and property damage. Therefore, when a building evacuation is announced, evacuation is mandatory.

At KAUST, we strive to keep our community safe from fires of all types and to share helpful information to prevent fires, including fires that start in homes due to unattended cooking. Unattended cooking is the leading cause of fires and fire-related injuries and deaths in homes worldwide, which is preventable. One way we can all contribute to Keeping KAUST Safe is to prevent actions that can cause fires in our homes, such as unattended cooking. Here’s how: