Fire Safety Training

• 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.

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.

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.

• Good communication skills in English language for students attending this course, as 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.

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.

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.
This training course does not currently have a refresher element, this can be achieved by in house training.