Course Description

This practical and highly-interactive course includes practical sessions and demonstration where participants carryout firefighting. Theory learnt in the class will be applied using a fire extinguisher and various firefighting equipment through hands-on practical sessions. This course is designed to provide participants with a basic overview of firefighting. The aim of the course is to train personnel on the awareness and knowledge to react to a fire situation and demonstrate the skill to fight small fires. It covers the awareness on fire chemistry, how fire spreads and actions to be taken in case of fire incident; the process of combustion and the important elements involved in it; the primary and secondary actions to be taken when faced with a fire and demonstrate usage of fire extinguisher on a small controlled fire; and basic principles of the theory of combustion. During this interactive course, participants will learn other classes of fires and fire prevention measures; the use of different types of portable extinguishers; the heat transfer, sources of ignition and evacuation procedures; handling causalities by using correct lifting techniques; recognizing fixed fire protection and detection; and the basis of fire prevention measures relevant to the workplace.

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TRAINING METHODOLOGY

This interactive training course includes the following training methodologies:

30 % Lectures
20 % Workshops & Work Presentations
20 % Case Studies & Practical Exercises
30 % Videos, Software & Simulators

In an unlikely event, the course instructor may modify the above training methodology for technical reasons.

VIRTUAL TRAINING (IF APPLICABLE)

If this course is delivered online as a Virtual Training, the following limitations will be applicable:

Certificates	:	Only soft copy certificates will be issued
Training Materials	:	Only soft copy materials will be issued
Training Methodology	:	80% theory, 20% practical
Training Program	:	4 hours per day, from 09:30 to 13:30