Fire Safety Engineering College

(Formerly Fire Safety Engineering College)

B.Sc. (Hons) Fire Safety (Engineering)

Introduction

These Degree courses in Fire Safety are concerned with the study of fire, its development and prevention, and the means by which its consequences may be reduced to a minimum in human, environmental and financial terms.

Students are provided with a broad and rigorous programme of vocationally relevant and applied study in the fields of Fire Safety Engineering and Management. Through the programme, students’ intellectual development and their familiarity with the industry is enhanced and extended in order to produce competent and resourceful individuals able to arrive at fire safety solutions to engineering, technological, organisational and managerial problems.

Subjects covered in the four year programme are related to Fire Science, Design for Fire Safety, Fire and Smoke Control, Fire Fighting Operations and Management, Fire Risk Assessment and Management, Fire Protection and Emergency Strategies and Planning, Health and Safety Management, and Project Management. The programme will also develop communication skills in English to enable effective operation in an engineering or managerial role where this written and oral language ability is required.

Fire Safety Engineering is for students who wish to be involved in the design of fire safety solutions through the application of prevailing knowledge and proven techniques. Fire engineering is a field which explores the various possibilities of preventing fires. It can be defined as the art and science of designing buildings and facilities for life safety and property protection in the event of an unwanted fire. This includes the application of scientific and engineering principles, based on an understanding of the phenomena and effects of fire and of reaction and behaviour of people, property and the environment as well as the impact of fire protection systems including detection, alarm and active fire protection systems.

Students who exit the programme after successfully completing the first year will be awarded, by the University of Central Lancashire, a Certificate of Higher Education in Fire Safety, the second year a Diploma of Higher Education in Fire Safety, and the third year a Bachelor Degree* (equivalent to an “Advanced Diploma” in either Fire Safety (Engineering) in Oman).

Programme Aims and Objectives

The level of education provided by the course is appropriate to those who will eventually hold senior positions within commerce, public service or industry. Throughout the course emphasis is placed on self-motivation, independent critical thinking, analytical depth and practical application. The aims of the course are:

Fire Safety (Engineering) specific course aims are:

To provide a programme of study to prepare graduates for a professional career in fire safety with an emphasis in fire engineering and design solutions.
To develop expertise in the application of scientific, engineering and technological principles and tools to resolve design problems in fire and fire safety applications.
To produce graduates with the ability to command and manage fire safety operations
To provide the underpinning Science and Technology knowledge related to fire safety
To enable graduates to assess risk and devise protection strategies as they relate to fire safety
To produce resourceful, competent, clear thinking graduates with a range of skills and experience relevant to modern industry and commerce and in particular to develop a range of competences and underpinning knowledge for practising professionals in the field of Fire Safety
To enable the graduates to apply their knowledge, understanding and skills to realistic situations and particularly in the context of the GCC region.
To develop skills in communication, independent study, team working, problem solving, management and critical thinking which will equip graduates for the world of work and lifelong learning.

Programme Structure

The University of Central Lancashire uses a Modular Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (MODCATS) to enable students to accumulate modules by pursuing planned programmes of study leading to specified awards. The full time programme consists of 6 modules studied each year. The table below shows the modules to be studied in each year and identifies which modules are specific to the Fire Safety (Engineering), FSE, courses.


Year 1 at ICEM	Principles of Science and Mathematics Fire Safety 1 Command and Management 1 Fire Safety 2 Fire Service Instructor Personal and Professional Development 1 Industrial Placement (Optional) (Needed for awards ‘….. with Industrial Placement’) Exit Award: Certificate of Higher Education in Fire Safety

Year 2 at ICEM	Health and Safety Management Mathematics 1 (1/2 Module) Fire Science (1/2 Module) Fire Inspector Personal and Professional Development 2 Design for Fire Safety 1 Fire Safety Engineering Exit Award: Diploma of Higher Education in Fire Safety

Year 3 at ICEM	Safety in Oil and Gas Fields Mathematics 2 (1/2 Module) Introduction to research methods (1/2 Module) Disaster Mitigation and Emergency Management Fire and Smoke Control in Buildings Professional Development Projects Design for Fire Safety 2 *Exit Award: Bachelor Degree (equivalent to “Advanced Diploma” in Fire Safety (Engineering) in Oman)**

Year 4 at UCLAN	Enclosure Fire Dynamics Fire Protection Strategies Project Management Dissertation Design Project 3 Probabilistic Risk Assessment (1/2 Module) Environment, Fire and Safety Laws (1/2 Module) Target Award: B.Sc (Hons) Fire Safety (Engineering)

Industrial Placement

An optional work placement period with a host company in a fire safety related role allows students an opportunity to further apply and consolidate their knowledge. Successful completion of this period leads to a Certificate or Diploma of Higher Education that states ‘…..with Industrial Placement’.

Post Qualification Opportunities

The College started the Diploma of Higher Education in Fire Safety Engineering during the academic year 1998. The Bachelor* “Advanced Diploma” programme starts in 2007. Previous students are employed by leading industry and government organisations such as; Oman Civil Defence, Qatar Civil Defence, Kuwaiti Civil Defence, Qatar petroleum, Nabors International, MB Petroleum, Abdulaziz Brothers, Airco Oman, MHD, Dalma, PDO, Sohar Port, Oman Cables, Galfar, Sohar International Urea, LNG, Halliburton, Sogex Oman, Sohar Steel, Sohar Aluminum, Shaleem Petroleum, Sohar Refinery.

This programme prepares graduates for post graduate studies and also enables them to enter organizations as Fire Fighters, Fire Supervisors, Fire Officers, Fire Engineers, Design Engineers, Consultants, Fire Trainers, HSE Officer and HSE Advisors. The demand is for well qualified, knowledgeable Fire Safety professionals, and the aim of this course is to provide graduates with the knowledge and skills to meet this demand and take advantage of the many job opportunities which are available.

* Note on Equivalence of Qualifications

The College offers courses leading to qualifications from the British Affiliated University, University of Central Lancashire. British qualifications are generally recognized throughout the world but it is important to know the equivalence with your local qualifications. In particular, British universities often offer Bachelor Degrees (with Honours). The equivalence of the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) qualifications with the Oman Qualifications Framework is as follows:

Certificate of Higher Education (UCLan)	=	Certificate (Oman)
Diploma of Higher Education (UCLan)	=	Diploma (Oman)
Bachelor Degree (UCLan)	=	Advanced Diploma (Oman)
Bachelor Degree with Honours (UCLan)	=	Bachelor Degree (Oman)