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Maj.Gen. Expert Rashid Thani Rashid ALMatrooshi, Director General of Dubai Civil Defence has delivered a lecture at Police Officers Club in Abu Dhabi titled ( The Main Enablers of Dubai Civil Defence System Successfulness), in the presence of Col. Waleed Salem ALShamsi, Director General of Abu Dhabi Police College, number of Police officers and 300 college students and trainees.
He focused on his lecture on the importance to have a number of factors such as integration, sustainability, empowerment , development, preplanning and the achievement of minimum standard response time.
He also, pointed out to the specified main enablers which contributed to the success of Dubai Civil Defence system, among which is preventive enablers comprising:
*prepare, issue and implement ( Emirates Fire & Life Safety Code of Practice) as a mandatory reference source for all buildings designing and consultants companies, as per each fire safety activity, this code is classified as one of the latest of its kind in the world.
Beside, issuing legislations which can support Civil Defence procedures..
Such as:
*Federal law No (23) of 2006, pertaining Civil Defence services.
* Cabinet decision No (24) of 2012
* Ministry of Interior decision No (505) of 2012
In addition ,
He also, assessed and analyzed the Address hotel fire accident, indicating the challenges faced, actions taken to respond to, and how it was doused in a shortest time , only two minutes, without any injuries reported. Finally Maj. ALMatrooshri answered all questions raised by attendees.
In an special ceremony conducted at DCD’s Headquarters’ building, Director General of Dubai Civil Defence, Maj.Gen. Expert Rashid ALMatrooshi, has honored, the First group of (Address Hotel Knights), for wining Dubai Government Excellence Program award (Excellent Team category), and Col. Salem Khalifa ALMugrab (Head of excellent techno-project team) ,Assist. Director General for prevention and safety affairs, and Mrs. Afaf Jassim, General Coordinator of Dubai Excellent Program at Dubai Civil Defence and Director of Department of Strategy and Performance Development. Number of Civil Defence distinguished employees including sustainability leaders group , unknown solider ( sergeant Ali Gaffer), and field employee category candidate ( Sergeant major Hassan Abbas ALBlooshi, were also honored.
In his directive speech to honored employees Maj. ALMatrooshi confirmed:
Everyone should be aware about the fact that, Excellence is not merely a goal which is occasionally sought, but it becomes work attitude and a life style, hence individual and corporate excellence culture must be spread and implemented in all the joints of functional performance, in different locations and under different circumstances, in order to make it a method for integration and development, continuous spur to remedy any problems arising during implementation.
He added:
Address knights experience has shown the importance of having highly qualified and well trained cadre competent to respond and manage emergencies, transparency in dealing with incident and continuous news broadcast to assure the public, government bodies readiness to manage crisis and disasters, and the availability of successful planning and training system collectively leading to accident response in a standard time. So, we learnt from address knights experience to have one working team with one goal, then only Civil Defence’s vision (Toward making UAE one of the most safest and secure country of the world) can be achieved.
Dubai Civil Defence Director further confirmed:
Dubai Government excellence performance program has become a part of continual development system of individual and corporate functional performance, and encouragement tool for scientific assessment of methods and results, and an opportunity for checking and improvement according to an effective measurement tools and indicators.
Awarding Dubai Government excellence performance program prize to the Address Knights’ team ( distinguished work team category), was a result of its excellent role performed in dousing the address hotel fire. Winning team was able to control the fire in one minute time. The Creative implementation of SOPs requirements by responding team in response to changes dramatically taking place in the accident scene, and full utilization of onsite celebrations emergency preset plans also considered by them, proved to be effective along with onsite integration with other emergency teams.
Thus, honoring should motivate Civil Defence employees to , and at the same it double their responsibility to enhance DCD’ reputation being praised by all for many years in recognition of your achievements, and not for Address hotel incident only. As our wise leadership’s aspiration is to make UAE becomes the first in different fields worldwide, we at Civil Defence work as per rational and scientific plans to be internationally ranked on top in performance, services and skills aspects and to meet customers and employees satisfaction.
He ends saying:
Soon a program for training different leaders titled ( Fourth Generation Leadership) will be launched. The program focuses on different specialties, applications and standards of leadership, and it comes in line with functional standards excellence (fourth generation).These courses will target all leaders levels from the Second row leaders ( directors of departments and fire stations) , to shifts leaders level. The concept of (Fourth Generation leadership) will depend on results, plans efficiency and commitment, their impact on human force, individual productivity and corporate outcome, hence a step ahead is achieved the way of international excellence together with other global Civil Defence authorities.
Under the patronage of H.H.Sheikh Saif Bin Zayed ALNahyan, deputy prime minister and minister of Interior, and the participation of Maj.Gen. Expert Rashid Thani ALMatrooshi,Director General of Dubai Civil Defence, Dubai Civil Defence has conducted the sixth annual Fire safety Technology Forum. Brig. Ahmed Ubaid ALSayegh, Assist. Director for fire &rescue, Col. Hassan Ali Bin Hassram, Director of UmmalQuain Civil Defence , representatives of regional Civil Defence departments, Directors of Dubai Civil Defence internal departments along with fire products manufacturing, installation and maintenance companies’ directors were attended also.
The sixth version for this year held under the slogan: (Innovative recovery from High rise accidents), based on the intensive analysis carried by Civil Defence on recent High rise buildings fires accidents, and the continuous investigation processes to detect their causes, internal/external impacting factors, and global public concern associated with them , and based as well on successful achievement of Civil Defence’s rescue and fighting operations, and further to assert the importance of periodical review of latest technologies by Civil Defence and its ongoing keenness to develop best practices and applications.
In his speech delivered at the forum, Maj.Gen.Expert ALMatrooshi ,Director of Dubai Civil Defence, titled ( Key enablers to ensure Civil Defence organization success) Said:
Vast development witnessed by Civil Defence major and supportive operations, and its sustainable effectiveness are considered essential enablers in delivering best services to customers and partners successfully.
He further added:
Key enablers include many factors led by ( Emirates fire & Life safety code of practice) which was issued, implemented, and updated based on a number of legislative backgrounds, such as federal law No 23of 2006, which regulates Civil Defence work, ministers council decision No 24 of 2012 pertaining violations fines, and ministry of interior executive decision No 505 of 2012, which identifies safety threating violations and subsequent fines for each violation, and that has helped to enhance safety measures in buildings and establishments. In addition to, the implementation of 24x7 system, which was put in place in 2008, as a strategic scheme ensuring safety in buildings and establishments, by connecting them electronically to central operations room, and in case of any fire or lift fault, fire teams will immediately respond when electronic signals arrive to operations room. According to this scheme, about 56,921 building and establishments are provided with electronic firefighting systems, 44,277 buildings are already linked to operations room, and about 8,284 are still underway.
Intelligence deductive system is another enabler, which allows fire teams to reach incident scene via shortest cut and in less possible time. While smart home project which is considered complementing the smart system scheme (24x7dcd), is used to directly connect the villas to DCD’s central operations room, so any accident once occurred is reported via a hot line, which instantaneously provides all information required by Civil Defence teams to reach to the scene in the minimum response time.
Community preventive awareness campaigns aiming at increasing awareness level and embeds individual safety behavior form together with (758) evacuation drills conducted during 2015 an important factor in making the community prime partner in safety industry, as safety for all cannot be realized without participation from all.
Standard operating procedures (SOP’s) is deemed essential in the field of fighting fires for governance of incident scene procedures, and empower commanders and fire teams to effectively manage the accident with minimal possible loss, plus optimum investment in human resources.
Then, He talked about Address hotel fire experience, pointing out the challenges associated with accident, such as existence of 3000 people in the hotel, huge crowd around the hotel, fire spreading in more than one place, high wind speed, fire in upper stories and the extensive international media coverage.
Sixth Fire Safety Technology Forum has commenced its work with a study on (Shilly towers fire &lessons learnt ) prepared and presented by Mark Yates, chief fire officer and vice chairman CFOA , then ( Incident response time – the context of public education and collaboration) delivered by Barry Lynham, President Fire Safe Europe, followed by ( Tall building Firefighting , An Australian Perspective) presented by Justin Francis , Senior Officer- Queensland Fire & Rescue, then ( Fire Safe Façade: Regulating for Resilience) presented by Stephen Little Battalion Officer – Chicago Fire Department and finally ( High Rise Firefighter Air Replenishment System) delivered by Gary Morris, Fire Chief I Pine –Strawberry Fire District.
Participating fire companies displayed their products on the sideline of the forum. The number of the speakers of the forum since its early start in 2011 till now is estimated at 40,1500 participants and 100 displayers. Participants include public and private sectors representing various countries such as UAE,Gulf Countries,UK,USA,Canada, France, Italy, Greece and Hong Kong.
Dubai Civil Defence main topics discussed are
2011 – Best International Practices and technological applications
2012- Recovery from High-rises fires
2013- Civil Defence - & Civic Society Preparation to Minimize Crisis Risks
2014- Civil Defence & Community Awareness Culture
2015- Civil Defence & Crisis Limitation Under Sustainable Development
2016- Innovation in Recovery from High-rises fires
In line with strategic preventive awareness plan executed by Dubai Civil Defence throughout the year, across community sectors in all buildings and establishments, and as a part of its awareness program designed for media centers, stations and institutions, Civil Protection’s awareness teams at Dubai Civil Defence is conducting a week long awareness training program to train media city working staff on how to use manual fire extinguishers, introduction to public hazards, methods and application of evacuation in buildings and admins. offices during times of emergency, implementing number of individual skills of rescuing casualties at accident scene a long with occupational safety requirements and their applications.
Launched annual awareness and training plan has covered almost half million persons in 2015, while the target set for 2016 is six hundreds persons. Awareness and training plan targets workers or whoever is available in educational, residential, industrial, commercial, health, tourist, government, transportation sectors. Workers at disable and elderly centers and in other social institutions or activists are among the targeted categories as well. Awareness plan also introduces prerequisite safety measures against crisis repercussions, how to be handled if occurred, and ways of limitation.
On behalf of all Dubai Civil Defence Staff Maj.Gen. Expert Rashid Thani ALMatrooshi, Director General of Dubai Civil Defence Department expresses his thanks and appreciation to H.H.Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid ALMaktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai and to H.H.Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid ALMaktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai and Minister of Finance for their continuous support to Dubai Civil Defence, particularly the recent approval taken by H.H. Sheikh Hamdan to establish three new fire centers in (Nad ALShiba, ALMazhr, and Jebal Ali) with total cost of 45 million dirham.
He added:
This step comes in line with ongoing support extended by our wise leadership to Dubai Civil defence, and as a part of Dubai Government strategic plan aiming to ensure all establishments and residential, industrial,marketing,services and entertainment areas in Dubai is provided with fire and safety requirements, and also to make DCD’s set vision ( Toward making UAE one of the safest and more secured countries of the world) achieved. As a result of this support and due to other development plans implemented in the fields of ( prevention, protection, firefighting, planning, coordination with stakeholders and training) Civil Defence services progressed rapidly development during the last ten years, and its fire and rescue teams became more efficient and professional. This developmental approach was well reflected in the mode of integration between the various capabilities, utilization of different supportive factors, making use of accumulated experiences and sponsorship of innovative initiatives which collectively aiming at Civil Defence following strategic goals:
(Ensure readiness during crisis and disasters, achievement of highest safety levels, make sure services are delivered as per quality standards, enhancing public confidence by delivering excellent services, effective communication and transparency).
Regarding Civil Defence Futuristic Vision ..General ALMatrooshi Continue to Say:
Our futuristic vision is the (Smart Civil Defence), that based on fundamental factors, bringing future into present, through an integrated system of best practices and innovative applications. Such system includes:
High ranking delegation from Saudi Electricity Company headed by Eng. Mansur Saleh AL Mansur, chief of Industrial security sector, and other members of the delegation was received by Maj.Gen.Expert Rashid Thani ALMatrooshi, Director General of Dubai Civil Defence, during their official visit to Emirates Martyrs Fire Station. The visit aims at showing the visiting delegation Dubai Civil Defence best practices applied in its main and supportive operations. The review commenced with a brief demonstration presented by Mrs. Afaf Jassim, Director of Department of Strategy, about best applications achieved by Civil Defence in accordance to Federal Government and Dubai Government 2021, in legislative,awareness,preventive and firefighting fields, and the futuristic strategic plans to cope with rapid urbanization.
Then the delegation was briefed also by General ALMatrooshi about codes prepared and implemented by Dubai Civil Defence, such as (Emirates fire & life safety code of practice), (Standard Operating Procedures), Civil Defence Fire Stations Operating Guidelines) and ( Emirates Guide For Vehicles and Equipments Technical Specifications For Civil Defence), which constitute main sources of strength for Civil Defence success. The visiting delegation had inspection tour accompanied Director General and Brig. Ahmed Obaid ALSayegh, assist. Director for fire & rescue affairs, to operations room and trucks and equipments.
Members of delegation include, Eng. Mohammed Mahadi Gahtani, Eng. Fahad Shaded ALKhali, Eng. Mustafa Mohammed ALShahri, Eng. Walid Hussain Gowadi, Eng. Fahad Yahiya Gamedi, Eng. AbdullRahim Ahmed, Mr. Rashid Farhan, Eng. Dakheel Allah AlShahrani, Eng. Mohammed Abdullah ALKharshi. Welcoming ceremony was attended by Col. Rashid ALBufalsa, Lt.Col.Expert.Ahmed Kemidish, Lt.Col.Expert Ali Hassan Almutawa, Lt.Col. Ismail Abdullah and a number of other DCD’s officers.
In coincidence with Gulf Traffic Week, Department of Civil Protection at Dubai Civil Defence, conducts in association with Vehicle Licensing Department of RTA, Cars Fire Safety Drive, which comes as a part of its transportation annual awareness safety plan. Safety annual plan aims to spread awareness across workers at different sectors of marine and road transportation. This campaign also focuses on training the employees of driver’s training institutes. Conducted drive includes lectures and practical training on how to use fire extinguishers, fire blanket, evacuations procedures and introduction of causes of cars fires. Awareness contests are carried out by awareness teams and Firefighter Salem and his family dolls are displayed as well, to entrench preventive knowledge among the workers.
A delegation from Civil Defence Department at Ministry of General Security in China, headed by Chinese Civil Defence Deputy Director was received by Maj.Gen. Expert Rashid Thani ALMatrooshi, Director General of Dubai Civil Defence during their visit to Emirates Martyrs Center, in the presence of Brig. Ahmed Obaid ALSayegh, Assist. Director for Fire & Rescue Affairs. A concise demonstration about DCD’s developmental plan in the recent years and its futuristic vision for completing smart services requirements was presented by General ALMatrooshi. Demonstration shown includes, the whole system used to manage Disasters and Crisis emergencies, which comprises (UAE fire & Life Safety Code of Practice), (Standard Operating Procedures), (Fire Stations Operating Guidelines) and (Equipment’s Technical Guidelines), followed by the issuance of a package of legislations, including decision NO 24 of 2012 which regulates Civil Defence violations fees.
Maj.Gen. ALMatrooshi referred also to the connectivity between Civil Defence main operations and development strategic plans under the Government vision 2021, and accelerated measures taken by Civil Defencer to convert into smart services by implementing latest technologies such as (24X7) which connect firefighting systems installed in buildings to central operations room to ensure their readiness, till now 47,510 buildings out of 52,032 surveyed buildings is already connected. Besides implementing also Electronic engineer program which enabling the process of approving drawings online.
He also confirmed the keenness of Dubai Civil Defence to spread and entrench preventive safety culture and public safety behavior in the society via awareness programs and evacuation drills. About 758 drills conducted in 2015 in line with training strategy, people who were benefited from these drills were 365,443 persons. According to training strategy each fire station is oblige to conduct minimum 3 drills in its area of jurisdiction. Based on the visitors’ request Maj.Gen. ALMatrooshi demonstrated leadership and executive aspects of implementing the best practices while responding to Address hotel fire accident and challenges accident leadership faced. Then a meeting was held between the visiting delegation and directors of fire stations, where H.H. director General answered all occupational questions raised by the visitors. In his word noted down in visitors’ log book General New Yo Gowang, Deputy Director of Chinese Civil Defence Department wrote “We are proud to say Dubai Civil Defence is one of the world most advance Civil Defence authorities”.
Then the delegation escorted by Brig. Ahmed ALsayegh visited Burj Khalifa to review applied firefighting and safety systems, and also visited the Central operations room to review as well its operating and control systems to manage and passing information to support Civil Defence teams and safeguard safety in buildings and establishments.
Mr. Emle Pirez, Director of International Cooperation Department at Ministry of Interior in Republic of France, praises during his official visit to Emirates Martyrs Fire Center, the performance of Civil Defence teams in fighting Address Hotel fire accident in New Year eve. Visiting delegation was received by Maj.Gen.Expert Rashid Thani ALMatrooshi, Director General of Dubai Civil Defence , Brig. Ahmed Obaid ALSayegh, Assist Director General and the directors of fire stations who representing ( Address Hotel Knights).
He added:
“ the entire world was fearfully awaited in that night, as more than one million people were gathered around Burj Khalifa, not far from accident scene, Wondering !! What repercussions would result from Address hotel fire accident ?you performance have really impressed the world, we were very interested, while attending World Government Summit, to be here to learn more about how such great success was achieved.. we feel very proud of your professionalism and your quick arrival to accident scene which took one minute only. Such remarkable achievement would not have taken place without well preparation, permanent readiness and strong integration with other emergency services stakeholders. Allow me to convey to you the appreciation from your colleagues Ministry of Interior and Civil Defence in France . I also avail this opportunity to express my deepest thanks and gratitude to H.H. Sheikh Saif Bin Zayed ALNahyan,Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister who facilitated this meeting with you to know more about your strategies and tactics implemented while responding to massive fires. We learnt from our experience, successful responding to emergencies can be assured by permanent readiness ,working with one team spirit and exchanging expertize.
From his side Maj.Gen. Expert ALMatrooshi confirmed:
“ Exchange of visits and experiences between Civil Defence authorities from different countries is very important, as it deepening scientific knowledge, spreading organizational best practices and individual skills in a such way that serves our joint goal aiming at protecting lives, properties and environment”.
Then Brig. Ahmed Obaid ALSayegh, delivered a brief presentation where he explained to the visiting delegation preset plan of Safeguarding New Year celebrations, also demonstrated fundamental factors of Civil Defence services development strategy during the last seven years, that helped available equipments and technologies deployed human forces efficiently carried out their roles during Address hotel fire, without fatalities reported among hotel occupants, public or fire teams.
Visiting delegation escorted by Director General had a exploratory tour to review latest equipments used by Civil Defence in its fire & rescue operations and communications. Head of visiting delegation was awarded Dubai Civil Defence Logo as a commemorative gift on the occasion of his visit.
At the end of his visit, Mr. Emle wrote a comment in visitors log book stated :
(My deepest thanks for this cordiality and overwhelming hospitality , appreciating at the same time Dubai Civil professionalism which impressed the world, no doubt it is the outcome of the clear vision, of UAE prudent leadership in general and Dubai in particular, about public safety requirements, and its extended development support to Civil Defence and other security authorities working system such as, planning, readiness, integration, harmony between the teams that lead to achievement of excellent results , we look forward for more ties enhancement and exchange of expertize between our departments).
Meeting was attended by Major Jan Newel, deputy of regional security attaché, at French Embassy in UAE and Col. Rashid AbuALFalasah, Director of DCD’s Director General office.
MOU to develop a robot for Civil Defence tasks was signed between General Directorate of Dubai Civil Defence and Digi Robotics by Maj.Gen.Expert Rashid Thani ALMatrooshi, Director General of Dubai Civil Defence and Mr. Jamal AL Khatib, CEO of Digi Robotics Company at the sideline of UAE AI and Robotics Award for Good, taking place along with Government Summit in its second edition. The Robot can be used to carryout critical tasks remotely by connecting to firefighting systems in buildings and automatically moving to the source of fire to carry initial extinguishing process till the arrival of fire team, and can also be used in smart awareness campaigns in shopping malls as per the Government’s trend to adopt untraditional systems to protect lives and properties.
The robot was manufactured according to ideas and requirements set by Dubai Civil Defence. It will be subject to 3 month trial period, then evaluated at the end the period to check its technical and operational efficiencies. MOU aims to upgrade Civil Defence workers capabilities by implementing latest technologies, make use of international expertise in this field and activate strategic partnership with other concerned bodies. DCD’s participation in this exhibition comes as a continuation of its previous efforts in the last session, where it displayed RC Camera drone technology used in Civil Defence operations. MOU was signed in the presence of Col. Rashid Khalifa ALBuflasa, director of Director General office and Lt.Col. Ismail Ahmed ,Director of Corporate Communication Dept.
Following its fulfillment of the requirements Dubai Civil Defence was awarded ISO standard 31000- 2009 for risk management. Maj.Gen.Expert Rashid Thani ALMatrooshi,Director General of Dubai Civil Defence Has confirmed, during the announcement, the keenness of Civil Defence workers to improve their performance constantly in accordance with international quality standards and maintain customers satisfaction. ISO 31000-2009 certification was awarded in recognition of Dubai Civil Defence achievement of risk management system requirements, its continued efforts to improve performance and upgrading risk management staff efficiency, in order to reduce potential losses. Dubai Civil Defence was the first department to be awarded this ISO standard.
On behalf of United Nations Organization, Ambassador Dr. Ahmed Mohammed ALMasagati, UN ambassador for education in Middle East and North Africa, has honored Civil Defence Personnel for their excellent performance in fighting Address hotel fire broke out in New Year eve. Ceremony to honor the Directors of Civil Defence fire stations on behalf of Civil Defence personnel who participated in the accident, was conducted at Civil Defence (Emirates Martyrs Center) building, in the presence of Brig. Ahmed Obaid ALsayegh, Assist. Director General for Fire & Rescue.
In his brief speech, Dr. ALMasagati said:
“The role carried out by Civil Defence personnel and other supportive teams from different departments, during responding to the accident , and the smooth evacuation operations of occupants , without any casualties asserted the role of the culture,methdiloglies and conduct of excellent performance implanted by the farsighted leadership in the minds and hearts of Civil Defence workers and other stakeholders. At the same time reflects their efficient skills, discipline and high humanitarian awareness. Mentioned factors, have enhanced the good reputation of UAE as a safety oasis, meeting points for success seekers from across the continents”.
He added:
I would like to express my thanks and appreciation, being with my family among the occupants of the hotel during the catastrophe, for all those who contribute to make the joy of millions, who turned out to the celebration area, come true. We have gone through a very harsh experience, in which people and workers in different sectors in UAE in general and Dubai in particular, have shown genuine keenness to safeguard the safety and conveniences of their guests. May I take opportunity to announce our interest to involve all dignitaries and celebrities in spreading the safety culture through social media across different age groups, specially the youth.
Brig. Ahmed ALsayegh briefed the guest about the nature of Civil Defence tasks, equipments and apparatus. Then, ambassador wrote a comment on the guest log book.
On behalf of Maj.Gen.Expert Rashid Thani ALMatrooshi, Director General of Dubai Civil Defence, Lt.Col. Jamal Ahmed Ibrahim, Director of Preventive Safety, inaugurated Middle East Fire Safety Conference held on the sideline of INTERSEC 2016, in the presence of a number of engineers representing Consultants offices, fire products manufacturers,installation,testing and maintenance companies. In his delivered speech said:
“Dousing the massive fire broke out in Address Downtown Hotel in New year’s eve has formed a substantial challenge, as how important is the integration between Civil Defence main operational pillars ((awareness – protection – firefighting) with other supportive operations (planning – training – administrative- organizational – technical), and was also a major indicator which reflected the role of theoretical Civil Defence sciences and its relevant applications, commanders and individuals acquired, including information demonstrated by specialist experts during scientific conferences such as your valuable INTERSEC”.
He added also:
Any observer of INTERSEC conference and exhibition throughout its seventeen conducted sessions can recognizes the rapid technological development seen in firefighting and public safety technology systems, and the impact of latest safety products on the improvement of residents safety environment and the remarkable advancement of Civil Defence methods and applications in the whole region and particularly in UAE. No doubt, such developments should be applied practically on the field operations, and accumulated experiences of field commanders should as well be assembled as a curriculum to improve fire and public safety teams skills..
Understanding of fire spreading mechanism, fire safety strategies and evacuations procedures are considered essential factors in different economic and social sectors.
Proper management of fire safety systems requires developing clear and strong concepts for the main factors needed to have concrete infrastructure to hold present and future safety requirements. Setting such concepts is one of INTERSEC targets. We are very much confident that issues to be raised during this session will add qualitative value to Civil Defence sciences and applications, and this will include: acquiring deep understanding of fire spreading mechanism in different environments and new innovative management system to control it, knowing more about fire protection measures, need to conduct appropriate testing and proper fire systems maintenance methods, importance of training in avoiding potential crisis, proper behavior to be followed during emergency situations and finally to know to what extent case studies presented by international industry experts are relevant to our region.
Lt.Col. asserted:
Throughout the recent past years Civil Defence showed sincere keenness to invest and implement latest technologies in achieving its sustainable development vision.. as a base to achieve its strategic goal (smart Civil Defence..smart services. Smart city), which meets our prudent leadership vision towards making UAE one of the safest and most secure country of the world by 2021, which coincides with the 50th anniversary of UAE establishment. Similarly, this vision coincides also with the designed strategy aiming at completing the infra-structure required to host Expo 2020, an event expected to impress the world of its achievements.
Civil Defence has managed to transfer most its services indifferent fields into smart ones, specially preventive safety services. Moreover, is working hard to complete the normative system of protection, prevention, firefighting and other supportive services.
He ended saying:
Dubai Civil Defence will display a number of services such as building smart systems, personal safety dashboard, recent update of Emirates fire code, introduction to Emirates Academy of fire sciences. These project will mark new stage of Civil Defence services technology development and we will always remain a principal partner with all public and private safety stakeholders, and constant supporter for all safety activities.. in order to make UAE one of the safest and secured country of the world.
Then attended the questions raised by the participants in regard to Fire Code applications.
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