30 September 2018
Symphony Style Kuwait, Kuwait
Symphony Style Kuwait, Kuwait
Forum Day: Sunday, 30 September 2018
8:00 am - 8:55 am Registration, refreshments and networking
8:55 am - 9:00 am Kuwait national anthem
9:00 am - 9:05 am Welcome address by the Chairman
BUILDING A SAFER FUTURE: STRATEGIC PERSPECTIVE ON THE KUWAIT FIRE SAFETY AND LIFE PROTECTION CODES
9:05 am - 9:25 am Opening address by Kuwait Fire Safety Directorate (KFSD)
9:25 am - 9:50 am Fire Fighting and Prevention Regulations for High Rise Buildings
9:50 am - 10:15 am Master of disasters leading during difficult times
- Leading Industrial Fire Brigades during major industrial disasters
- Incident command decision making process
- Lessons learned from Kuwait Oil Sector
- Kuwait industrial firefighting capabilities and the way forward
10:15 am - 10:40 am How the use of innovative pipe joining methods can improve public safety
10:40 am - 11:05 am Building resilience in Airports – Good Practices
11:05 am - 11:35 am LEADERS EXCHANGE: Safety and performance excellence: How to improve safety standards and enhance safety performance
- Improving technical quality and design to protect and minimise potential incidents
- Tackling the core challenges from lack of educated professionals to low quality products in the market
- Lessons learned from fire incidents in the past 10 years
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11:35 am - 12:10 pm VIP exhibition tour and networking break
12:10 pm - 12:35 pm Case study of a chemical incident in Kuwait
12:35 pm - 1:00 pm Emergency management system for industrial facilities
- Testing your emergency response system to ensure continuous improvement
- Credible incident scenarios and emergency response process
- Human capital development to maximise your protection regime
1:00 pm - 1:25 pm The role of NGOs in public safety awareness
1:25 pm - 1:50 pm Façade fire safety problem: Failure mechanisms and risks in fire
- Identifying the façade challenges of combustibility, fire spread, fire leap and learning efficient mitigating strategies
- Recognising the importance of fire performance and the testing of cladding materials in order to ensure the safety of the building and occupants
- Uncovering perimeter barriers and fire stops for curtain walling
1:50 pm - 2:20 pm PANEL DISCUSSION: Creating an efficient fire inspection, testing and maintenance programme
- Uncovering the challenges of inspection, testing and maintenance and recognising how this can affect fire risk
- Ensuring compliance with fire codes through efficient testing, inspection and maintenance methods
- Best practices and innovative technologies in testing, inspection and maintenance in order to improve the safety of the building
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