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Today’s most seen scenario students and their parents are still confused in which sector their children’s should take off their career where they can find good opportunities to grab bright future. Today, Anybody looking for a career in common courses like B.Com, BSc., BE, B.Tech etc. is merely adding to the completion, not creating a great opportunity as the initial batches would have. Because, there is huge Competition for job. If Competition comes, No Chance for geeting job. So, Fire and Safety Engineering gives you a 10 years head start as compared to the other fields.

The past framework for every #industry was profit orientations the only vision and mission is to reach high profit. Meanwhile not focused on organizations safety, their product, manpower safety etc in results faces various industrial-social hazard and disaster. Industrial Safety is essential function of each industry. Especially industries involving hazardous operations, process or mechanical or physical conversion or transmission of mechanical or electrical/nuclear power essentially maintain well equipped Fire and Safety department with trained staff and equipments to meet any safety threats. For today’s #college going students there is a huge and tremendous scope and demand in every industries whether it may be government or private industries for fire, safety, occupation, health, & environment field. Viz, Petrochemicals, Oil and Refineries, medical science, Infrastructure, construction companies, Paper-plastics and polymer industries, Food and environmental industries, Electricals-electronics, cement industries also shipping corporation, cargo hubs, Municipal Corporation, National Thermal Power Station, ONGC, Airports etc.

Gulf is the biggest fire prone area in the world, because it has the largest storage of oil. Undoubtedly the highest budget of fire prevention and fire protection spent in the world is in the Gulf. They prevent fire by increasing the safety awareness of the people. That translates into thousands of job openings in the field of #Safety as #Fire officer & Safety Officers/Engineers.

What's more, to cater to the fast growing demand from various quarters there are only limited teaching centres to deliver professionally competent personnel. Out of the reputed #institutes, National #Academy of Fire and Safety Engineering (NAFS) Nagpur one of the leading institute in Fire & Safety Engineering who delivered quality education and scholars every years situated in second capital in India has taken the enterprising step to reach over the youth of the country offering them a career opportunity which if grasped has the potential to change their life for the better within a year of enrolment.

National Academy of Fire and Safety (NAFS) offers various courses on the basis of minimum 10th or 12th qualification so as to get best academic and training exposures to the students to execute their best in fire and safety fields.

NAFS Offered Courses:-

1. DFSHM-Diploma in Fire-Safety and Hazards Management/Eligibility-10th or Above
2. DIS-Diploma in Industrial Safety/Eligibility-10th + 12th (Sci) or 2 Yr ITI Equivalent
3. PGDFSHM-PG Diploma in Fire, Safety and Hazard Management
4. PGDIS-PG Diploma in Industrial Safety
5. ADIS-Advance Diploma in Industrial Safety
6. ADSM-Advance Diploma in Safety Management
7. B.Sc. Fire Safety and Hazard Management

Besides these, the NAFS has a reference library which provides all the necessary reference materials for the successful completion of the course. The teaching faculty consists of professionals who have spent many years in the field of fire & safety with extensive practical insights about the causes and concerns of the industry.

Quality of Education in the Technical / Professional Area

1. State of the art of infrastructure
2. Well qualified staff
3. Excellent labs
4. On job and Off job training
5. Value based ethics to ensure the sustainable growth and development at all times.

Postgraduate course in Industrial Hygiene or Industrial Safety — which is a combination of Mechanical and Environmental Engineering — has got tremendous scope in many multinational companies, said Dr. Sushantkumar, Chairman and Managing Director of NAFS Fire and Safety Organisation. Speaking during with Mr. Sushantkumar, said, “After complete the Post graduate course in Industrial Safety or Industrial Hygiene, students are going to the US/Gulf., they are in great demand in the market.”

Multinational companies recruit them not only as environmental engineers but also as health and safety experts. he said. “For the welfare of the students, I am even ready to send mobile lab once in a month so that students will get updated and exposed more to lab and practicals, which is very much need of the hour.”

The theme of this year’s global alumni meet was to honour the NAFS alumni entrepreneurs who have started their own enterprises.

Among more than 26,000 registered alumni, nearly 80 operate their own company, and 45 to 50 of them are settled in the US.Alumni who have settled not only across the country but also in the US, Canada, Australia, Singapore, Malaysia and other countries, took part in the meet.

Future programmes planned for students include: award for Innovative Projects; scholarship for the deserving students; various alumni lecture series; mentoring students; helping to get internship during their graduation, and helping the students who go to pursue their higher studies in foreign countries to tag with alumni.

What is Fire Engineering?

Fire engineering is one of the toughest and demanding fields which deals with the prevention of fire. It is a dangerous profession which requires a strong sense of commitment to public services. It deals with prevention and protection of all living beings and buildings from the fire outbreak.

What does a Fire Engineer do?

A fire engineer has to adapt to changes as quickly as possible. Fire engineering also deals with reducing the causality which happens on a day to day basis by providing safety measure and increasing the parameters of the standard of living. It helps one understands the phenomena of fire and the effect of it.

What are the skills required to be a fire engineer?

Personal skills needed for a fire engineer is: Good communication skills Organisational ability Skills in evaluating situations Making quick decisions and solving problems. Leadership quality and working as a team member at the same time. Other qualities include both physical agility and mental skills to tackle problems under any circumstances.

Educational qualification For Fire Engineering?

Eligibility criteria for certificate and diploma courses in fire engineering are 10th , 10 + 2 or its equivalent examination.

Should be physically fit and free from organic disease to undergo practical training. Minimum acceptable physical standards for the Fire Engineering course are Height: Minimum 165 cm, Weight: 50 kgs. Chest measurement: 81 centimeters, with five-centimeter expansion, Vision: 6/6, Preferably without any aid.

Job prospects in Fire Engineering-

Engineers of this field can go in any sector either government or private according to their interest and choices. They can also get employed in other industries such as chemical or inflammable products manufacturing firms like petroleum refineries, textiles, fertilizers, etc. The scope is very vast in the field of manufacturing, chemicals, handling bottling plants. Fire engineers may also work as surveyors in insurance companies.

Top Institutes to study Fire Engineering:

NAFS- National Academy of Fire and Safety Engineering, Nagpur, Maharashtra

Website- www.nafsindia.com

National Fire Service College, Nagpur, Maharashtra

What are the job titles under Fire Engineering?

Fire Officer, Design Director Engineer, Fire prevention research engineer, Fire protection engineer, Loss control manager

Fire & Safety Engineer pay scale-

The average pay is Rs 264,932 per year. Opportunities for getting a job in the industry, office complexes, or other private sector establishments generally exist after a few years of experience.

Candidates having certificates and diplomas in fire safety management have plenty of opportunities to find good careers both in the country and abroad. National Academy of Fire and Safety Engineering, also called NAFS, has been offering these fire and safety courses in all over India.

Mr. Neeraj Nagar (University Co-Ordinator of NAFS) says that they have courses which are aimed at training not just beginners and unemployed youth, but also those already working and aspiring to make it big in their careers. He informs that they have careers ranging from the duration of six months to a year. These skill development courses include professional training besides exposing students to live projects, seminars, group discussions, communication skills and confidence building activities. Rapid industrialisation and increased fire safety awareness have started creating wider scope for professionals in fire safety engineering.

Mr. Neeraj Nagar says that candidates having under-graduate & graduate class qualification can take a diploma course of 12 months duration or a six month certificate course.

In view of the demand for fire safety professionals, these candidates can easily find placements and the NAFS will help in this process. He says that they have got perfect system of placing students of their courses in fine jobs. For more details, contact number is
9420-680-101

The other courses being offered at the NAFS are Advanced Diploma in Industrial Safety which is 1 year in duration and requiring those having qualification of Diploma, BSc. graduate or BE/B.Tech. For a PG diploma in fire safety & hazard management, one should have the qualification of any degree.

Mr. Neeraj Nagar says that fire safety and engineering is generating job opportunities in diverse fields like heavy engineering, refineries, ports, textile manufacturers, airports, ports, construction, power plants, telecom sector and so on.