Institute of Fire Engineering & Safety Management - Nifs

Fire Engineering and Industrial Safety as a career option is fast catching up with the students in India. Whereas in abroad Fire Engineering and Industrial Safety is an integral part of most of university programs Introduction of Fire Engineering and Industrial Safety courses is in fact an index of industrial growth. A rough assessment of the Industrial & Government demand puts the requirement at over 12,000 fire and safety personnel every year. The stage is similar to the advent of the computer revolution 7 years back. Fire & Safety Engineering is a field to which all aspects of Science & Technical knowledge pertaining to fire & safety is linked. It involves study of subjects that deals with the designing of safer fire resistant equipments and plants; in depth understanding of the Science of Fire & Safety; its hazards and control measures in various associated engineering subjects; Managerial functions which aid in managing a fire fighting along with other psychological grooming required to make a self reliant Fire Engineer/ Fire Officer. 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 Safety Engineers, Officers and Supervisors. They also reduce the risk of fire by installing the latest of fire protection systems. As a result the largest installed base of fire protection systems in the world is the Gulf. This translates into thousands of people required in designing, installing, servicing of the fire protection systems. Any body looking for a career in computer today is merely adding to the completion, not creating a great opportunity as the initial batches would have. So Fire Engineering gives You a 10 years head start as compared to the other fields. Here, you can apply online and become a student of “NIFS” which is technically collaborated with one of the largest and reputed university - Annamalai University.