Singapore Civil Defence Forces

The significant collaborations with our accomplished partners have helped SUSS to gain access in knowledge & experience sharing, developed many joint initiatives in supporting applied & experiential learning, and improved offerings to our students.

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The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) is a uniformed organisation under the purview of the Ministry of Home Affairs. The SCDF main roles are to provide land and marine fire-fighting, rescue and emergency ambulance services. In addition, SCDF formulates, implements and enforces regulations on fire safety and civil defence shelters. SCDF also responds to a wide range of civil emergencies and incidents involving hazardous materials, mass casualty incidents and unconventional threats.

On 16 October 2015, SUSS signed an MOU with SCDF, together with the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF), Nanyang Polytechnic, Institute of Technical Education and Justice Institute of British Columbia, to jointly promote paramedicine skills mastery through training and education. SUSS' Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering programme, with a minor in Paramedicine and Emergency Response, is one of the new programmes under the National Paramedic Training and Education Roadmap, which was launched by SAF and SCDF.

Resulting Collaborations

A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Singapore Armed Forces (SAF), Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF), Nanyang Polytechnic (NYP), Institute of Technical Education (ITE) and Justice Institute of British Columbia (JIBC), on 16 October 2015 cementing the cooperation between employers of paramedics and educational institutions to jointly promote paramedicine skills mastery through training and education. SUSS collaborates with JIBC to offer a new Minor in Paramedicine and Emergency Response in its Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering programme, which is one of the new programmes in the National Paramedic Training and Education roadmap. This roadmap is in line with the national SkillsFuture movement to provide Singaporeans with opportunities to develop their full potential throughout life. With the inaugural intake of students in July 2015, SUSS became the first educational institution in Singapore to establish a paramedic training programme at the degree level. * On 17 March 2017, SIM University (UniSIM) was renamed Singapore University of Social Sciences (SUSS) as part of its re-structuring to become a Singapore autonomous university.

Accomplished Collaboration

Resulting Collaborations

SUSS-SAF-SCDF-JIBC-NYP-ITE Partnership

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