HCIS-qualified industrial security office
Facilities governed by HCIS directives will not accept a consultant who is not qualified with it.
Accredited industrial-security office — HCIS qualification
Arvox is qualified by the High Commission for Industrial Security (HCIS) for fire prevention and protection consultancy — the qualification required to work on oil, gas and industrial facilities governed by HCIS directives, from risk studies to protection-system approval.
The High Commission for Industrial Security is responsible for security and safety requirements at the Kingdom's critical and industrial facilities, particularly in the oil and petrochemical sector. Its directives govern the design of fire protection systems at these facilities and are stricter than general requirements, because the nature of the hazard is different.
Arvox is qualified by the Commission for fire prevention and protection consultancy. That qualification is what allows the office to work on facilities governed by HCIS directives — from hazard studies and fire scenario definition through to protection system design and approval. Facilities in this sector verify the qualification before accepting any technical proposal.
Work in this scope differs from commercial buildings in one fundamental way: the design does not start from a fixed requirements table but from an analysis of the actual site hazards — the materials handled, operating pressures, and likely propagation paths — with the protection systems built on the result. The cause-and-effect matrix for alarm and suppression systems is one of the outputs of that stage.
Hazard studies
Analysis of actual site hazards as the design basis, not an off-the-shelf requirements table.
Protection system design
Alarm and suppression systems built on the facility's defined fire scenarios.
Cause-and-effect matrix
Documenting the operating logic between detectors and outputs before commissioning.
Pre-accepted in the sector
HCIS-governed facilities verify the qualification before accepting a technical proposal.
Common questions
When do I need an HCIS-qualified office?
When working on a facility governed by HCIS directives — typically in the oil, petrochemical and heavy industrial sector.
How does this differ from a commercial building?
The design starts from an analysis of real site hazards rather than a fixed requirements table, and its outputs are far more detailed on operating and testing logic.
Do you prepare the cause-and-effect matrix?
Yes — it is one of our design-stage outputs, documenting the relationship between each detector and the system outputs before commissioning.