Environment, Health

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Ports, Customs Free Zone Corporation
Environment, Health Safety
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About Us

• History
• Established in 1992 and initially named Free
  Zone Industrial
• Operations Control Department
• EHS grew alongside the rapidly developing Jebel
  Ali Free Zone Authority and Dubai Ports Authority
  to become an integral part of the expansion

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About Us

• History
• Later on became a full fledged Business unit,
• Monitoring commercial and industrial businesses
  compliance with government regulations
• Setting industry standards
• Committing to its clients, based on delivering
  service which exceeds expectations

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About Us

• EHS Vision
• Our vision is to foster and enhance the
  initiatives of environment protection, health,
  hygiene and safety as the foundation of an
  enlightened community
• These initiatives can be met through education,
  awareness, training and regulatory measures,
  thereby achieving sustainable development and
  workplace health and safety standards that pilot
  the region to exceed global expectations

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About Us

• EHS Mission
• To educate and train EHS employees, stakeholders
  and communities to embrace environment, health
  and safety policies, practices and procedures,
  while adding strategic value to EHS businesses
• To be recognized in the region as the leader in
  EHS performance
• To continuously incorporate the highest industry
  standards and stake holder's input to improve and
  evaluate efforts

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About Us

• EHS Mission
• To uphold customer satisfaction and build
  responsible, long-term relationships with
  business partners/stakeholders to achieve our
  goals
• To ensure that all stakeholder activities are
  carried out in a healthy, safe and
  environmentally responsible manner
• To continuously seek to upgrade EHS skills and
  knowledge with respect to state, federal and
  international government practices
• To anticipate, identify, assess and manage EHS
  risks associated with our business, employees,
  contractors and community

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About Us

• Achievements
• EHS is honoured to be the recipient of
  numerous ISO accreditations and
• international industry recognitions
• Among our awards, we have received
• Dubai International Maritime Awards 2004 2005
  Winner
• Accredited for ISO 140012004
• DGEP 2003 Distinguished Government Department
• DGEP 2003 Distinguished Division
• Dubai Quality Award 2003 Winner
• DAGE 2000 Winner Best Technical Employee

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About Us

• EHS Partners
• EHS shares jurisdiction and responsibility with
  the following government institutions
• 1. Federal Environment Agency 2.
  Dubai Municipality 3. Ministry of Health
  4. Ministry of
  Interior5. Ministry of Environment Water
  6. Dubai Police
• 7. National Authority of Communication

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About Us

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Divisions

• Fire Ambulance Services
• The Fire and Ambulance division services over
  5,000 clients consisting of varied business units
  of Ports, Customs and FZ Corporations
• Its strategic goals include ensuring high degree
  of fire safety and fire protection coverage,
  reducing impact of fire on environment and
  providing timely emergency medical services to
  all affected parties.

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Divisions

• Environmental Regulatory
• This division regulates and controls the
  environmental aspects of all industrial/commercial
  developments in all the FZs, industrial and
  commercial areas managed by Dubai World
• The responsibility of this department is to
  uphold EHS standards on all projects, from
  inception to termination

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Divisions

• Health and Safety Regulatory
• Subdivisions
• Food and Hygiene
• FZ Safety
• Ports and Dry Docks

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Divisions

• Health and Safety Regulatory
• The Food Hygiene Control Department is
  responsible for
• Enforcing all local and international food safety
  legislation controlling all food businesses from
  initial production to final sale
• Controlling quarantine recommendations and
  infectious diseases are monitored in coordination
  with DOHMS
• Offering training and consultancy services

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Divisions

• Health and Safety Regulatory
• Free Zone Department
• Enforcing legal requirements concerning health
  and safety at work and relevant premises
• Monitoring industrial activities for EHS
  compliance

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Divisions

• Health and Safety Regulatory
• Ports Dry Docks
• Ensuring regulatory compliance of all Ports
  operations in Port Jebel Ali, Port Rashid, Port
  Hamriya and Jadaf Dubai
• Inspections on all type of ships calling Dubai
  Ports to ensure that ships standards safety
  remain in line with Dubai Ports rules
  regulations as well as the requirements of the
  International Maritime organizations (IMO),
  SOLAS, MARPOL, ISM etc
• Providing health safety and environmental
  advice in planning and development issues of Port
  projects and responding to all port emergencies

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Divisions

• Construction Safety Regulatory
• Construction Safety includes Dubais most
  ambitious projects, including PALM Jumeirah,
  PALM JA, The World, International City, Lake
  Towers, Jumeirah Village, Jumeirah Islands, The
  Gardens and all future projects
• Ensuring EHS regulatory compliance on all
  construction activities undertaken by the
  corporate

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Divisions

• EHS Administration
• Administration
• Finance
• Information Centre
• Integrated Management System

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