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Fire Safety

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction English
Code 030-0350/01
Abbreviation PO
Course title Fire Safety
Credits 5
Coordinating department Department of Fire Protection
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Petr Kučera, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Introduction to fire dynamics - rate of heat release, fire development
2. Introduction to fire dynamics - gas exchange in case of fire, ceiling jet flow, smoke layer
3. Introduction to fire dynamics - heat transfer, gas temperature in ventilated enclosure fires
4. Passive fire protection - concept of fire safety, design of fire protection, fire risk
5. Passive fire protection - materials and building structures and their assessment in terms of fire protection
6. Passive fire protection - principles of design of structural structures exposed to fire
7. Active fire protection - automatic fire detection, alarm systems
8. Active fire protection - fire suppression systems (fire sprinkler systems etc.)
9. Active fire protection - smoke and heat control systems
10. Active fire protection - other facilities and measures for fire intervention
11. Human behaviour in fire - ensuring the safety of persons in the building, devices for escape of persons
12. Human behaviour in fire - modelling evacuation of persons
13. Zone fire models
14. CFD fire models

Literature

• DELLA–GIUSTINA, D: Fire safety management Handbook (3rd Edition).CRC Press, 2014. ISBN 978-1-4822-2122.
• STOLLAR, P.: Fire from First Principles: A Design Guide to International Building Fire Safety (4st Edition). Routledge; 2014. ISBN 978-0415832625 .

Advised literature

• COTE, A,E (Editor): Fire Protection Handbook (20st Edition). National Fire Protection Association, 2008.
ISBN 978-0-87765-758-3.
• Building Codes, Eurocodes, CEN and NFPA Standards