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Fire protection and society

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction English
Code 030-0352/01
Abbreviation POaS
Course title Fire protection and society
Credits 5
Coordinating department Department of Fire Protection
Course coordinator Ing. Dana Chudová, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

Fire engineering and society
1. Fires and their impact on society
2. Statistics and evaluation
3. Fire hazard (division)
4. Reducing the impact of fires on persons and property

State of the state, citizen, owner, operator and insurance
5. Regulatory and control activities of the state
6. Influence of insurance companies on fire protection
7. Citizen role in PO security
8. The role of owner and operator in POs
9. Fire protection documentation, its preparation and management


Repressive fire protection
10. The competence of the state (public administration) and the owner (operator) in repressive fire protection
11. Fire protection units
12. Owner and firewall practices
13. Training of fire solutions (theme exercises ...)

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 .
•COTE, A,E (Editor): Fire Protection Handbook (20st Edition). National Fire Protection Association, 2008.
ISBN 978-0-87765-758-3.

Advised literature

•HURLEY, M.J (Editor): SFPE Handbook of Fire Protection Engineering. Springer-Verlag New York,2016. 978-1-4939-2565-0