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Terminated in academic year 2018/2019

Fire Safety Equipment

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction Czech
Code 030-0525/01
Abbreviation PBZ-B
Course title Fire Safety Equipment
Credits 5
Coordinating department Department of Fire Protection
Course coordinator prof. Dr. Ing. Aleš Dudáček

Subject syllabus

1.1 Fire safety equipment, their purpose and types
1.2 Basic requirements for fire safety equipment
2 Fire Detection and Alarm Systems
2.1 Purpose, function, types
2.2 Methods of early detection of fire
2.3 Fire detectors - principles, functions, use
2.4 Control panel
2.5 Additional equipment
2.6 Networking and monitoring
2.7 Selection of areas protected by FDAS
2.8 Design of FDAS systems
2.9 Installation and operation of FDAS
3 Equipment for smoke, heat and combustion products exhaust
3.1 Principle of functions, use of it
3.2 Control Methods
4 Fire extinguishing system
4.1 Types of fire extinguishing system
4.2 Control of fire extinguishing system
5 Devices for the detection of combustible gases and vapours
5.1 The importance of detection of combustible gases and vapours
5.2 Methods used for detection
5.3 Instrumentation
5.4 Design of systems for the detection of combustible gases and vapours
6 Cooperation of Fire safety equipments
7 FSE in special buildings - a complex of tunnels on highways and roads

Literature

National Fire Alarm Code® Handbook, 2002, NFPA 2002.
A Designer’s Guide to Fire Alarm Systems. NFPA 2003.
MGGrattan, K.B. - Hamins, A. - Stroup, D.: Sprinkler, Smoke & Heat Vent, Draft
Curtain Interaction – large scale Experiments and Model Development. (NISTIR
6196-1). Gaithersburg MD, NIST-BFRL 1998.
Standards EN 54-x.

Advised literature

EN 12845+A2, EN 13565, EN 12416-2+A1, EN 15004-x, CEN/TS 14972, CEN/TR 15276-2, CEN/TR 12101-4.