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Introduction to the Fire safety

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction Czech
Code 030-0604/01
Abbreviation ÚDPO
Course title Introduction to the Fire safety
Credits 3
Coordinating department Department of Fire Protection
Course coordinator Ing. Martin Trčka, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1) The origin of fire and its basic parameters and forms of spread
2) Fire risk - the degree of probability of fire and the extent of damage, the acceptability of the risk; Fire hazard - a source of health hazards or property damage; the meaning of these terms for the fire protection system in the Czech Republic;
3) The influence of fire risk on the solution of fire safety during construction, definition of basic terms, basic principles of reducing fire risk in the design of buildings; fire resistance limit states;
4) Fire safety equipment and material means of fire protection - division and types, their importance for fire safety;
5) Fire technical characteristics and technical safety parameters, methods for their determination;
6) Fire hazard - the importance and principle of its assessment, its connection with the types of operations, properties and characteristics of substances; division of activities according to the degree of fire risk;
7) Types of fire brigades - basic division of fire brigades; basic tasks of PO units and practical significance of the definition of basic tasks, conditions for the establishment of PO units; Performance of Service in fire brigades;
8) Organizational and operational management in fire brigade units - the principle of area coverage by fire brigade units; Categories of fire brigades; fire management levels;
9) Voluntary fire units of municipalities - the method of establishing units of the voluntary fire brigade of the municipality;
10) fire units of the company - conditions and method of establishment of these fire brigade units;
11) Fire and Rescue Service of the Czech Republic - the method of establishing the Fire and Rescue Service of the Czech Republic and basic tasks, the structure of the Fire and Rescue Service of the Czech Republic;
12) State Fire Supervision; construction prevention - supervision of construction management; control activities - supervision of fire safety conditions, fire controls; Determining the causes of fire - statistical monitoring of fires and their impact on the fire protection system in the Czech Republic;
13) JPO operational management - Visit to the XVR workplace

E-learning

Study materials are stored in the LMS.

Literature

SKALSKÁ, Květoslava, Zdeněk HANUŠKA a Milan DUBSKÝ. Integrovaný záchranný systém a požární ochrana: modul I. Praha: MV - generální ředitelství Hasičského záchranného sboru ČR, 2010. ISBN 978-80-86640-59-4.
HANUŠKA, Zdeněk. Organizace jednotek požární ochrany. 2., aktualiz. vyd. V Ostravě: Sdružení požárního a bezpečnostního inženýrství, 2008. Spektrum (Sdružení požárního a bezpečnostního inženýrství). ISBN 978-80-7385-035-7.

Advised literature

KVARČÁK, Miloš. Základy požární ochrany. Ostrava: Sdružení požárního a bezpečnostního inženýrství, 2005. ISBN 80-86634-76-0.
KUČERA, Petr, Tereza ČESELSKÁ a Pavlína MATEČKOVÁ. Požární odolnost stavebních konstrukcí. V Ostravě: Sdružení požárního a bezpečnostního inženýrství, 2010. Spektrum (Sdružení požárního a bezpečnostního inženýrství). ISBN 978-80-7385-094-4.
BEBČÁK, Petr. Požárně bezpečnostní zařízení. 2. vyd. Ostrava: Sdružení požárního a bezpečnostního inženýrství, 2004. ISBN 978-80-86634-34-0.