Terminated in academic year 2020/2021

GIS Systems in Fire Protection

Type of study	Follow-up Master
Language of instruction	Czech
Code	548-0039/04
Abbreviation	GISPO
Course title	GIS Systems in Fire Protection
Credits	5
Coordinating department	Department of Geoinformatics
Course coordinator	Ing. Pavel Kukuliač, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

- Objects, phenomena and processes of real world. Earth sciences.
- Geometric feature and components of feature description (geometric, thematic, time, relation and functional).
- Spatial analysis using GIS.
- Network analysis. Allocation of resources and path finding. Fire station location planning and service areas design.
- Modelling and visualisation of floods.
- Modelling and visualisation of dangerous chemicals spread in the atmosphere.
- Computer-aided dispatch. Using GIS for emergency call centres of Integrated rescue system (IRS).
- GIS Applications for Fire and Rescue Service Operations
- Using global navigation and positioning systems for data collection and navigation.
- Mobile GIS technologies application.

Literature

Bernhardsen, T.: Geographic Information Systems. Viak IT and Norwegian Mapping Authority. Arandal, 1992. 318 str.
Huxhold, W. E.: An Introduction to Urban Geographic Information Systems. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford, 1991. 337 str.
Chandrasekhar, T.: ArcGIS Network Analyst Tutorial. Arandal, ESRI Press, 2005

Advised literature

- GIS for Fire Station Locations and Response Protocol. An ESRI® White Paper • January 2007 available on-line: http://www.esri.com/library/whitepapers/pdfs/gis-for-fire.pdf
- Minami, M.: Using ArcMap. Redlands, CA : ESRI, 2001, available on-line: http://www.gis.unbc.ca/help/software/esri/Tutorials/Using_ArcMap_Tutorial.pdf
- Vienneau, A.: Using ArcCatalog. Redlands, CA : ESRI, 2001, available on-line: http://www.gis.unbc.ca/help/software/esri/Tutorials/Using_ArcCatalog_Tutorial.pdf
- MacDonald, A.: Building a Geodatabase. Redlands, CA : ESRI, 2001, available on-line: http://webhelp.esri.com/arcgisdesktop/9.2/pdf/Building_Geodatabases_Tutorial.pdf

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