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Fire Safety Equipment

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Course Unit Code030-0525/01
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated5 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Compulsory
Level of Course Unit *First Cycle
Year of Study *Fourth Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredWinter Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionCzech
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
DUD20prof. Dr. Ing. Aleš Dudáček
Summary
The course familiarises students with principles of timely fire detection and
fire-hazardous situations and the detection of releases of combustible and
toxic gases and vapours, principles of function of various fire detectors and
of the whole systems of FDA. Problems of effective ensuring fire detection in
various spaces by means of FDA and cooperation with other fire-safety devices. Inclusion of fire safety equipment into the fire safety of structures and technologies. Use of fire safety equipment in highway and road tunnels.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
Students will understand the importance of fire safety equipment for fire safety of buildings. They will be able to propose the use of selected fire safety equipment to effectively achieve the desired level of fire safety and to evaluate the effectiveness of the use of selected types of fire safety equipment. They will be able to analyse and solve cooperation between different types of fire safety equipments.
Course Contents
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
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
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.
Dudáček, A.: Požárně bezpečnostní zařízení (EPS). Ostrava, VŠB-TUO 1996.
Dudáček,A.: Automatická detekce požáru. Edice SPBI Spektrum 26. Ostrava, SPBI 2008.
Bebčák, P.: Požárně bezpečnostní zařízení. Edice SPBI Spektrum 17. Ostrava,
SPBI 2004.
Nfpa 72: National Fire Alarm and Signaling Code 2013 Edition.
Kucbel, J.: Požiarna ochrana budov. Bratislava, JK vydavaťelstvo a distribúcia
technickej literatury 1993.
NFPA 72®: National Fire Alarm and Signaling Code and Handbook Set, 2013 Edition.
A Designer’s Guide to Fire Alarm Systems. NFPA 2003.
ČSN 73 0875 Požární bezpečnost staveb. Stanovení podmínek pro navrhování elektrické požární signalizace v rámci požárně bezpečnostního řešení. 2011.
ČSN 342710 Elektrická požární signalizace - Projektování, montáž, užívání, provoz, kontrola, servis a údržba. 2011.
ČSN řady 73 08xx - ustanovení týkající se PBZ.
ČSN EN 14604 Autonomní hlásiče kouře. 2006.
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.
Soubor norem ČSN EN 54-x.
Michal,J.: Spojení a signalizace v PO III. FMV Praha. (lze nahradit i jinou
publikací pojednávající o detekci plynů a par, např. autora Zehnula apod.).
Bitala, P.: Požárně bezpečnostní zařízení (protipožární a bezpečnostní systémy) v komplexech tunelů na pozemních komunikacích. 1. vydání. Ostrava: VŠB-TU Ostrava, Fakulta bezpečnostního inženýrství, 2014. 85 s. ISBN 978-80-248-3499-3. Dostupný z WWW: http://fbiweb.vsb.cz/safeteach/index.php/2013-04-05-19-38-43/materialy
Recommended Reading:
EN 12845+A2, EN 13565, EN 12416-2+A1, EN 15004-x, CEN/TS 14972, CEN/TR 15276-2, CEN/TR 12101-4.
ČSN EN 12845+A2, ČSN EN 13565, ČSN EN 12416-2+A1, ČSN EN 15004-x, ČSN P CEN/TS 14972, ČSN P CEN/TR 15276-2, ČSN P CEN/TR 12101-4.
Zákon 133/1985Sb. o požární ochraně, vyhláška 246/2001 Sb. o požární prevenci, vyhláška 23/2008 Sb., o technických podmínkách požární ochrany staveb.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Tutorials, Experimental work in labs
Assesment methods and criteria
Task TitleTask TypeMaximum Number of Points
(Act. for Subtasks)
Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing
Exercises evaluation and ExaminationCredit and Examination100 (65)51
        Exercises evaluationCredit 
        ExaminationExamination65 (65)16
                TESTWritten examination30 1
                PŘÍKLADWritten examination15 1
                OTÁZKA-1Oral examination20 1