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Fire Safety of the Buildings I

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Course Unit Code030-0617/01
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated4 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Choice-compulsory type A
Level of Course Unit *First Cycle
Year of Study *Third Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredSummer 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
KUC05doc. Ing. Petr Kučera, Ph.D.
Summary
By teaching the course, students will understand the importance and function of building structures and then apply the technical requirements for fire protection of non-industrial buildings. They analyze the conditions of evacuation, the possibility of the spread of fire in the building and the surrounding area, apply the requirements for fire intervention, or. apply elements of active fire protection, i.e., fire safety equipment aimed at the protection of persons, animals and property with an emphasis on ensuring the conditions for successful fire intervention.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
The aim of the subject is clarify the basic requirements for fire safety of non-industrial buildings in terms of location, layout, design and materials. The subject makes the student familiar with passive and also active elements of fire safety in structures. The students can integrate acquired knowledge in working experience.
Course Contents
1. History of Fire Protection of Buildings (FSB). Legal and technical regulations. Basic notions.
2. General, territorial, dispositional and structural requirements of FSB. Assessment of non-industrial buildings.
3. Fire Compartment and fire dividing constructions. Influence of fire safety equipment.
4. Fire risk. Average and concentrated fire load. Fire compartments and spaces without fire risk. Dimensions of fire compartments
5. Level of fire safety. Fire technical properties of constructions (flammability, fire resistance of structures etc.). Possibilities of improving fire technical properties of building materials and constructions.
6. Evacuation routes in non-industrial buildings. Types, dimension, design and equipment.
7. Distances and fire risk areas of non-industrial buildings.
8. Technical devices of buildings in relation to fire safety of buildings.
9. Firefighting intervention.
10. Specific requirements of FSB - assembly spaces, buildings for dwelling and accommodation.
11. Specific requirements of FSB - buildings for sanitary maters and social care, change of buildings.
12. Fire safety management. Engineering approaches to fire protection of industrial fire protection.
13. New approach of fire safety of buildings (course of specialist).
14. Reserve.
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
Stollard, P. Fire from First Principles - A Design Guide to International Building Fire Safety. Routledge – Taylor & Francis Group, 2014. ISBN 978-0-415-83261-8.
Lataille, J.I. FireProtection Engineering in Building Design. Butterworth-Heinemann, 2003. ISBN 0-7506-7497-0.
Bradáčová, I. Požární bezpečnost staveb. Nevýrobní objekty. 2. vydání. Ostrava: SPBI. 2010. ISBN 978-80-86111-77-3.
Zoufal, R. a kol.: Hodnoty požární odolnosti stavebních konstrukcí podle Eurokódů. Praha: PAVUS. 2009. ISBN 978-80-901181-0-0.
Pokorný, M. Požární bezpečnost staveb. Sylabus pro praktickou výuku. Praha: ČVUT Praha. 2014. ISBN 978-80-01-05456-7.
Zákon č. 183/2006 Sb., stavební zákon a jeho prováděcí předpisy
Zákon č. 133/1985 Sb., o požární ochraně a jeho prováděcí předpisy
Soubor ČSN 73 08xx a další související ČSN-EN
Stollard, P. Fire from First Principles - A Design Guide to International Building Fire Safety. Routledge – Taylor & Francis Group, 2014. ISBN 978-0-415-83261-8.
Lataille, J.I. FireProtection Engineering in Building Design. Butterworth-Heinemann, 2003. ISBN 0-7506-7497-0.
Recommended Reading:
Standards - EN, BS, NFPA, DIN
Kratochvíl, V. et al. Stavby a požárně bezpečnostní zařízení. MV GŘ HZS ČR Praha 2010. ISBN 978.80.86640-53-2.
Standards - EN, BS, NFPA, DIN
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Tutorials, Project work
Assesment methods and criteria
Task TitleTask TypeMaximum Number of Points
(Act. for Subtasks)
Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing
Credit and ExaminationCredit and Examination100 (100)51
        CreditCredit30 15
        ExaminationExamination70 21