030-0510/01 – Firefighting Tactics II (TAK II)
| Gurantor department | Department of Fire Protection | Credits | 5 |
| Subject guarantor | Ing. Martin Trčka, Ph.D. | Subject version guarantor | Ing. Martin Trčka, Ph.D. |
| Study level | undergraduate or graduate | | |
| | Study language | Czech |
| Year of introduction | 2002/2003 | Year of cancellation | 2020/2021 |
| Intended for the faculties | FBI | Intended for study types | Bachelor |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
The essence of this course is to describe the activities of fire units on the site of an incident, identify hazards on-site and choose the appropriate protection. Includes a selection of disposal routes for emergencies based on the knowledge their symptoms, possible use of technical equipment and fire equipment and other rescue options system. In addressing the emphasis on the safety of persons, animals, property and the environment presents calculations of forces and resources to fighting the use of extinguishing agents and selected other business units to quantify Fire protection in interventions.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Tutorials
Summary
Fire Tactics II deals with procedures for fire suppression solutions that are
formulated on the basis of practical experience of fire-fighting activity. The
course presents procedures for the determination of forces and means required
for fire suppression by water, foam, extinguishing powders, inert gases, and
further quantifies procedures during water supply to the place of fire.
Compulsory literature:
Recommended literature:
Lastfire, a Joit Oil Industry Project to Review the Fire Related Risks of Large, Open-top Floating Roof Storage Tanks, Steering Group Members 1997.
Additional study materials
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
E-learning
Other requirements
Semester work in the specified range, translation of technical text.
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
1st Fire fighting, fire tactics, strategy, decision-making intervention, content and continuity of operations
units, determine the main direction of activity, setting battle sequences.
2nd Fire fighting, offensive and defensive action, determining the time required to break the fire. Danger on the fire site,
prevalence and characteristics of the factors that threaten the health and lives of people (high temperature, smoke, electrical shock, explosion,
fall, etc.).
3rd Fighting fires in difficult conditions, the strong wind, frost and water shortages. Transport of water on the fire place.
4th Documentation of fire fighting, fire tactical study, operational plan and the card content and method of processing. Evacuation
plans.
5th Estimation of forces and means of fighting using foam, inert gas fire extinguishing powder.
6th Principles of fire fighting buildings for housing and accommodation, amenities buildings. The principles of open fire-fighting
technological equipment, power equipment. Principles of fire fighting equipment and fire vehicles in transport.
Principles of extinguishing fires in storage and agriculture, temporaries, special purpose buildings and facilities.
Conditions for subject completion
Conditions for completion are defined only for particular subject version and form of study
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction