030-0525/01 – Fire Safety Equipment (PBZ-B)
| Gurantor department | Department of Fire Protection | Credits | 5 |
| Subject guarantor | prof. Dr. Ing. Aleš Dudáček | Subject version guarantor | prof. Dr. Ing. Aleš Dudáček |
| Study level | undergraduate or graduate | | |
| | Study language | Czech |
| Year of introduction | 2002/2003 | Year of cancellation | 2018/2019 |
| Intended for the faculties | FBI | Intended for study types | Bachelor |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
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.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Tutorials
Experimental work in labs
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.
Compulsory literature:
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.
Recommended literature:
EN 12845+A2, EN 13565, EN 12416-2+A1, EN 15004-x, CEN/TS 14972, CEN/TR 15276-2, CEN/TR 12101-4.
Additional study materials
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
E-learning
Other requirements
Passing the tests; project and its defense in relation to the theme of the course.
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
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
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