030-0541/01 – Natural Disasters and Coping with Them (PKJR)
| Gurantor department | Department of Fire Protection | Credits | 3 |
| Subject guarantor | prof. Ing. Pavel Poledňák, PhD. | Subject version guarantor | prof. Ing. Pavel Poledňák, PhD. |
| Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Compulsory |
| Year | 1 | Semester | winter |
| | Study language | Czech |
| Year of introduction | 2012/2013 | Year of cancellation | 2016/2017 |
| Intended for the faculties | FBI | Intended for study types | Bachelor |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
The subject is one of special subjects focused on obtaining the basic abilities and organizational skills necessary for coping with natural crisis situations and mastering the methods of prevention of these crisis situations. It provides basic information about the origin of the Earth and a possibility of occurrence of natural disasters. It develops students’ abilities to understand and define basic endogenous and exogenous processes, to classify and define natural disasters and to handle the basic principles of protection against natural disasters.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Tutorials
Summary
The subject provides basic information about endogenous and exogenous phenomena occurring on the Earth. It makes students acquainted with the history of natural disasters (case studies).It deals with the description of the origin of earthquakes and slope movements, basic division of these events and with the principles of protection against them. It describes extreme meteorological events, floods and flooding (including extraordinary). It deals with winter climate conditions – ice floods, snow, avalanches, glazed frost. It makes students familiar with the basic methods of localization and suppression of forest and natural fires. It describes climate changes and crises induced by them. It deals with interaction between natural and technological disasters. Prevention of natural disasters, mitigation of consequences and coping with the consequences of natural disasters.
Compulsory literature:
Recommended literature:
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
Písemné prověření základních znalostí na cvičeních
E-learning
Other requirements
Written examination of basic knowledge in lessons.
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
1. Crisis situations of the natural character
2. General knowledge of the Earth
3. Flood protection
4. Selected flood control activities
5. Slope movements
6. Snow avalanches
7. Earthquakes
8. Rescue of persons from demolished buildings and debris
9. Natural fires
10. Meteorological events
11. Software application in natural crisis situations
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction