030-0599/02 – Fire Safety of the Building (PBS)
Gurantor department | Department of Fire Protection | Credits | 5 |
Subject guarantor | doc. Ing. Petr Kučera, Ph.D. | Subject version guarantor | doc. Ing. Petr Kučera, Ph.D. |
Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Compulsory |
Year | 4 | Semester | summer |
| | Study language | English |
Year of introduction | 2019/2020 | Year of cancellation | |
Intended for the faculties | FAST | Intended for study types | Bachelor |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
The aim of the subject is clarify the basic requirements for fire safety of 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.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Tutorials
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 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, ie, fire safety equipment aimed at the protection of persons, animals and property with an emphasis on ensuring the conditions for successful fire intervention.
Compulsory literature:
Recommended literature:
Standards - EN, BS, NFPA, DIN
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
Achieved professional qualifications will be verified by elaboration of a semester project and its successful defense. Final exam.
E-learning
Other requirements
Active participation in seminars, elaboration of semester work in given range.
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
1. History of Fire Protection of Buildings (FSB). Legal and technical regulations. Basic notions.
2. Territorial, dispositional and structural requirements of FSB. Assessment of non-industrial buildings. Fire Compartment and fire dividing constructions
3. Fire risk. Average and concentrated fire load.
Fire compartments and spaces without fire risk. Dimensions of fire compartments
4. 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.
5. Evacuation routes in non-industrial buildings. Types, dimension, design and equipment.
6. Distances and fire risk areas of non-industrial buildings.
7. Technical devices and provision of fire fighting intervention.
8. Assembly spaces, buildings for dwelling and accommodation – specific requirements of FSB.
9. Buildings for health and change of buildings - specific requirements of FSB.
10. Assessment of industrial buildings. Fire and economical risk. Fire safety devices.
11. Evacuation routes from industrial buildings. Distances and technological devices.
12. Storage facilities for agriculture.
13. New approach of fire safety of buildings (course of specialist)
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction
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