040-0154/01 – Major accident prevention (PZH)

Gurantor departmentDepartment of Occupational and Process SafetyCredits4
Subject guarantorIng. Jan Skřínský, Ph.D.Subject version guarantorIng. Jan Skřínský, Ph.D.
Study levelundergraduate or graduateRequirementCompulsory
Year1Semestersummer
Study languageCzech
Year of introduction2020/2021Year of cancellation
Intended for the facultiesFBIIntended for study typesFollow-up Master
Instruction secured by
LoginNameTuitorTeacher giving lectures
BER72 prof. Dr. Ing. Aleš Bernatík
MAR33 Ing. Kateřina Sikorová, Ph.D.
SKR092 Ing. Jan Skřínský, Ph.D.
Extent of instruction for forms of study
Form of studyWay of compl.Extent
Full-time Credit and Examination 2+2
Part-time Credit and Examination 14+0

Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences

The aim of the course is to inform students complex and comprehensively about the importance and method of prevention and preparedness for major accidents in terms of safety.

Teaching methods

Lectures
Tutorials

Summary

The course includes an explanation of the importance and method of prevention and preparedness for major accidents in the Czech Republic and the EU,provides an overview of recommended methods for risk assessment using practical examples and introduces students to the principles of emergency planning.

Compulsory literature:

Purple Book. CPR 18E, Committee for the Prevention of Disasters: Guidelines for Quantitative Risk Assessment, Hague, 2005. ISBN 9012087961.

Recommended literature:

De Rademaeker E., Suter G., Pasman H.J., Fabiano B., 2014, A review of the past, present and future of the European loss prevention and safety promotion in the process industries, Process Safety and Environmental Protection, 92, 280-291.

Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester

-účast na cvičeních, projekt, kombinovaná zkouška.

E-learning

Other requirements

No other requirements.

Prerequisities

Subject has no prerequisities.

Co-requisities

Subject has no co-requisities.

Subject syllabus:

1. Introduction 2. Risk assessment - major accident 3. Identification and selection of risk sources (IAEA-TECDOC-727) 4. Possible situations and causes of accidents (What if, FMEA) 5. Probability and frequency of accidents (FTA, ETA) 6. Consequences of accidents (ALOHA) 7. Impact of accident to the property (Dow´s Fire and Explosion Index) 8. Impact of accident to the environment (Metoda H&V index) 9. Review of used preventive safety measures 10. Internal emergency plan 11. Emergency zone, External emergency plan 12. Emergency preparedness exercises 13. Excursion

Conditions for subject completion

Full-time form (validity from: 2020/2021 Winter semester, validity until: 2022/2023 Winter semester)
Task nameType of taskMax. number of points
(act. for subtasks)
Min. number of pointsMax. počet pokusů
Credit and Examination Credit and Examination 100 (100) 51
        Credit Credit 30  20
        Examination Examination 70  31 3
Mandatory attendence participation: Elaboration of a semester project on a given topic. Exam - written and oral part.

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Conditions for subject completion and attendance at the exercises within ISP: Elaboration of a semester project on a given topic. Exam - written and oral part.

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Occurrence in study plans

Academic yearProgrammeBranch/spec.Spec.ZaměřeníFormStudy language Tut. centreYearWSType of duty
2024/2025 (N1022A020002) Safety Engineering PHE P Czech Ostrava 1 Compulsory study plan
2024/2025 (N1022A020002) Safety Engineering PHE K Czech Ostrava 1 Compulsory study plan
2024/2025 (N1032A020005) Fire Protection Engineering and Industrial Safety BST P Czech Ostrava 1 Compulsory study plan
2024/2025 (N1032A020005) Fire Protection Engineering and Industrial Safety BST K Czech Praha 1 Compulsory study plan
2024/2025 (N1032A020005) Fire Protection Engineering and Industrial Safety BST K Czech Ostrava 1 Compulsory study plan
2023/2024 (N1032A020005) Fire Protection Engineering and Industrial Safety BST K Czech Praha 1 Compulsory study plan
2023/2024 (N1032A020005) Fire Protection Engineering and Industrial Safety BST P Czech Ostrava 1 Compulsory study plan
2023/2024 (N1032A020005) Fire Protection Engineering and Industrial Safety BST K Czech Ostrava 1 Compulsory study plan
2023/2024 (N1022A020002) Safety Engineering PHE K Czech Ostrava 1 Compulsory study plan
2023/2024 (N1022A020002) Safety Engineering PHE P Czech Ostrava 1 Compulsory study plan
2022/2023 (N1032A020005) Fire Protection Engineering and Industrial Safety BST K Czech Ostrava 1 Compulsory study plan
2022/2023 (N1032A020005) Fire Protection Engineering and Industrial Safety BST K Czech Praha 1 Compulsory study plan
2022/2023 (N1032A020005) Fire Protection Engineering and Industrial Safety BST P Czech Ostrava 1 Compulsory study plan
2022/2023 (N1022A020002) Safety Engineering PHE K Czech Ostrava 1 Compulsory study plan
2022/2023 (N1022A020002) Safety Engineering PHE P Czech Ostrava 1 Compulsory study plan
2021/2022 (N1032A020005) Fire Protection Engineering and Industrial Safety BST K Czech Praha 1 Compulsory study plan
2021/2022 (N1032A020005) Fire Protection Engineering and Industrial Safety BST K Czech Ostrava 1 Compulsory study plan
2021/2022 (N1032A020005) Fire Protection Engineering and Industrial Safety BST P Czech Ostrava 1 Compulsory study plan
2021/2022 (N1022A020002) Safety Engineering PHE K Czech Ostrava 1 Compulsory study plan
2021/2022 (N1022A020002) Safety Engineering PHE K Czech Lázně Bohdaneč 1 Compulsory study plan
2021/2022 (N1022A020002) Safety Engineering PHE P Czech Ostrava 1 Compulsory study plan
2020/2021 (N1022A020002) Safety Engineering PHE P Czech Ostrava 1 Compulsory study plan
2020/2021 (N1022A020002) Safety Engineering PHE K Czech Ostrava 1 Compulsory study plan
2020/2021 (N1022A020002) Safety Engineering PHE K Czech Lázně Bohdaneč 1 Compulsory study plan

Occurrence in special blocks

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Assessment of instruction



2022/2023 Summer
2021/2022 Summer
2020/2021 Summer