Course detail

Fire Protection and Fire Safety of Buildings

ÚSI-1RDPOAcad. year: 2015/2016

Subject is aimed at problems of legal and normative regulations in the field of fire safety and at the basics of problems of fire safety assessment in buildings.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

4

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Students gain knowledge from legal regulations on fire safety of buildings, acquaint with division of activities according to the fire danger, with duties of legal and bussiness-doing natural persons in the field of fire safety, also acquaint with fire documentation (evacuation plans, alarm directives, etc.) with content and methodology of elaboration of fire-safety solution for industrial and non productive objects.

Prerequisites

Basic knowledge of problems of building construction and basic knowledge of building legislation required.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Teaching is carried out through lectures and seminars. Lectures consist of interpretations of basic principles, methodology of given discipline, problems and their exemplary solutions. Seminars particularly support practical mastery of subject matter presented in lectures or assigned for individual study with the active participation of students.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Attendance in seminars, one successful test and elaboration of semestral work is necessary to gain the credit. Exam is written, in the form of test.

Course curriculum

1. Legal regulations on fire prevention
2. Duties of all natural persons at Fire Prevention division
3. Division of activities according to fire danger
4. Duties of legal and bussiness-doing natural persons at Fire Prevention division, offences, sanctions, compensations of damages for physical, legal and bussiness-doing natural persons at Fire Prevention division
5. Fire documentation (evacuation plans, fire regulations and similar)
6. Introduction to problems of fire safety of buildings, regulations concerning fire safety of buildings
7. Content of the fire safety solution for building
8. Basic principles of fire safety solutions for building at non-productive objects
9. Basic principles of fire safety solutions for building at productive objects and buildings
10. Fire equipment – substantive means of fire protection, reserved types of fire equipment
11. Fire equipment – fire safety equipment
12. Professional competence, employee training, authorisation - discretions and duties at activities in the fire protection division
13. Backup, lecture by a specialised company

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

Goal of this course is to acquaint students with the problems of fire safety in buildings in relation to administration and maintenance of buildings.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Attendance in seminars will be compulsory and will be checked.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Kodex požárních norem řady ČSN 73 08xx
Vyhláška č. 246/2001 Sb., o požární prevenci
Zákon č. 133/1985 Sb., o požární ochraně ve znění pozdějších předpisů

Recommended reading

RUSINOVÁ, M., JURÁKOVÁ, T., BADALOVÁ, M.: Pozemní stavitelství - Požární bezpečnost staveb, skripta VUT v Brně, VUT v Brně, FAST, Brno 2002, ISBN 80-214-2213-0, 172 s. (skriptum)
RUSINOVÁ, M., JURÁKOVÁ, T., SEDLÁKOVÁ, M.: BH11 - Požární bezpečnost staveb, studijní opory pro program kombinovaného a denního bakalářského studia, VUT v Brně, FAST, Brno 2006, 177 s. (učební text)
Vyhláška č. 137/1998 Sb., o obecných technických požadavcích na výstavbu
Zákon č. 183/2006 Sb., stavební zákon

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme MFE Master's

    branch REI , 2 year of study, summer semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Exercise

13 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer