Course detail

Fire Protection and Safety

ÚSI-ERPOBAcad. year: 2025/2026

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 building

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

4

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Ing. Markéta Sedláková, Ph.D.

Department

Institute of Building Structures (PST)

Entry knowledge

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

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

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.
Attendance in seminars will be compulsory and will be checked.

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.
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.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Kodex požárních norem řady ČSN 73 08xx (CS)
Studijní opora: Požární bezpečnost staveb, Beneš, Sedláková, Rusinová, Benešová, Švecová: BH011 - Požární bezpečnost staveb, studijní opory, VUT v Brně, FAST, Brno 2015 (CS)
Vyhláška č. 23/2008 Sb., o technických podmínkách požární ochrany staveb (CS)
Vyhláška č. 246/2001 Sb., o požární prevenci (CS)
Vyhláška č. 268/2011Sb., kterou se mění vyhláška č. 23/2008Sb. (CS)
Zákon č. 133/1985 Sb., o požární ochraně ve znění pozdějších předpisů (CS)
Zákon č. 183/2006 Sb., stavební zákon (CS)

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme REI_P Master's 2 year of study, summer semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Markéta Sedláková, Ph.D.

Syllabus

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

Exercise

13 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Markéta Sedláková, Ph.D.