Course detail

Theory of Fire Protection of Buildings

FAST-DH52Acad. year: 2020/2021

Main tasks of fire protection of buildings and influence on town-planning, architectural, material and structural design of buildings, principles of fire protection of civil and residential buildings, main principles and calculation methods of manufacturing buildings. Requirements on used structures and improvement of their properites, structure design with respect to ultimate states, safety requirements appraisal of buildings and technologies. Specific design of tower buildings, design of atriums and breezeways, buildings for people assembly. Design of escape ways, requirements from point of view of interior layout, ways of safety evacuation of people out of burning building. Appraisal and delimitation of fire hazard area and delimitation of vacant spaces between buildings. Fire-fighting equipment.

Language of instruction

Czech

Department

Institute of Building Structures (PST)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Not applicable.

Prerequisites

Standards of fire protection, especially ČSN 730802,ČSN 730804,ČSN 730818,ČSN 730810, Building Regulation MV No.246/2001 Sb. (determination of conditions of fire protection), Building Regulation No.137/1998 Sb. (general technical requirements of building constructions)

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Not applicable.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Not applicable.

Course curriculum

1-3 Town-planning principles from point of view of fire protection.
2-6 Typological principles and interior layout requirements of civil and residential buildings from point of view of fire protection.
7-8 Fire protection of manufacturing buildings
9 Analysis of fire hazard
10-11 Computers application in problems of fire protection
12-13 Specific standards of fire protection for example, Flammable liquids, Changes of buildings etc.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The newest information of fire protection, knowledge acquirement of this discipline, architectural and town-planning conception with respect to fire protection, computer application in this discipline, analyse of fire hazard

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

Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

RUSINOVÁ, M., JURÁKOVÁ, T., BADALOVÁ, M: Pozemní stavitelství-požární bezpečnost staveb. VUT Brno 2002

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

39 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Syllabus

1-3 Town-planning principles from point of view of fire protection. 2-6 Typological principles and interior layout requirements of civil and residential buildings from point of view of fire protection. 7-8 Fire protection of manufacturing buildings 9 Analysis of fire hazard 10-11 Computers application in problems of fire protection 12-13 Specific standards of fire protection for example, Flammable liquids, Changes of buildings etc.