Fire Protection and Building Safety

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Fire Protection and Building Safety (B-KUL-H9X43A)

3 ECTS

English

First term

Cannot be taken as part of an examination contract

Merci Bart

POC Safety Engineering

Aims

Fire safety consists of so many aspects, that it is impossible to go into detail for each of them. The student should nevertheless be able to recognize dangers and to have a reasonably good view of how these can be eliminated or in the least he/she should know where to look for solutions, and where to find them. The student should also know the real value of the solutions that are sometimes offered by the commercial world.

Practice of fire prevention

Previous knowledge

Basic concepts of energy theory, material science and heat transfer.

Is included in these courses of study

Master of Safety Engineering (Leuven) (Option: Prevention) 60 ects.
Master of Safety Engineering (Leuven) (Option: Process Safety) 60 ects.
Master in de ingenieurswetenschappen: architectuur (Leuven) 120 ects.
Courses for Exchange Students Faculty of Engineering Science (Leuven)
Master of Civil Engineering (Leuven) 120 ects.
Master in de ingenieurswetenschappen: bouwkunde (Leuven) 120 ects.

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Activities

2.4 ects. Fire Protection and Building Safety: Lecture (B-KUL-H05O1a)

2.4 ECTS

EnglishFormat: Lecture

First term

Merci Bart

POC Safety Engineering

Content

Content

The course concerns the following aspects of fire protection:
fire risk, severity of a fire, reaction to fire, resistance of fire, Eurocodes, properties of construction products, legislation and standards, evacuation in case of fire and other emergencies, fire alarm systems, smoke and heat evacuation systems, fire extinguishing systems, fire safety engineering and management, carbon monoxide poisoning in case of combustion, fire investigation.