SF3010 Fire Risk Analysis and Accident Investigation Syllabus:
SF3010 Fire Risk Analysis and Accident Investigation Syllabus – Anna University Regulation 2021
COURSE OBJECTIVE:
CO1: Educate students about how to reduce work place hazards and to encourage the standard of Safety health & environment programmed.
CO2: Train and motivate students in maintaining and improving the quality of the environment and Preventing and abating environment pollution.
CO3: Create awareness among students about Fire safety and Fire prevention
CO4: Educate students about how to reduce work place hazards and to encourage the standard of Safety
CO5: Familiarize students with the design, installation, working and use of Different types of Fire Protection systems
UNIT I APPLICATION OF FIRE RISK ANALYSIS
Basic field of application, Methods of application Probability Concept: Basic concept of Probability Theory, Independence and conditionality, Random Variables and Probability Distributions, Key parameters of probability Distributions, Commonly used Probability Distributions.
UNIT II STATISTICS & EXTREME VALUE THEORY
Introduction, Basic concept of statistical analysis, Key parameters of descriptive statistics, Correlation, Regression and Analysis of Variance, Hypothesis Testing in Classical Statistical Inference, Sampling Theory. Extreme Order Distribution, Behavior of Large Losses, Average Loss, Economic Value of Fire Protection Measures, Factor Affecting fire damages, Analysis of test results, Fire Severity and fire resistance.
UNIT III RELIABILITY
Component Life, Failure Rate, Estimating the parameters of a Distribution, System Reliability, Bayesian Methods. Probability Models in Fire Protection Engineering: Decision Trees, Fault Trees, Markov Chains, Queuing Models of Fire Company Availability, Stress-Strength model in Fire Safety, Engineering Economics.
UNIT IV UTILITY THEORY
Utility, Utility Functions, Fire Protection and Insurance, Decision Analysis, Construction of Utility Function Value of Human Life: Methods of Valuing Human Life, Applications, Cost-Benefit Analysis, and General Decisions
UNIT V COMPUTER SIMULATION FOR FIRE PROTECTION
Engineering Computer Simulation Methodology, Tools of Simulation, Variance Reduction Techniques, Statistical Termination Tests, Flexibility versus Computation, Simulation Languages.
TOTAL: 45 PERIODS
COURSE OUTCOMES:
CO1: To apply concept of probability theory in fire analysis
CO2: To apply concept of factor affecting fire damages
CO3: To apply concept of Fire Protection Engineering
CO4: To apply concept of Fire Protection and Insurance
CO5: To apply concept of simulation software in calculations
TEXT BOOKS:
1. An introduction to fire dynamics – DougalDrysdale
2. Enclosed Fire Dynamics – Bjorn karlsson, Jammes G Quintiere
3. Fundamentals of Firefighter skills-by IAFC”- J&B learning, 2013 edition
REFERENCES:
1. “Fire Service Pump Operator-by IAFC”- J&B learning, 2013 edition
2. “Fire Service Hydraulics & Pump Operation”- Paul Spurgeon, Fire Engineering Series, Pen well Publications
3. Tariff Advisory Committee Book.
4. NFPA fire design engineering.