SF3009 Fire Engineering Syllabus:
SF3009 Fire Engineering Syllabus – Anna University Regulation 2021
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
1. Study about the product of combustion and their characteristics.
2. Study about the use, operation and maintenance requirements of equipment, vehicles and accessories used in fire services.
3. Understand the fundamentals of fire hydraulics and fire ground operations.
4. Focuses on fire detection, suppression and mitigation and fire safety engineering which focuses on human behavior and maintaining a tenable environment for evacuation from a fire.
5. Learn about Planning affixed fire fighting installation for different occupancy
UNIT I PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY OF FIRE
Fire properties of solid, liquid and gases – fire spread – toxicity of products of combustion – theory of combustion and explosion – vapour clouds – flash fire – jet fires – pool fires – unconfined vapour cloud explosion, shock waves – auto-ignition – boiling liquid expanding vapour explosion – case studies – Flixborough, Mexico disaster, Pasedena Texas, Piper Alpha, Peterborough and Bombay Victoria dock ship explosions.
UNIT – II EVACUATION SYSTEM AND CONTROL
Process of emergency evacuation – special features of personnel movement, Parameter characteristics of the movement of people-practical methods of designing evacuation passages and exists. Evacuation exits and routes – stages of evacuation; Exit Requirements- Planning of evacuation routes and exits – Seating arrangement – Passages and corridors; Smoke control during building design.
UNIT – III FIRE PROTECTION SYSTEMS IN BUILDINGS
Classification of building based on occupancy; Fire zone; classification of type of construction according to fire resistance; General fire safety requirements applicable to all individual occupancies. Sitting of detectors as per relevant standards (ISI); Selection and planning of alarm system as per relevant standards (ISI).
UNIT – IV FIRE EXITS MANAGEMENT
General exit requirements as per NBC; Internal staircases; Pressurisation of stair staircases; horizontal exits; fire tower; ramps; fire lifts; external fire escape ladders; Planning of location and calculation of capacity, number and width of exit as per NBC for different occupancy classification.
UNIT – V FIRE PROTECTINGEQUIPMENTS AND SYSTEMS
Selection and distribution of portable extinguishers (for class A and B fires) and other fire rotection equipments and systems for different occupancy classification as per NBC; Planning of fixed fire fighting installation for different occupancy classification- sprinkler system; total flooding system; CO2 system; foam system; Fire training and education- Arson – Fire safety audits – Risk assessment.
TOTAL: 45 PERIODS
COURSEOUTCOMES:
Students able to:
CO1:Understand the basic theory of fire chemistry, the development of fire and its characteristics, and about different types of fire.
CO2:Describe and determine the effect of the product of combustion and their characteristics.
CO3 :Develop and analyse operation and maintenance requirements of equipment, vehicles and accessories used in fire services.
CO4:Understand the fundamentals of fire hydraulics and fire ground operations.
CO5:Suppression and mitigation and fire safety engineering which focuses on human behavior and maintaining a tenable environment for evacuation from a fire.
TEXT BOOKS
1. Roytman M.Ya.“Principles of Fire Safety Standards for Building Construction”, Amerind Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, 1975
2. E.Gorden Butcher E.G. and Parnell A.C, Designing of fire safety, John Wiley and Sons Ltd., New York, U.S.A., 1983.
References
1. Marchant E.W, A Complete Guide to Fire and Building.
2. BIS, “NBC Part 4- Fire and Life safety”, Bureau of Indian Standards, New Delhi, 2005.
3. Adam and Charles Black, Fire safety in Buildings.
4. Fire Safety Engineering: A Reference Guide. Front Cover. R. Chitty, Jeremy Fraser-Mitchell. BRE Bookshop, 2003 – Technology & Engineering.
5. Fire Safety Engineering A Reference Guide. R. Chitty, Jeremy Fraser-Mitchell, Fire Research Station.