The unit provides students with an understanding on the details of development of design fires with their likelihood of occurrence and modelling of active and passive building fire safety subsystems as well as the evacuation time. This will include detection and sprinkler operation predictions; suppression models and modelling of structure failure in various design fires. Smoke and flame spread and their management options, performance based detection and suppression system design and a fire brigade intervention model are also covered in the unit.
On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:
In addition to required texts, a very comprehensive set of course notes will be available that cover most topics. These notes will contain further references and reading material.
This unit is not compulsory for any specific course. Depending on the course you study, this unit may be taken as an elective.