Learning objectives
- Knowing the essential principles of fire safety engineering and the fundamentals of fire safety design;
- Knowing the physics of combustion in its basic elements;
- Identifying the main fire risk factors and the consequent organizational, managerial and technical safety measures;
- Learning the methods of fire risk assessment and the criteria for the development of fire safety measures;
- Evaluating the fire risks in the workplace according to the criteria and procedures established by the Ministerial Decree 10 March 1998;
- Writing and editing of the fire risk technical report.
Prerequisites
No
Course unit content
The course is divided into several teaching modules, with the following contents:
- Study of the combustion reaction, characteristic fire curves, physical parameters of combustion, flammable liquids and gases;
- Fundamentals of fire safety and fire safety design, with specific regard to fire safety in workplaces;
- Fire safety technical elements, general characteristics of the main measures for active and passive protection (water systems, automatic fire extinguishing systems, fire detection and alarm systems, smoke and heat evacuation systems, fire resistance of buildings and structures, fire reaction, people evacuation systems, fire safety operations).
- Technical procedure for the fire risks assessment;
- Risk analysis and identification of fire safety measures in a real case;
- Writing and editing of the fire risk technical report.
Full programme
MODULE 01. Introduction
- Course program and methods of examination
- Principles of risk assessment;
MODULE 02. Elements of fire physics
- Origin of fires and fire hazards;
- Combustion physics;
- Study of the combustion reaction, characteristic fire curves, physical parameters of combustion, flammable liquids and gases;
- Technical classification of fires and flammable substances;
- Examination of extinguishing substances and principles of extinguishing.
MODULE 03. General fire safety criteria
- Legislative framework and its primary elements (D.P.R. 151/2011, Ministerial Decree 10 March 1998, Ministerial Decree 3 August 2015, Legislative Decree 81/2008 for the parts relating to fire safety);
- Fundamentals of fire prevention and fire safety design, with specific regard to workplaces;
- Input data, risk analysis and basic elements of the design process;
- Technical and managerial measures for the preventive strategy and identification of precautionary operational measures;
- Fire safety technical elements, general features of the main measures for active and passive protection (fire water systems, automatic fire extinguishing systems, fire detection and alarm systems, smoke and heat evacuation systems, fire resistance and compartmentalization), reaction to fire, evacuation systems, firefighting operations).
MODULE 04. Assessment of fire risks in the workplace
- Basic elements of administrative procedures for fire prevention, with regard to the classification of activities according to the annex to the D.P.R. 151/2011 and to the Fire Prevention Certificate (CPI);
- D. M. 10 March 1998 and technical annexes;
- Assessment of fire risks in the workplace according to the criteria and procedures established by the Ministerial Decree 10 March 1998;
- Technical procedure for the assessment of fire risks;
- Calculation of the specific fire load;
- Drafting of the fire risk technical report;
MODULE 05. Emergency Plan
- Technical elements to edit an emergency plan.
CASE STUDIES AND EXERCISES
- Drafting of the fire risk technical report.
- Editing of an emergency plan.
Bibliography
Teaching material and lecture notes available on the Elly platform, technical rules for fire design issued with national legislation.
Teaching methods
Lectures, classroom exercises and simulations of real cases.
The course will be held through lectures to Students either in the classroom (“in presenza”) or in synchronous-streaming (“in telepresenza”) on the Teams platform. Therefore, the opportunity of Student/Teacher interaction will be preserved both face to face and remotely, by the simultaneous use of the Teams platform.
Lectures will be supported by slide presentations, which will be available to students on the Elly platform (https://elly.medicina.unipr.it).
Assessment methods and criteria
Written drafting of a technical report on fire risk assessment and a emergeny plan for a real structure.
Final oral examination.
In case of the persistence of the health emergency, the exams will be conducted remotely, as follows:
remote oral questions, through the Teams platform (guide http://selma.unipr.it/).
Students with SLD / BSE must first contact Le Eli-che: support for students with disabilities, D.S.A., B.E.S. (https://sea.unipr.it/it/servizi/le-eli-che-supporto-studenti-con-disabilita-dsa-bes).
Other information
No
2030 agenda goals for sustainable development
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