Syllabus - Special Fire Hazards (FT 702(B))

Constructional features of an Air Craft, Types of Engines, Basic Fire-Hazards in Aircraft, Nature of Air Crashes, Emergency Landings including belly leading; Access to Fire Service Personnel and Escape of trapped persons problems, Types of Safety Belts, Ejection-Seats; and their methods of release; Rescue and Fires in Air Craft and methods of fire-fighting; Problems of fire-fighting. Problems in dealing with Air Craft carrying ammunition, bombs nuclear weapons, Action to be taken in case of accidents involving Radio Active Cargo

Hazards in Airport, Protection & Types of Hangers, Refueling and Defiling in Air Cargo, Crash Fire Tender: Provision of Crash, Fire Tenders including Rapid Intervening appliances, Categorization of Air-Port, their extinguishing media and determination of the appliances for each category as per International Standard.

Marine Fire- The maritime environment, organizational role, vessel types, construction & systems of fire detection & suppression systems, Vessel plans, drawings & documents, cargo vessel hazards & safety, Incident strategies & tactics training & planning, vessel fire incidents, Marine incidents & Rescue operations.

HIGH RISE BUILDINGS Fundamentals of Fire Safe Building design, Building and site planning for fire-safety, structural integrity during fire confinement of fire in building, Life safety systems for high, rise structures. Evacuation: Need of Evacuation plans in high rise buildings, Making of Evacuation Plans, types of Evacuation, Procedure of Evacuation. Alarm signaling in high-rise building – Smoke movement in building – Residential highrise building- High-rise building with complex occupancy. Basic fire-fighting strategy. Study of model code of practice for high-rise building in metropolitan cities (Building Bye Laws).