Syllabus - Fire Prevention & Protection Measures (FT403)

Fire Technology & Safety Engineering

Fire Prevention & Protection Measures (FT403)

IV-Semester

BUILDING STUDIES

Basic Terminology, Elements of Structure, Fire Test, Standard time, Temperature relationship, Non combustibility test, Ignitibility test, Fire Propagation test, Performance criteria for fire resistance, Fire resistance rating of structural elements, Type of Building construction, Classification of building based on occupancy, Fire zones.

MEANS OF ESCAPE

General requirements for evaluation facilities, Principle factors for design consideration, evacuation time, Occupancy load, Occupancy, Travel distance, Design for evacuation routes, evacuation route quantification, requirement of stairs ways, phased evacuation in tall buildings, Life Safety Consideration refuse area, Exit Route, Assibilate of fire fighting approach evacuation facility or disable people, use of lifts & air lifting, safe evacuation time.

FIRE AND GAS DETECTION

Fire Alarm system basic, classification of fire alarm system, Basic consideration for instation, Automatic fire detectors, heat detector, Smoke detector, Gas sensing fire detector, Radiant energy sensing fire, detectors, detector installation, maintenance & testing, Inspection, Testing & maintance shuetuting for Fire alarm system & its component gas & vapour fixed detection system, Sensers portable gas mainting instrument.

FIRE EXTINGUISHMENT

Basic concept of fire fighting with water, carbon dioxide, dry chemical powder, foam and inert gases, Extinguishing Properties of Water, Droplet size, Smoothening, Heat absorbing capacity, Surface tension and waiting agent additives and its limitations, Properties of inert gases as extinguishing agent, properties of foam, Expansion, Concentration, bubbles size, Extinguishing properties of Dry chemical powder, Composition, Particle size, Radiation shielding, Chain breaking mechanism, Description, working principle and Operation methods of portable Fire Extinguishers, Care inspection and maintenance of portable Fire Extinguisher, Performance criteria of different types of Fire Extinguisher as per relevant Indian Standard.

MODEL FIRE AND LIFE SAFETY REQUIREMENT

Residential buildings, Educational buildings, Institutional buildings, Assembly buildings, Business buildings, Industrial buildings, Storage buildings and Hazardous buildings, Life Safety requirement in Underground structure, Basement protection, Fire Protection is Building under construction, Fire Control Room.

Course Objective

To learn about the fundamentals of buildings and their classifications. To teach about the evacuation procedure and means of escape during emergency in tall structures. To learn about automatic fire and gas detection in different types of occupancy. To teach about first aid fire fighting equipments, their working principles and periodic maintenance. To learn about ideal fire and life safety requirement based on different types of buildings.

Course Outcome

Students will be able to explain fire resistance rating of different structural elements and fire resistance test on building material. Students will be able to design evacuation routes and performed evacuation in tall buildings. Students will be able to design fire alarm system with fire and gas detection apparatus in different types of occupancy. Students will be able to demonstrate first aid fire fighting appliances and performed periodic care and maintenance for the same. Students will be able to present model fire and life safety requirement in different type of buildings.

Practicals

  • To measure the operating performance requirement for effective discharge time, fire rating suitability of water type fire Extinguisher on Class A Fire.

  • To measure the operating performance requirement for effective discharge time, fire rating suitability of Foam type Gas Cartridge fire Extinguisher on Class B Fire

  • To measure the burn back resistance time for different foam concentrates using film formation test apparatus.

  • To assess the effective time of film formation at fire surface for different foam concentrates using film formation test apparatus.

  • To Perform the Caking test on given sample of Dry Chemical Powder using procedures given in IS 4308.

  • To determine the moisture content for regular dry chemical powder using procedures given in IS 4308.

  • Determination of calorific value of diesel, petrol and LPG/Kerosene.

  • To determine the water repellency for regular dry chemical powder using water repellency test apparatus.

Reference Books

  • Barendra Mohan Sen, Fire protection and prevention the essential handbook, UBS publishers.

  • Dr. Than Singh Sharma, Fundamentals in building design.

  • Lon H. Ferguson, Fundamentals of Fire Protection for the safety professional, the scarecrow Press, Inc.

  • National Building code of India part-IV.

  • Fire protection hand book volume-II section-IX.