Syllabus - Rescue Equipments & Techniques (FT402)

RESCUE MEANS

Rescue by ordinary means, Special and unusual type of rescue, Rescue work during major disaster such as high rise building, Highway accident, Water, Sewer and Mines, Nuclear radiation & poisonous gas environment.

NON RESPIRATORY

Head protection, Eye & Face Protection, Hand and Arm Protection, Foot and Leg Protection, Body Protection, Safety Belt and Harness, Ear Protection- The IS specification with types and testing procedure for Head protection, Eye & Face Protection, Hand and Arm Protection, Foot and Leg Protection, Body Protection, Safety Belt and Harness, Ear Protection Equipment.

RESPIRATORY

General, Selection, Care & Special precaution for respiratory PPE`s, Canister type Respirators (IS 8523-1977), Chemical Cartridge Respirators (IS 8522-1977), Filter Type Particulate Respirators (IS 9473- 1980), Compressed Air Line Breathing Apparatus (IS 10245 Part-V -1982), Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (IS 10245 Part-II- 1982)

FIRE DYNAMICS

Introduction- temperature, heat, specific heat, flash point, fire point, ignition, combustion; Ignition pilot ignition, spontaneous ignition, ignition sources; Types of combustion-rapid, spontaneous, explosion; Product of combustion-flame, heat, smoke, fire gases. Development of fire-incipient, smoldering, flame and heat stages; Diffusion flames-zones of combustion, smoldering combustion, characteristics of diffusion flame; Premixed flames-burning velocity, limits of flammability, explosion and expansion ratios, deflagration and detonation, characteristics of premixed flame; Explosion- physical explosion, chemical explosion; Special kinds of combustion- Flash fire, Pool fire, Deep seated fire, Spoillver, Boilover, Slopover, Dust explosion, BLEVE, UVCE; Classification of fire based on material.

FIRE PROPAGATION

Spread of flames in solids and liquids, linear and three dimensional fire propagation; Smoke, Constituents of smoke, quantity and rate of production of smoke, quality of smoke, smoke density, Visibility in smoke, principles of spreading quantity of smoke, smoke movement; Pressurization modeling of smoke movement; Toxicity of smoke- effect of harmful agents preventing escape and causing injury or death - CO, CO2, Nitrogen oxide, Sulphur dioxide.

CHEMISTRY OF FIRE

Principles of Fire, Heat Measurement and Heat Transfer, Fire Growth, Heat Release Rate, Fuel Loading, Classification of Fire, Theory of Fire Extinguishment with Water, Foam, DCP, Inert Gases and Halogenated Agents, Special Case of Fire Extinguishment.