Class Fire Security in Buildings

The scope of this curricular unit is the regulation of fire safety in buildings, in its various domains, with emphasis on the legal regime and the technical regulations, domains that could not be absent from a civil protection engineering course

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Characterising the risk of fire in buildings Basics of combustion and heat transmission Development and spread of fires in buildings Legal framework for fire safety in buildings Classification of risk locations, standard uses and risk categories Technical regulations on fire safety in buildings External safety and accessibility conditions Staffing and evacuation conditions Fire behaviour, insulation and compartmentation conditions Fire resistance of structural and compartmentalisation elements Reaction to fire of construction materials Conditions of technical installations Safety signalling and emergency lighting Fire detection and alarm systems Smoke control in buildings First responders Second responders Automatic extinguishing systems using water and extinguishing agents other than water

PBL - Problem Based Learning (em progresso). 

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