Course detail

Fire safety during builiding operation

FAST-NHA063Acad. year: 2025/2026

Course is focused on expanding students knowledge from fire safety of buildings - especially in relation to operation, management and maintenance of buildings. Learning outcome of course will acquaint student with fire safety of production facilities, warehouses and mass garage, assuming knowledge of the fire safety of non-production objects.
Students will also get an overview about legal and entrepreneurial responsibilities in fire safety, get acquainted with fire documentation of buildings (evacuation plans, alarm directives, etc.) and with incorporation activities under fire danger.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Ing. Petr Beneš, CSc.

Department

Institute of Building Structures (PST)

Entry knowledge

Fire protection of buildings - basic knowledge, fire protection of buildings. Theory of building constructions – load-bearing structure systems, vertical and horizontal load-bearing structures, building envelopes, staircases, roofing of buildings, non-loadbearing structure, void infilling elements, floors and surface finishings. Building materials - types and their use in building constructions, specific material properties. Knowledge of urban, architectonic-dispositional, material and constructional design of buildings, especially civil and housing buildings.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Aims

Not applicable.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

BENEŠ, Petr, Markéta SEDLÁKOVÁ, Marie RUSINOVÁ, Romana BENEŠOVÁ a Táňa ŠVECOVÁ, Požární bezpečnost staveb, Studijní opora FAST VUT, 2020, ISBN 978-80-7204-943-1 (CS)
KRATOCHVÍL, Václav, Šárka NAVAROVÁ a Michal KRATOCHVÍL, Stavby a požárně bezpečnostní zařízení. Malá encyklopedie požární bezpečnosti objektů a technologií, MV - generální ředitelství Hasičského záchranného sboru, Praha, 2010, ISBN 978-80-86640-53-2 (CS)
Úřad pro technickou normalizaci, metrologii a státní zkušebnictví, Požární kodex norem ČSN 73 08xx.. (CS)

Recommended reading

NYYSSONEN, Tata, On the reliability of fire detection and alarm systems, Helsinki: VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland 2005 ISBN 951-38-6569-X (EN)

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme NPC-EVB Master's 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Petr Beneš, CSc.

Syllabus

  • 1.Fire sections and areas without a fire hazard. Fire protection level. Fire partitions. Fire strips. Requirements for fireproof constructions and their certificates.
  • 2. Escape ways – types and number of ways, design and realization.
  • 3. Safe distances. Technical equipments. Fire-fighting equipments. Fire water supply.
  • 4. Garage assessment – specific requirements for public garages, agricultural buildings, telecommunication buildings. Storehouses.
  • 5. Knowledge deepening about design and function of fire-fighting equipments.
  • 6. Fire safety object with inflammable liquid.
  • 7. Fire safety object for production agricultural production.
  • 8. Duty physical person, duty of law person at fire protection.
  • 9. Compensation for damage physical person and of law person at fire protection.
  • 10.Fire documentation (evacuation plane,alarm directive,etc.)
  • 11.Fire device safety,activity run at fire danger.
  • 12.Qualification technical, training employee,law and duty.
  • 13.Lecture of the expert from the specialized firm.

Exercise

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Petr Beneš, CSc.

Syllabus

  • 1.-4. Design procedure and FP analysis of industrial buildings.
  • 5.-6. Fire hazard determination, simplified and detailed procedure.
  • 7. Escape ways – types and number of ways, design and realization.
  • 8.-12. Garage assessment - specific requirements for public garages.
  • 13. Credit.