Course detail

Fire Safety of Buildings

FAST-NHA068Acad. year: 2026/2027

The conception of this subject enables a basic overview through the fire safety of industrial and non-industrial objects including specific designs of residential, medical and agricultural buildings and assembly halls and areas. The main requirements of the design of buildings with respect to the fire safety are: fire protective properties of building materials, determination of fire characteristics, methods of the fire risk determination considering the demands on building constructions, ways of improvement of fire protective characteristics of building materials and structures, solution and design of escape routes, determination of areas with fire risk, fire control equipment. This basic information abou fire protective requirements is fundamental for the building design process. The technical report of the fire safety design of buildings which is the part of the documentation could be completed. The acquired knowledge is aplicated during the completion of a project documentation in the subject Specialized project.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

5

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Ing. Petr Beneš, CSc.

Department

Institute of Building Structures (PST)

Entry knowledge

Knowledge of urban, architectonic-dispositional, material and constructional design of buildings, especially civil, housing and industrial.
Theory of building constructions-load bearing construction systems, vertical and horizontal bearing constructions, external constructions, staircase, roofing of buildings(bearing constructions of roofs and roof covers), non-bearing constructions, openning fills, floors and surface finishes.
Building materials-types of building materials, usage of materials in building constructions, specific material properties.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

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

Aims

Juridical regulations and fire protective requirements; main thesis of fire safety of a buildings. Demand of fire resistance on manufactural and non-manufactural buildings, including specific requirements for apartment houses, medical, agricultural and stock buildings, buildings designed for congress of people and for changes of buildings.
Ability of assembly of firesafe design of building-examination of a proposal and design of manufactural and non-manufactural buildings including: the procedure of assignment fire and economical risk;determination of needs of building structures;process of improving properties of constructions and materials; design of escape routes; determination of fire unsafe space; equipments for fire-fighting action.
Student must handle the aim of the course, which is to obtain elementary knowledge in the field of fire precautions on engineering construction, solving of escape waies and determination of arrangement for fire fighting.

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)
Úřad pro technickou normalizaci, metrologii a státní zkušebnictví, Požární kodex norem ČSN 73 08xx.. (CS)

Recommended reading

HARLEY, Morgan, J.: SFPE Handbook of Fire Protection Engineering, Vol. 2, 5th edition. London: Society of Fire Protection Engineers, 2016. ISBN 978-1-4939-2564-3. 2307 s. (EN)
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-MI Master's 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Petr Beneš, CSc.

Syllabus

  • 1. Introduction, information about the subject. Development of fire protective requirements. Technical standards for fire protection of buildings. The basic terminology. Fire protection theory.
  • 2. Methods of the design and assessment of fire protective arrangements in buildings. Fire risk determination according to the standard ČSN 73 0802. Average and concentrated fire load. Design value of fire load.
  • 3. Fire compartments and areas without fire risk. Fire safety grade. Fire dividing constructions. Fire protective areas.
  • 4. Demands on the fire resistance of building structures. Degree of fire protection characteristics of building constructions and materials (possibilities of improvement of fire resistance)
  • 5. Escape routes – types, number, dimensions, technical solution. Auxiliary escape routes. Building habitation.
  • 6. Fire protective distances. Assessment according to the intensity of thermal flux and possible impact of burning parts on the building.
  • 7. Technical design. Fire control devices. Fire water supply. Fire protection of residential buildings. Building conversion.
  • 8. Fire protective requirements for medical centers and assembly halls.
  • 9. Fire resistance of industrial buildings and objects.
  • 10. Fire risk according to the guideline ČSN 73 0804 – Simplified method.
  • 11. Fire risk according to the guideline ČSN 73 0804 – Calculation method. Economic risk.
  • 12. Escape routes and fire protective distances in industrial buildings and objects. Garages. Fire protection in warehouses and spaces for storage.
  • 13. Lecture of the expert from the specialized firm.

Exercise

26 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Markéta Sedláková, Ph.D.

Syllabus

  • 1. Procedure for the design and assessment of PBS.
  • 2. Drawings of fire safety of buildings.
  • 3. Principles for division of the object into fire compartments.
  • 4. Calculation of fire risk.
  • 5. Determination of degree of fire safety.
  • 6. Determination of requirements for fire resistance of building structures.
  • 7. Determination of actual fire resistance of building structures.
  • 8. Design and dimensioning of escape routes.
  • 9. Determining spacing distances.
  • 10. Object supply to fire water.
  • 11. Requirements for technical equipment.
  • 12. Design of fire-safety devices, final correction of the project.
  • 13. Credit.