P.G Diploma Fire Safety Engineering & Management Syllabus : Bharathiar University

University : Bharathiar University
Degree : PG Diploma
Subject : Fire Safety Engineering & Management
Announcement : Syllabus

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Fire Safety Engineering & Management Syllabus :

Paper 1 : Industrial Safety Management – 1
Objective :
To help students to understand the fundamentals of Safety Management like the scope and nature of occupational health and safety, the moral-social-economic reasons for maintaining safety and the basic approach to prevention of accidents and illness at work place.

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Unit 1 :
Introduction to health & safety Scope of business standardization – ISO 9001 – ISO 14001 – OHSAS 18001 – Integrated Management System -Need for integration of Safety, Health & Environment – Role of top management – Role of National Government & International bodies in formulating framework for regulation of safety – Fundamentals of Safety

Unit 2 :
Scope & Nature of occupational health & safety The scope and nature of occupational health and safety – moral-social-economic reasons for maintaining safety-Definitions: Health – Safety – Welfare- Near Miss – Accident – Dangerous occurrence – Environment – Environmental protection – Hazard – Risk – occupational illness – occupational accident

Unit 3 :
Safety Management Introduction to safety and safety management – Accident causation – Hazard – Trigger – Risk – Heinrich Triangle – Frank Bird Triangle – Domino Theory – General Instructions for safety – Industrial safety practices – classification of accidents – Terms and definitions- General Safety rules

Unit 4 :
Introduction to Health & Safety Management System Safety Management – Management, Organisation and Administration – Objectives of Safety Management

Approaches to prevent accident – Safety Department – Organisation structure – Responsibilities of : Management , Workers, Directors and senior managers, Safety Managers, Safety specialists, Supervisors, Contractors, Joint occupiers, Manufacturers & Suppliers – Safeguarding the public

Unit 5 :
Role of National Governments & International bodies in Health & Safety Role of ILO – ILO Conventions & Recommendations – Responsibilities of Government, Social organizations & Public Authorities – Role of enforcement agencies – Consequence of non compliance – Barriers to good standards of safety

Paper II : Fire Science
UNIT 1 :
History of fire service – Basic physics Units – Guidelines for writing the units – Force, resultant force – Laws of force – Laws of motion – Mass and weight, work, power, energy – Law of conservation of energy – Mechanics – rest and motion

Distance and displacement – Speed and velocity – Acceleration, retardation – Acceleration due to gravity – Newton laws of motion – Machines and engines – Efficiency – Friction

UNIT 2 :
Basic Chemistry and physics of fire Atomic structure – Elements, compounds – Pure substance and mixture – Physical and chemical changes – Condition for the changes – Energy changes – Effects of heat on matter – Combustion – Temperature – Specific heat capacity – Catalyst

Neutralization – Sublimation – Heat of decomposing – Chemical reaction – Exothermic reaction and endothermic reaction – Transmission of heat – Flash and fire point – Ignition temperature – Flammables and combustible chemicals – Spontaneous combustion – Triangle of combustion -Tetrahedron fire – Spread of fire

UNIT 3 :
Fire prevention & Control Classification of fire – General Causes of fire – Detection of fire – Extinguishing methods – First aid fire fighting equipments – Fire bucket, Fire beater, hose real hose

Portable extinguisher – depends on weight – depends on operating method – depends on content – depends on position of nozzle – Construction – Operation – Maintenance – refilling – Building design and fire protection

UNIT 4 :
Fixed fire fighting installations using water Hydrant or fire water system – Classification of hydrant system – Sprinkling system – Major foam pourer system – Steam drenching system – Emulsification – Special fires and fire fighting – Air craft fire – Ships fire

UNIT 5 :
Fixed fire fighting installations not using water, Ropes & Drills Complete CO2 flooding system – Complete DCP spraying system – Complete Halon flooding system- Investigation of fire – Point, Time and cause of ignition – Arson and detection of fires – Ropes – various types of ropes, knots & uses – Drill – Squad – Discipline – Command and Control – parade