ENFE603-19S1 (C) Semester One 2019

Fire Safety Systems

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 18 February 2019
End Date: Sunday, 23 June 2019
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Friday, 1 March 2019
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Friday, 10 May 2019

Description

Fire detection and alarm systems. Suppression systems. Fire extinguishment and water supplies. Smoke control systems. Integration of fire safety systems with building services.

This course deals with fire safety systems commonly encountered in fire engineering practice including fire detection and alarm, suppression and smoke management. There is a lot of material to cover in a very short time and it would be quite easily to have separate courses on detection, suppression and smoke control. Therefore there will be topics that cannot be covered in great detail and students may have to undertake their own reading and research outside of this course. It is expected that students who took ENGR403 (or their similar equivalent prior studies) remind themselves of that material.

Learning Outcomes

  • By the end of this course the students will have an understanding of the role of different active systems used for fire safety in buildings and other structures. The student will be become familiar with:

  • The types of active systems that are available;
  • The role of each system;
  • Their strengths and weaknesses;
  • How to make basic design calculations for each system;
  • Relevant New Zealand and international codes and standards.

Prerequisites

ENGR403 or subject to approval of the Head of Department

Restrictions

ENCI662

Timetable Note

The course consists of two compulsory block visits to campus plus the online components. The block sessions will include time to give presentations, conduct some practical experiments, doing tests, etc. Dates and times for the block visits are:

Block Course 1: 4-6 March
Block Course 2: 13-15 May

Unfortunately, the labs are currently in a state of flux due to the ongoing campus redevelopment so the lab activities will be subject to lab status. I will keep you posted on Learn as I know further.

Course Coordinator / Lecturer

Daniel Nilsson

Assessment

Each week there will be a study guide posted on Learn. The guide will specify what readings you need to complete, any associated online quiz that needs to be taken and any design assignment that is required. Readings will be taken from one or more of the course texts. When a study guide says “study” a particular chapter (or part of) then the material will be covered in the associated online quiz. When a study guide says “read” a particular part of a chapter then there will not be any questions as part of the online quiz on that material but you should still read it anyway. Readings and quizzes must be completed as individuals.

Online quizzes
The quizzes are designed to keep you on track and up to date in the course. The quizzes will be taken online and must be completed by the specified date. If you miss two or more quizzes you will be dropped from the course for lack of participation. The quizzes are designed to be straight-forward and demonstrate that you are keeping up with the material. There will be a limited window of opportunity in which to complete each quiz, typically two weeks after it has been posted on Learn.

Class test
There will be an up to 3-hours test during the second block which will cover the material up to that point in the course.

Assignments
For most assignments there will be a set of instructions and a suggested reading list. Students may consult any other literature that they consider appropriate as long as full references are provided. Students are not allowed to use any ‘black-box’ models (such as B-RISK, FDS etc). All calculations are either to be presented by hand or developed by the student as a spreadsheet or equivalent.

Textbooks / Resources

Required Texts

Cote, Arthur E. Hall, John Raymond, 1948- Powell, Pam, 1949- Grant, Casey C. Solomon, Robert E; Fire Protection Handbook ; 20th; National Fire Protection Associatio, 2008.

National Fire Protection Association; SFPE Handbook of Fire Protection Engineering ; 5th; National Fire Protection Association, 2016.

Spearpoint, Michael. , New Zealand Centre for Advanced Engineering; Fire engineering design guide ; 3rd ed; New Zealand Centre For Advanced Engineering, 2008.

Recommended Reading

Bukowski, Richard. , Moore, Wayne D; Fire alarm signaling systems ; 3rd ed; National Fire Protection Association ; Society of Fire Protection Engineers, 2003.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $1,080.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Civil and Natural Resources Engineering .

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