Aim
The course is aimed at synthesizing and broadening the knowledge gained in this and previous courses, and provides the students with an insight into how this knowledge can be applied to evaluating personal safety issues in the event of fire in a built structure. Another objective is to enhance the students' engineering-related capabilities for constructing and analysing models.

Knowledge and understanding
For a passing grade the student must

• be able to describe and interpret the directives contained in the National Building Code related to evacuation procedures in the event of fire.

• be able to describe and explain other directives contained in the Building Code, together with relevant examples of solutions, methods, and general guidelines, as well as be familiar with the Swedish Civil Protection and Swedish Work Environment Acts, and ordinances related to compulsory ventilation control,

• be able to explain the function of a computer program for evacuation simulation,

• be able to explain human behaviour and reactions during an evacuation situation,

• be able to explain the principles behind the dimensioning of load-bearing and partition structures under fire conditions, and

• be able to explain the principles and design of ventilation systems.

Skills and abilities
For a passing grade the student must

• be able to utilize critically and develop procedures and techniques of fire protection in building construction,

• be able to assess the effect on people of heat, smoke, and toxic gases produced in various fire scenarios,

• be able to apply methods for calculating the spread of fires and combustion gases.

• be able to apply methods for describing the speed of evacuation for various building types,

• be able to apply methods for calculating the spread of combustion gases through ventilation systems, and the pressurization of buildings, especially stairwells,

• be able to carry out a personal safety assessment in fire situations at an actual site,

• understand and be able to use, both orally and in writing, professional terminology within the field,

• demonstrate a capacity for teamwork and for working in groups,

• demonstrate the ability to present and discuss clearly, both orally and in writing, the conclusions drawn and the knowledge and arguments that underlie these conclusions in interactions with various target groups,

• be able to search for, and make use of, information on fire safety technology contained in the scientific literature and in databases

• be able to plan and keep time records and to understand their importance.

Judgement and approach
For a passing grade the student must

• demonstrate insight into the possible applications and the limitations of fire safety technology for the selected application, its role in society, and responsibility of the professional person for its use, taking into account social and, to a certain degree, economic aspects, and

• be able to communicate the performed assessment with regard to scientific, social and ethical considerations.

• be able to review and evaluate obtained information

Contents
Carry out an assessment of personal safety in the event of fire at an actual site. Recommendations for improvement, as well as the safety-related consequences of these recommendations, shall be included.

During the course, the students shall report on their time-management and time-planning activities in weekly reports.

Home assignments, labs, and written assignments are also included in the course. Also included are computer labs: the first covering evacuation programs, and the second on using FAST ver. 3.

Home assignments; (Requirements same as for Level I, www.brand.lth.se/fileadmin/brandteknik/utbild/inuppgkrav.pdf)

The objective is to learn to use the building code directives related to fire protection (especially evacuation safety) through prescriptive design. Working in a group, the students will draw up a simple description of fire safety features for a test building.

Written assignments: Two written assignments are required by the course segment, “Spread of Combustion Gases via Ventilation Systems”: one for a ventilation system with a single exhaust vent (F-system) and one for a system with both exhaust and intake vents (FT-system). Each student will receive an individual assignment.

Project assignment: (Requirements same as for Level III, www.brand.lth.se/fileadmin/brandteknik/utbild/inuppgkrav.pdf). This assignment constitutes the major part of the course.

Literature
Tid för utrymning. SRV-rapport (gratis på www.srv.se).
Studies of human behaviour in fire...., D Canter
Boverkets byggregler, BBR
Utrymningsdimensionering. Boverket. Rapport juni 2006.
Lektionsfrågor BBR (stencil med instuderingsfrågor till BBR), gammal men ok ändå.
Utdrag ur lag och förordning (stencil)
Användarmanual till SIMULEX (stencil) + Övningsuppgifter till SIMULEX
Beskrivning av ERM (stencil)
Simulation of visibility in Hazard1/Cfast Report 7010, Brandteknik, Hans Hultquist.
Övningsuppgifter Hazard (stencil)
Brandskyddshandboken
Branddynamik, OH-bilder i kursavsnittet datormodeller.
Från SFPE handboken
Movement of People, section 3/chapter 13
Behavioural Response to Fire and Smoke, section 3/chapter 12
Emergency Movement, section 3/chapter 14
Larm och utrymning, in AFS 2000:42, Arbetsplatsens utformning
Varselmärkning och varselsignalering på arbetsplatser, AFS 1997:11
Kan även hamtas från Lagrummet.se* (http://www.lagrummet.se / Författningar)
Lag om brandfarliga och explosiva varor, SFS 1988:868 (med ändringar)
Förordning om brandfarliga och explosiva varor, SFS 1988:1145 (med ändringar)
Lag om skydd mot olyckor, SFS 2003:778 (med ändringar)
Förordning om skydd mot olyckor, SFS 2003:789 (med ändringar)
Plan och bygglagen SFS 1987:10 (med ändringar)
Plan och byggförordningen SFS 1987:383 (med ändringar)
Lag om tekniska egenskapskrav på byggnadsverk mm. SFS 1994:847 (mer ändringar)
Förordning om tekniska egenskapskrav på byggnadsverk mm SFS 1994:1215 (med ändringar)
Fire Protection Handbook, NFPA 2003
Life Safety Code Handbook, NFPA 2003
NFPA 101, Life Safety Code 2003
BS 7974:2001 Application of fire safety engineering principles to the design of buildings : Code of practice
Utrymning, planera, öva, utvärdera (Rapport R1:1987 Byggnadsfunktionslära, KTH)
Utrymningssäkerheten i servicehus (Rapport R3:1987 Byggnadsfunktionslära, KTH)
Safety in the built environment, J Sime

Code: 0103. Name: Report 1.
Higher education credits: 7,5. Grading scale: UG. Assessment: Approved home assignments, approved written assignments, attendance at demonstration lab sessions, approved lab work, presentation, satisfactory execution and examination of practical projects. Contents: Carry out an assessment of personal safety in the event of fire at an actual site. Recommendations for improvement, as well as the safety-related consequences of these recommendations, shall be included. During the course, the students shall report on their time-management and time-planning activities in weekly reports. Home assignments, labs, and written assignments are also included in the course. Also included are computer labs: the first covering evacuation programs, and the second on using FAST ver. 3. Home assignments; (Requirements same as for Level I, www.brand.lth.se/utbild/inuppgkrav.pdf).

Code: 0203. Name: Report 2.
Higher education credits: 7,5. Grading scale: UG. Assessment: Presentation, satisfactory execution and examination of practical projects, attendance at compulsory presentations, revision of report after final approval of presentation. Contents: Written and oral presentation of project and revision after presentation.