BLSV12023 Fire Safety Design (NC)
Course Description
This course provides an understanding of fire safety design for Building Surveyors. It includes studies into: Causes of fire and smoke in buildings; Building structure and materials behaviour in fires; Toxic gases; Cost & risk; Fire fighting; Detection and control systems; Active and passive fire protection systems; Fire compliance requirements and responsibilities.
It also provides an introduction to prescriptive and performance based solutions for fire safety design and available software packages.
Course at a glance
| Faculty: |
Faculty of Engineering and Physical Systems |
| Career: | Undergraduate |
| Credit points: |
6 |
| Requisites: |
This course has no pre/co-requisites |
| HECS Banding: | 2 |
| EFTSL | 0.125 |
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