COURSE UNIT TITLE

: POST - EARTHQUAKE FIRE AND FIREFIGHTING

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
DEP 5020 POST - EARTHQUAKE FIRE AND FIREFIGHTING ELECTIVE 2 0 0 7

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR ÇELIK TATAR

Offered to

EARTHQUAKE MANAGEMENT - NON THESIS
EARTHQUAKE MANAGEMENT

Course Objective

Turkey is located on highly active earthquake zone. The significant part of the casualties occurs because of unconsciously attempts after an earthquake. The purpose of this course is to introduce the student to post-earthquake fire and precautions to be taken during a fire. Thus, firefighting against hazard-based fire and rescue services are the major part of the disaster management. Moreover, university students will be taught about a post-earthquake fire, precautions against it, and safety of life and property during a fire.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Post-earthquake fire.
2   Classification of fire types and principles of fire extinguishment.
3   Firefighting and rescue.
4   Having the ability to contribute to the spread of four earthquake awareness in society,
5   Scientific studies that can minimize the impact of a possible earthquake relevant organizations to share information and to have this work,

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Earthquake protection
2 Fear and Panic
3 What is emergency management
4 Basic concepts of combustion and fire chemistry
5 Principles of fire-fighting and classification
6 Fires that occur in Earthquake
7 Safety during fire
8 MID-TERM EXAM
9 Fire detection and alarm systems
10 Fire-fighting devices and systems
11 Fire-fighters and rescue team
12 Measures to be taken against fire
13 Fire and environment relationship
14 Fire-related organizations, institutions and legal arrangements

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Özcan , Osman et. al. Yangınla Mücadele Eğitimi Ders Kitabı. Istanbul: Itfaiye Eğitim Merkezi yay.
2. TATAR, Çelik., Lecture Notes

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Presentation
Homework

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

E-Mail : celik.tatar@deu.edu.tr
Phone : +90 232 - 3017523 - 17523

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 6 72
Preparation for midterm exam 1 28 28
Preparation for final exam 1 40 40
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 170

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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LO.122222
LO.22223
LO.3223
LO.4332
LO.533

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