COURSE UNIT TITLE

: WORKPLACE FIRE SAFETY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ISG 5036 WORKPLACE FIRE SAFETY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR MUHARREM KEMAL ÖZFIRAT

Offered to

Ph.D. in Occupational Health and Safety
Occupational Healty and Safety

Course Objective

: Fire is an event that is faced commonly in daily life. Therefore, by taking this course, doctoral students will get important information about fire and different specialties will be formed. In this course, the first aim is to make students understand and define fire and its chemistry. Then, proactive and reactive measurements for preventing fire will be given in detail. In addition throughout the course, students will learn how to act in case of a fire.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To understand the basic concepts of fire
2   To define fire products and hazards (temperature, fire gases)
3   To define and classify of fire types
4   To identify and classify the fire extinguishers
5   To define the fire control system

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The basic concepts of fire and the overview of fire chemistry
2 Fire protection and the distribution of mid-term assignments
3 Classification of fire types and principles of fire extinguishing
4 Fire products and hazards (temperature, fire gases)
5 Fire hazards
6 Fire risk assessment
7 Midterm
8 Properties of modern fire detection and alarm systems in confined space
9 Fire extinguishing equipment and systems
10 Firefighting and rescue team
11 Fire and environmental effects
12 Industrial fires and features
13 Industrial fires and features
14 Industrial fires and features

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s): Doğan, A. (2006). Yangın Güvenliği ve Tabii Afetlerde Müdahale Tarzı, Seçkin yayınları, Ankara.
Supplementary Book(s):- Accident Analysis & Prevention, http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00014575.
- Itfaiyecinin El Kitabı - Ankara Büyükşehir Belediyesi, 2012.
- Yangın Güvenlik Kongresi Bildiriler Kitabı, Bursa, 2000.
- Yangın Eğitim Kitabı, Yeni Ümit Eğitim Kurumları Yayınları, Istanbul.
- Fire Safety Journal Elsevier, www.journals.elsevier.com/fire-safety-journal/

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lessons will be made in the form of oral presentations, visual expressions in the class.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.50 + FIN * 0.50
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.50 + RST * 0.50


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

The lesson will be commenced with oral student presentations and final exam.
LO2-4: will be evaluated midterm
LO1-5: will also be evaluated by final exam.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Muharrem Kemal Özfırat
kemal.ozfirat@deu.edu.tr, office phone: (232) 301 7539

Office Hours

It will be announced at the beginning of the semester

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 5 65
Preparation for final exam 1 16 16
Preparation for midterm exam 1 16 16
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 140

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9
LO.1554555
LO.25
LO.3554445
LO.445
LO.544