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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

PROFESSOR DOCTOR 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/LO	PO.1	PO.2	PO.3	PO.4	PO.5	PO.6	PO.7	PO.9
LO.1	5	5	4		5		5	5
LO.2						5
LO.3	5		5	4	4		4	5
LO.4		4						5
LO.5					4		4

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Description of Individual Course Units

Offered By

Level of Course Unit

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Course Objective

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

Recomended Optional Programme Components

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Assessment Criteria

Language of Instruction

Course Policies and Rules

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Office Hours

Work Placement(s)

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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