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  • Fundamentals of Fire Science and Fire Protection

    Credits: 6 PDH

    PDH Course Description:

    This course is designed to familiarize engineers with basic principles relating to fire science and protection. Some of the topics covered are loss statistics, regulatory issues, safety objectives, design solutions to reduce hazard threats, combustion and flame dynamics, chemical reactions, heat transfer, stage of fire development, the role of air supply within enclosures, fire suppression and detection systems, as well as fire and building code.

    This publication is an appropriate course for occupational safety and heaIth, thermodynamics, and applied engineering chemistry.

    Topics:

    • Identification of pertinent fire safety objectives
    • The dynamics of fire science
    • Identification of factors affecting the fire performance of materials
    • Building and Fire prevention code
    • Development of effective design solutions to reduce hazards
    • Fire loss statistics related to injury, death, and property damage
    • The regulatory framework intended to ensure fire safety
    • The role of reduced air supply and heat transfer in enclosure fires
    • The stages of fire growth in enclosures
    • Measures of fire severity
    • The scope of fire protection issues
    • Integrated fire safety design
    • Theory of a fire detection system and it's compatibility with the hazard
    • Fire suppression systems
    • Fire science terminology

    To take this course:

    1.) Enroll in Course: Click below to enroll:
    (must be logged into your user account)


    2.) Study: Once enrolled, click below to begin the course:

    Download the Study Guide

    3.) Test: Once you've thoroughly read the course materials, please click below to take the final examination.

    Take the final exam

    4.) Certificate: A passing grade of 70% or higher on the exam, is required to receive the certificate of completion for this PDH course.
         NOTE: After the exam is completed, you will need to return to this page, in order to print (download) the certificate of completion.

    Print the Certificate of Completion

    Intended Audience: for fire protection, mechanical, civil, construction, chemical, and hydraulic engineers, however may apply to other engineering disciplines as well.
    Publication Source: US Dept. of Labor (OSHA)


    Donald Parnell, PE

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