Faculty of Technical Sciences

Subject: Role and Importance of Prevention in Risk Reduction (17.URZP33)

Native organizations units: Department of Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management
General information:
 
Category Scientific-professional
Scientific or art field Upravljanje rizikom od katastrofalnih događaja i požara
Interdisciplinary Yes
ECTS 5
Educational goal:

Acquiring advanced academic knowledge in the field of the role and importance of prevention in risk reduction against fire and events with catastrophic consequences, and enabling students to define optimal measures of prevention for particular hazards.

Educational outcome:

Students possess advanced academic and professional knowledge about the role and importance of prevention in risk reduction in cases of fire and events with catastrophic consequences. They are able to solve problems of different levels of complexity on their own, as well as in communication and interaction with others. They are entrepreneurial and can lead projects of different complexity by respecting the ethical standards of their profession. They have a positive attitude towards lifelong learning and personal and professional development.

Course content:

Inherited reactive mentality of protection against fire and events with catastrophic consequences. Fundamental concept of prevention. Systems of early warning as one of preventative mechanisms. The role of government and non-government organization, education, media and private sector in formation and raising of the public awareness about the importance of prevention in risk reduction in cases of catastrophic events and fire. Promoting the principle "Living with risks". Importance of preventive protection against fire. Protective measures against fire in open space, in facilities of different purposes, in transportation means, in industrial plants. Importance of preventive protection against technological accidents and the most important protective measures that can be applied. Importance of preventive protection against earthquakes. Protective measures against earthquakes for people and in engineering objects for different purposes.

Teaching methods:

Lectures, practical classes, consultations. The theoretical part of the study material is presented at lectures through presentations of individual thematic units, followed by the appropriate examples from practice for the sake of easier perceiving and understanding. At practical classes, the study material is processed through the solving of practical problems with the active participation of students. In addition to lectures and exercises, consultations are held regularly in order to provide students with answers to additional questions related to the study material.

Literature:
Authors Title Year Publisher Language
Kolaković, S., Fabian, Đ. Akumulacije u Vojvodini i mogućnosti njihovog korišćenja u borbi protiv suše 2001 Poljoprivredni fakultet Novi Sad Serbian language
Kolaković, S. Vode Vojvodine : neki aspekti funkcionalnosti sisitema za zaštitu od spoljnih i unutrašnjih voda na području Vojvodine 2003 Fakultet tehničkih nauka, Novi Sad Serbian language
Furness, A., Muckett, N Introduction to Fire Safety Management 2007 Butterworth-Heinemann, Elsevier English
IDNDR Natural Disaster Management 1999 Tudor Rose English
UN ISDR Living with Risk 2002 UN Press English
Kleut, N., Kleut, D., Glosar bezbednosti od požara Sa rečnikom ISO 13943 : 2000 2008 AGM knjiga English
Vujović, R. Upravljanje rizicima i osiguranje 2009 Univerzitet Singidunum Serbian language
Knowledge evaluation:
Course activity Pre-examination Obligations Number of points
Term paper Yes Yes 20.00
Lecture attendance Yes Yes 5.00
Written part of the exam - tasks and theory No Yes 70.00
Exercise attendance Yes Yes 5.00
Lecturers:

doc. dr Bajić Senka

Assistant Professor

Lectures
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vanr. prof. dr Bulajić Borko

Associate Professor

Practical classes
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vanr. prof. dr Bulajić Borko

Associate Professor

Lectures
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prof. dr Sokolović Dunja

Full Professor

Lectures

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