Courses – Fakultet tehničkih nauka u Novom Sadu

Subject: Mobile Fire Extinguishing Equipment (17.URZP45)

Native organizations units: Department of Environmental Engineering and Occupational Safety and Health

Type of studies	Title
Undergraduate Academic Studies	Disaster Risk Management and Fire Safety (Year: 4, Semester: Winter)

General information:

Category	Professional-applicative
Scientific or art field	Upravljanje rizikom od katastrofalnih događaja i požara Procesne tehnologije Quality, Effectiveness and Logistics
ECTS	6

The course objective is acquisition of knowledge about the fire extinguishing equipment.

After the passed examination, students will be able to adequately select and apply fire extinguishing equipment.

Manual transmission and transport fire extinguishers. Fire extinguishing pipes. Fire extinguishing couplings. Fittings for water abstraction and implementation. Hydrants and hydrant extensions. Water nozzles. Mobile mixers, dozers for air mechanical foam. Nozzles and monitors for air-mechanical foam. Foam monitors (pitchers). Rescue equipment for heights. Fire extinguishing ladder. Personal fire fighting equipment. Radiation protection equipment. Fire fighting vehicles, classifications and types. Hazardous substance working equipment. Fire extinguishers. Water as a fire extinguisher. Foam as a fire extinguisher. Powder as a fire extinguisher. Carbon dioxide. Halons. New fire extinguishers: Inergen, FM 200, aerosol generators mag for spatial fire extinguishing, argon.

The course is held through auditory lectures followed by slides and auditory practice for further elaboration of certain problem solutions. Both lectures and practice are followed by a great number of examples from the practice. Besides that, visiting lecturers from some institutions and companies are also planed, as well as the visits to the institutions and companies typical for the field covered by the lectures.

Authors	Title	Year	Publisher	Language
Dennis P. Nolan, P.E.	Handbook of Fire and Explosion Protectionengineering Principles for Oil, Gas, Chemical, and Related Facilities	1996	Noyes Publications	English
A. Maurice Jones	Fire Protection Systems	2008	Delmar Cengage Learning UK	English
Naval Facilities Engineering Command	Fire Protection Engineering for Facilities	2004	Foxit Software Company	English