Courses – Fakultet tehničkih nauka u Novom Sadu

Subject: Fire and Explosion Investigation (17.ZP509)

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

Type of studies	Title
Master Academic Studies	Disaster Risk Management and Fire Safety (Year: 1, Semester: Winter)

General information:

Category	Professional-applicative
Scientific or art field	Građevinski materijali, procena stanja i sanacija konstrukcija Upravljanje rizikom od katastrofalnih događaja i požara
ECTS	4

Acquiring theoretical and practical knowledge necessary for investigation of circumstances and causes which led to fire and explosion.

Acquired theoretical and applied knowledge enables clarification of circumstances which led to fire.

Methods of fire investigation. Inspecting fire causes. Analysis of the fire manifestation. (traces of fire outside and inside the space). Manifestation of fire in transportation vehicles. Methods of determining the place of fire origin. Event reconstruction and report elaboration. Application of laboratory methods for fire expertise. Modern information technologies used in investigation and fire expertise.

Lectures, Term Paper, Presentation, Consultation.

Authors	Title	Year	Publisher	Language
U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs National Institute of Justice	Fire and Arson Scene Evidence: A Guide for Public Safety Personnel	2000	U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs, Washington DC, USA	English
edited by Niamh Nic Daéid	Fire Investigation	2004	CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, Florida, USA	English
David D. Redsicker John J. O Connor	Practical Fire and Arson Investigation	1987	CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, Florida, USA	English

Course activity	Pre-examination	Obligations	Number of points
Test	Yes	Yes	30.00
Lecture attendance	Yes	Yes	5.00
Written part of the exam - tasks and theory	No	Yes	30.00
Exercise attendance	Yes	Yes	5.00
Term paper	Yes	Yes	20.00
Presentation	Yes	Yes	10.00