Disaster risk management and fire safety-basic | Faculty of Technical Sciences

Subject: Disaster risk management and fire safety-basic (17.URZP56)

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: 1, Semester: Winter)

General information:

Category	Professional-applicative
Scientific or art field	Upravljanje rizikom i menadžment osiguranja Upravljanje rizikom od katastrofalnih događaja i požara
ECTS	7

Introduction students with basic risk components. Acquiring basic knowledge about natural hazards and risks caused by human activities. To master the appropriate activities that need to be realized before, during and after accidents with the goal of holistic approach to risk management.

Students will be trained to understand the phenomenology of risk and identify potentially harmful events that can significantly threaten property and people. Students will also acquire the skills necessary to build resilient and sustainable environment.

Catastrophic events and fires through history. History of risk and fire protection management. Terminology and definitions. Introduction to the risk function and its basic components. Introduction to the cycle of risk management in the events with catastrophic consequences. Introduction to institutional and legislative frameworks of risk and fire protection management. Insurance and risk and fire protection management. The role of information and communication technologies in risk and fire protection management.

Teaching on the course includes lectures and auditory exercises.

Authors	Title	Year	Publisher	Language
Wines, J.	Green architecture	2000	Benedict Taschen Verlag GmbH, Koln	English
Drysdale, D.	An Introduction to Fire Dynamics	2011	John Wiley & Sons, Ltd	English
Hyndman, D., Hyndman, D.	Natural hazards and disasters, 5th edition	2016	Cengage Learning, USA	English

Course activity	Pre-examination	Obligations	Number of points
Test	Yes	Yes	10.00
Exercise attendance	Yes	Yes	5.00
Term paper	Yes	Yes	20.00
Test	Yes	Yes	10.00
Lecture attendance	Yes	Yes	5.00
Written part of the exam - tasks and theory	No	Yes	50.00