Fundamentals of risk engineering and fire safety

ID: 0620
Course type: vocational and applied
Course coordinator: Genić B. Srbislav
Lecturers: Aranđelović D. Ivan, Genić B. Srbislav
Contact: Genić B. Srbislav
Level of studies: B.Sc. (undergraduate) Academic Studies – Mechanical Engineering
ECTS: 4
Final exam type: written+oral
Department: Department of Process and Environmental Protection Engineering

Lectures

Semester 5, position 5

Goal

Introduce students to: risk analysis, risk management and risk engineering, regulations on fire prevention, preventive fire protection, fire extinguishers, firefighting tactics and equipment to fire fighting and smoke removal for installation.

Outcome

Students will be familiar with risk analysis, risk management and risk engineering, as well as with modern fire-fighting procedures and technical measures of preventive fire protection.

Theoretical teaching

Review of basic concepts of risk analysis, risk management and risk engineering. Hazards: toxicity, flammability, explosion, noise. Combustion. Fire inignations conditions. Explosive atmospheres. Hazardous areas. Extinguishing agents. Fire extinguishers. Devices and equipments for extinguishing. Hydrant installations. Automatic firefighting systems. Fire detection systems. Fire load and fire resitance of buildings. Fire risk analysis.

Practical teaching

Combustion. Fire inignations conditions. Explosive atmospheres. Hazardous areas. Extinguishing agents. Fire extinguishers. Devices and equipments for extinguishing. Hydrant installations. Automatic firefighting systems. Fire detection systems. Fire load and fire resitance of buildings. Fire risk analysis.

Attendance requirement

-

Resources

B. Jaćimović, S. Genić, M. Stamenić, I. Aranđelović, A. Petrović, N. Mitrović, U. Milovančević, M. Ivošević, M. Otović, A. Petrović, R. Rajić, N. Tanasić, M. Mihailović, S. Marković, P. Bogdanović, T. Simonović, Methods and examples of experiential exercises in process engineering and thermotechnics (in Serbian), Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Beograd 2022.

Assigned hours

Total assigned hours: 45

Active teaching (theoretical)

New material: 13
Elaboration and examples (recapitulation): 5

Active teaching (practical)

Auditory exercises: 0
Laboratory exercises: 6
Calculation tasks: 6
Seminar paper: 0
Project: 6
Consultations: 0
Discussion/workshop: 0
Research study work: 0

Knowledge test

Review and grading of calculation tasks: 0
Review and grading of lab reports: 2
Review and grading of seminar papers: 0
Review and grading of the project: 2
Test: 0
Test: 0
Final exam: 5

Knowledge test (100 points total)

Activity during lectures: 10
Test/test: 0
Laboratory practice: 10
Calculation tasks: 0
Seminar paper: 0
Project: 10
Final exam: 70
Requirement for taking the exam (required number of points): 0

Literature

I. Aranđelović, S. Genić, R. Rajić, N. Tanasić, P. Bogdanović, B. Gajić, S. Višnjić, N. Mitrović, Fire safety system design (in Serbian), Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Belgrade 2026.; I. Aranđelović, S. Genić, R. Rajić, N. Tanasić, P. Bogdanović, B. Gajić, S. Višnjić, N. Mitrović, Fire safety installations and devices (in Serbian), Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Belgrade 2026.; M. Erić, Fire protection and prevention (in Serbian), Jel&Mil, Čačak, 2003.