EM4112

This course will provide fundamental information relating to the history of the fire service including formation, organization and operation of a fire prevention bureau. The course will include the recognition of hazards, their corrections and the relationship of prevention measures to built-in fire protection systems. Codes and standards will be discussed and used to help understand their relations to the behavior of fire. Topics of fire behavior will include combustion, chemistry, flames, transmission, burning, ignition, explosions including detonation, deflagration, vapor clouds, and BLEVEs.

Books/Materials >$50, MSSEP Elective

Fall and Spring