Safety and Security in Building

Course Description

These courses cover the basic understanding of the threats and risks to buildings, facilities and the occupants as well as provide the techniques and solutions for physical protection. The fundamental principles for the safe design of buildings from a fire hazard, security, and so forth will be presented along with an understanding of building codes, fire properties of building materials, building design criteria to limit the spread of fire and smoke, control of ignition sources, storage of combustible and flammables, life safety and active fire protection systems. Other topics include: the smart building, safety measures in public, educational and commercial buildings, fundamental principles for the safe design of buildings, threat based risk assessments (TRA), risk assessment methodologies, types of sensors and detectors such as CCTV, smoke sensors etc., selection of sensors and detectors for building, alarm system and its types, selection of alarm systems for buildings, life safety and active protection system, storage of combustible and flammables and system integration.

Course ID: BSTC-587