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Course Name	Turkish	Yangın Risk.&Acil Durum Yönet.
	English	Fire Risks and Management
Course Code	AFY 522	Credit	Lecture (hour/week)	Recitation (hour/week)	Laboratory (hour/week)
Semester	-	3	3	-	-
Course Language		Turkish
Course Coordinator		Hikmet İskender
Course Objectives		1- To explain fire types and their characteristics, 2- To give necessary knowledge and managerial skills to handle all kind of fire cases.
Course Description		Introduction, Fire Terms and Definitions, Fire Types, Responsing to Fire, Fire Extinguishing Mechanisms and their Principles, Secondary Disasters Due to Fires, Health and Environmental Issues on Fires, Fire Precautions, Detection and Warning Systems, Structural Risks and Mitigation, Fire Risk Management and Planning, Evacuation Planning and Management Special Fires and Responsing, Analysing Case Studies,Fire Related Standarts and Codes, Laws and Regulations.
Course Outcomes		Students who successfully pass this course gain knowledge in the following subjects ; 1- Fire types and their characteristics, 2- Taking necessary precautions for preventing fire, 3- Fire Safety and Fire Extinguishing, 4- Fire Management and developing Fire Operations Plan.
Pre-requisite(s)		-
Required Facilities		-
Other		Course Success Evaluation Criteria: 70% attendance, Timely submission of homework, Getting at least 30 points in total from Homework and Midterm Exam (30/50) {HW (15)/Midterm Exam (35)/Final Exam-Term Project (50)}
Textbook		Firefighting Principles and Practices, William E. Clark, Pennwell Corp, 2nd edition, 1991, ISBN-13: 978-0878149209, USA
Other References		1. Strategic Concepts in Fire Fighting, Edward P. McAniff, McAniff Associates, 1st edition, ASIN: B0006CEB0W, NY, USA, 1974 2. Practical Fire and Arson Investigation, John J. O'Connor, Elsevier, NY, USA, 1987 3. The Scientific Investigation of Fire Causes, J. Thatcher, Lawbook Company, Sydney, AUS, 2000 4. Principles of Fire Protection, Cote, A.E., and P. Bugbee, 2nd Edition, National Fire Protection Association, Quincy, Massachusetts, 1988

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