Fire Dynamics & Life Safety

This lecture based course will introduce students to key elements of fire chemistry, fire sciences, fluid mechanics, heat transfer and fire behavior. Students will be exposed to the study of fire from its incipient stage to its decay. Instruction will provide guidance to students on effective measures of fire protection and life safety based on fire signatures and proven methodologies. Instruction will provide students with the foundation for understanding the basic components of fire and the best practices to extinguish a fire using the latest fire detection and suppression systems.