Introduction
to safety and security, difference between safety and
security in buildings, implication on design, legislation
and need for good safety and security in buildings,
implication on design, legislation and need for good
safety and security practices. Current practices with
reference to the following:
Safety from accidents: Definition, monitoring accidents;
Socio-economic effects of accidents; Aims and objectives
of the basic principles of safety responsibility; Duties
and responsibilities of owners, employers and users;
Types of accidents; General. process accidents and disasters;
Prevention of accidents, etc.
Security in Buildings: Need for security in buildings;
Risks of security breach; Aims of physical security
control; Targets; Lines of defense against intruders,
thieves and vandals; Relationship between security and
fire prevention; Protection of a building, its occupants
and its effects: Layout of buildings for achieving security;
Control measures and barriers; Access control systems;
Principles and laws of internal policing etc.
Fire prevention and control: Socio-economic and physiological
implications of fire; History of fire; Evolution of
fire prevention regulations; Risks of fire by building
groups; Classification of fires; Objectives of fire
precautions; Action in case of fire; Internal and external
hazards; Planning for fire prevention and control; Pattern
of fire development; Structural measures against fire;
Causes of fire; Design of escape route; Effects of smoke,
principles of compartmentation; Fire detection, alarms
and extinguishing systems, etc.
Safety signs and symbols: Need for signs and symbols;
Psychology of signs and symbols; Characteristics; Use
of colors, shapes and size; Meaning of signs and symbols;
Examples of uses, etc. Security and emergency lighting:
Objective, basic techniques, need for such lighting;
Transmission from normal to emergency lighting; Luminaires
for security and emergency lighting; Planning for such
lighting. |