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Fire Protection & Safety Tech (FPST)
FPST 4143 Industrial Ventilation and Smoke Control Prerequisites: A grade of "C" or better in FPST 2344 and FPST 2483 and FPST 3373. Description: Principles of dilution and comfort ventilation; heat-cold stress control, system design, contaminant control; ventilation system testing and guidelines. Design and analysis of smoke management systems in buildings for survivability and safe egress. Assessment of human health hazards posed by smoke. Performance characteristics of smoke control systems. Previously offered as FPST 4133. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate, Undergraduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Engineering Technology FPST 4153 Issues in Local Government and Fire Services Prerequisites: FPST 2153, MGMT 3013. Description: Issues relating to the proper operation of a fire department and the fire department's role within the structure of local government. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3
FPST 4403 Hazardous Materials Incident Management Prerequisites: Grade of "C" or better in FPST 2023, FPST 2344, and CHEM 1225 or CHEM 1414 or CHEM 1515. Description: An interdisciplinary approach to hazardous materials incident management. Legislative requirements. Emphasis on comprehensive safety and health program compliance relating to hazardous materials incidents or waste sites. Regulatory code activities, transport-related inspections, incident modeling, and use of environmental safety software for problem solving and documentation. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 2 Lab: 3 Levels: Undergraduate Schedule types: Lab, Lecture, Combined lecture and lab Department/School: Engineering Technology FPST 4683 Industrial Loss Prevention Prerequisites: Prior or concurrent enrollment in all other required FPST courses and grade of "C" or better in ENGL 3323, and GENT 3433 or ENSC 2213 or GENT 4433 or GENT 3323 or ENSC 2143 or ENSC 3313, or consent of instructor. Description: Specific industrial processes, equipment, facilities and work practices for detecting and controlling potential hazards. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 2 Lab: 3 Levels: Undergraduate Schedule types: Lab, Lecture, Combined lecture and lab Department/School: Engineering Technology FPST 4982 Fire Protection & Safety Projects I Prerequisites: A grade of “C” or better in ENGL 1113 or ENGL 1123 or ENGL 1313. Description: Two-semester project with team format. Team members work with sponsors and faculty who serve as mentors in fields related to their topics. Students complete topic selection, progress reports, final reports, and poster presentations. Credit hours: 2 Contact hours: Lecture: 2
Levels: Undergraduate Schedule types: Lecture
Department/School: Engineering Technology FPST 4233 Advance Exposure Assessment Prerequisites: Grade of "C" or better in FPST 2344.
Description: Evaluation of CBRNE exposure risks in industry and emergency response including statistical/computational techniques, regulatory obligations, and the use of instrumentation. Same course as FPST 3233. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3
Levels: Undergraduate Schedule types: Lecture
Department/School: Engineering Technology FPST 4333 System and Process Safety Analysis Prerequisites: Grade of “C” or better in FPST 2023, STAT 2013, and MATH 2123 or MATH 2144. Description: Fire and safety techniques to anticipate, recognize and control hazards. Fault Tree, HazOp, FMEA and other process safety techniques. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 2 Lab: 3 Levels: Undergraduate Schedule types: Lab, Lecture, Combined lecture and lab Department/School: Engineering Technology FPST 4383 Fire and Evacuation Modeling Prerequisites: A grade of “C” or better in FPST 3373 or 3393 and STAT 2013 or instructor consent. Description: Fundamentals of fire dynamics and occupant egress and their numerical approaches for computer models. Practical knowledge of how to use fire and evacuation modeling tools: CFAST, FDS, Pyrosim, and Pathfinder, and how to analyze modeling results. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate, Undergraduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Engineering Technology
Levels: Undergraduate Schedule types: Lecture
Department/School: Engineering Technology FPST 4992 Fire Protection & Safety Projects II
Prerequisites: A grade of “C” or better in ENGL 3323 and FPST 4982. Description: Two-semester project with team format. Second of two- semester sequence of senior project courses. Credit hours: 2 Contact hours: Lecture: 2
Levels: Undergraduate Schedule types: Lecture
Department/School: Engineering Technology FPST 4993 Advanced Fire and Safety Problems Prerequisites: Grade of "C" or better in FPST 3013, ENGL 3323 or consent of instructor. Description: Selected problems in the fire, occupational safety, occupational health and industrial security areas. Research or state-of- the-art technologies to prevent or correct such problems. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3
Levels: Undergraduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Engineering Technology
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