FIRE 400 Fire Protection Structures and Systems Design

This course examines the underlying principles involved in structural fire protection systems and building furnishings, as well as fire protection systems including water-based fire suppressions systems, fire alarm and detection systems, special hazards suppression systems, and smoke management systems.

For information regarding prerequisites for this course, please refer to the Academic Course Catalog.

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This course examines the underlying principles involved in structural fire protection systems and building furnishings, as well as fire protection systems including water-based fire suppressions systems, fire alarm and detection systems, special hazard suppression systems, and smoke management systems.


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Course Requirements Checklist

After reading the Course Syllabus and Student Expectations, the student will complete the related checklist found in the Course Overview.

Discussions (4)

Discussions are collaborative learning experiences. Therefore, the student is required to provide a thread in response to the provided prompt for each Discussion. Each thread must be 500 words and demonstrate course-related knowledge. In addition to the thread, the student is required to reply to 1 other classmates’ threads. Each reply must be 250 words. (CLO: A, B, C, D)

Furniture Fire Testing Assignment

The student will write a 2-to-3-page research-based paper in current APA format that focuses on the fire characteristics of furniture. The paper must include at least 2 references in addition to the course textbooks and the Bible. (CLO: A, B)

Quizzes (4)

Each quiz will cover the Learn material for the assigned Module(s): Week(s). Each quiz will be open-book/open-notes, contain multiple-choice, true/false, short answer, and essay questions, and have a 30-minute or 1 hour time limit. (CLO: A, B, C, D)


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