Overview
This unit provides an understanding of issues and methods used in fire safety design, develop an appreciation of the role of fire safety engineering in the building industry and be prepared to communicate effectively with professionals in the building industry about fire safety design.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
There are no requisites for this unit.
Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).
Offerings For Term 3 - 2018
Attendance Requirements
All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes – in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.
Class Timetable
Assessment Overview
Assessment Grading
This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%). Consult the University’s Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades.
All University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
You may wish to view these policies:
- Grades and Results Policy
- Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework)
- Review of Grade Procedure
- Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure – Domestic Students
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure – International Students
- Student Refund and Credit Balance Policy and Procedure
- Student Feedback – Compliments and Complaints Policy and Procedure
- Information and Communications Technology Acceptable Use Policy and Procedure
This list is not an exhaustive list of all University policies. The full list of University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.
Feedback from Unit Evaluation Survey
Students felt the assignments were very good and help to develop my knowledge of the Building Code and Australian Standards.
Continue to place emphasis on assessment items and tasks with practical authentic implications.
Feedback from Unit Evaluation Survey
Weekly live lectures would really benefit this subject.
Ensure a number of live lectures and interactive sessions will be included in this unit.
- assess prescriptive and performance-based solutions for fire safety design using an industry standard software package
- explain causes of fire and smoke in buildings
- understand behaviour of structures and materials in fires, toxic gases, cost and risk, fire fighting, detection and control systems, active and passive fire protection systems and fire compliance requirements and responsibilities
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1 - Written Assessment - 20% | |||
| 2 - Written Assessment - 20% | |||
| 3 - Written Assessment - 60% | |||
| 4 - Written Assessment - 0% | |||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1 - Communication | |||
| 2 - Problem Solving | |||
| 3 - Critical Thinking | |||
| 4 - Information Literacy | |||
| 5 - Team Work | |||
| 6 - Information Technology Competence | |||
| 7 - Cross Cultural Competence | |||
| 8 - Ethical practice | |||
| 9 - Social Innovation | |||
| 10 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures | |||
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
| Assessment Tasks | Graduate Attributes | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |
| 1 - Written Assessment - 20% | ||||||||||
| 2 - Written Assessment - 20% | ||||||||||
| 3 - Written Assessment - 60% | ||||||||||
| 4 - Written Assessment - 0% | ||||||||||
Textbooks
International Fire Engineering Guidelines 2005 Edition
(2005)
Board Of Second School Studies
Canberra Canberra , ACT , Australia
ISBN: 1741614562
Binding: eBook
National construction code - Volumes One & Two
(2013)
Authors: Australian Building Codes Board
Canberra Canberra , Act , Australia
Binding: eBook
Additional Textbook Information
Both textbooks are available for free download from Australian Building Codes Board (ABCB) website.
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
All submissions for this unit must use the referencing style: Harvard (author-date)
For further information, see the Assessment Tasks.
n.abbasi@cqu.edu.au
Module/Topic
Introduction and Regulatory Compliance for Design
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Events and Submissions/Topic
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Portable Fire Extinguishers, Fire Hose Reels and Fire Blankets
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Events and Submissions/Topic
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Emergency Lighting and Illuminated Exit Signs
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Events and Submissions/Topic
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Fire Detection Systems
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
There is no online session this week. Enjoy the term break!
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Events and Submissions/Topic
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Smoke Hazard Management Systems
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Events and Submissions/Topic
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Passive Fire Safety Systems
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Events and Submissions/Topic
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Emergency Lifts and Egress Systems
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Events and Submissions/Topic
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Bushfire Protection
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Events and Submissions/Topic
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Fire Hydrant Systems
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Events and Submissions/Topic
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Sprinkler Systems
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Events and Submissions/Topic
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Fire Engineered Systems
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Events and Submissions/Topic
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Inspections and Audits
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Assessment item 4 (A4) Due: Exam Week Friday (15 Feb 2019) 11:45 pm AEST
1 Written Assessment
Assessment task 1 will focus on the correct referencing of performance and design standards. This assessment will assess students’ knowledge on the importance of correctly citing relevant performance standards when evaluating systems and providing defect lists to clients.
Week 5 Friday (14 Dec 2018) 11:45 pm AEST
Week 7 Friday (4 Jan 2019)
For all assessments, formatting and presentation are really important.
Technical accuracy and referencing where required is paramount with an overarching requirement for demonstrating your answer / submission / design with clarity.
The length of this assignment is determined by sketches, brief response answers and worked calculations as required, consequently there is not prescribed word limit for this assessment task.
Your assignment should be produced in electronic format either as a single word-processed document, or a single pdf format document.
The assignment will be assessed on the following basis:
- Clarity of expression and comprehensive coverage of issues
- Use of quality supporting documentation as appropriate
- Use of original thought and content
- Overall presentation and ability to communicate using correct spelling, grammar and punctuation and the use of appropriate diagrams and other visual communication
- Demonstration of core knowledge and demonstration of appropriate application of knowledge
- assess prescriptive and performance-based solutions for fire safety design using an industry standard software package
- explain causes of fire and smoke in buildings
- understand behaviour of structures and materials in fires, toxic gases, cost and risk, fire fighting, detection and control systems, active and passive fire protection systems and fire compliance requirements and responsibilities
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Information Technology Competence
- Ethical practice
2 Written Assessment
Assessment task 2 will focus on the checklists, commissioning of systems and bushfire attack level valuations.
This assessment will assess students’ knowledge on the importance of checklists for records, commissioning reports for final sign off's and bushfire attack level valuations.
* Late submission penalty will be 5% of the marks allotted for the assignment per day.
* Late submission will not be accepted after the feedback is released to the class.
Week 9 Friday (18 Jan 2019) 11:45 pm AEST
Week 11 Friday (1 Feb 2019)
For all assessments, formatting and presentation are really important.
Technical accuracy and referencing where required is paramount with an overarching requirement for demonstrating your answer / submission / design with clarity.
The length of this assignment is determined by sketches, brief response answers and worked calculations as required, consequently there is not prescribed word limit for this assessment task.
Your assignment should be produced in electronic format either as a single word-processed document, or a single pdf format document.
The assignment will be assessed on the following basis:
- Clarity of expression and comprehensive coverage of issues
- Use of quality supporting documentation as appropriate
- Use of original thought and content
- Overall presentation and ability to communicate using correct spelling, grammar and punctuation and the use of appropriate diagrams and other visual communication
- Demonstration of core knowledge and demonstration of appropriate application of knowledge
- assess prescriptive and performance-based solutions for fire safety design using an industry standard software package
- explain causes of fire and smoke in buildings
- understand behaviour of structures and materials in fires, toxic gases, cost and risk, fire fighting, detection and control systems, active and passive fire protection systems and fire compliance requirements and responsibilities
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Information Technology Competence
- Ethical practice
3 Written Assessment
Assessment item-3 will focus on the changes to building regulation.
This assessment will assess students’ knowledge to identify why fire and building regulation has changed over time.
* Late submission penalty will be 5% of the marks allotted for the assignment per day.
* Late submission will not be accepted after the feedback is released to the class.
Exam Week Friday (15 Feb 2019) 11:45 pm AEST
Two weeks after the due date of the assessment.
For all assessments, formatting and presentation are really important.
Technical accuracy and referencing where required is paramount with an overarching requirement for demonstrating your answer / submission / design with clarity.
The length of this assignment is determined by sketches, brief response answers and worked calculations as required, consequently there is not prescribed word limit for this assessment task.
Your assignment should be produced in electronic format either as a single word-processed document, or a single pdf format document.
The assignment will be assessed on the following basis:
- Clarity of expression and comprehensive coverage of issues
- Use of quality supporting documentation as appropriate
- Use of original thought and content
- Overall presentation and ability to communicate using correct spelling, grammar and punctuation and the use of appropriate diagrams and other visual communication
- Demonstration of core knowledge and demonstration of appropriate application of knowledge
- assess prescriptive and performance-based solutions for fire safety design using an industry standard software package
- explain causes of fire and smoke in buildings
- understand behaviour of structures and materials in fires, toxic gases, cost and risk, fire fighting, detection and control systems, active and passive fire protection systems and fire compliance requirements and responsibilities
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Information Technology Competence
- Ethical practice
4 Written Assessment
The workbook is a compulsory component of the unit as it supplements the other assessment items.
Workbook questions will ensure weekly notes are thoroughly read and also to assess students’ understanding the specific topics.
You must submit a satisfactory workbook in order to receive a passing grade for this unit.
Must submit on or before the due date.
Workbook question/s will be available via Q&A forum on weekly basis. So regular visit to the forum site is mandatory.
Exam Week Friday (15 Feb 2019) 11:45 pm AEST
At certification of grades.
Workbook will be assessed on the following basis:
- Clarity of expression and comprehensive coverage of issues
- Use of quality supporting documentation as appropriate
- Use of original thought and content
- Overall presentation and ability to communicate using correct spelling, grammar and punctuation and the use of appropriate diagrams and other visual communication
- Demonstration of core knowledge and demonstration of appropriate application of knowledge
- assess prescriptive and performance-based solutions for fire safety design using an industry standard software package
- explain causes of fire and smoke in buildings
- understand behaviour of structures and materials in fires, toxic gases, cost and risk, fire fighting, detection and control systems, active and passive fire protection systems and fire compliance requirements and responsibilities
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Information Technology Competence
- Ethical practice
As a CQUniversity student you are expected to act honestly in all aspects of your academic work.
Any assessable work undertaken or submitted for review or assessment must be your own work. Assessable work is any type of work you do to meet the assessment requirements in the unit, including draft work submitted for review and feedback and final work to be assessed.
When you use the ideas, words or data of others in your assessment, you must thoroughly and clearly acknowledge the source of this information by using the correct referencing style for your unit. Using others’ work without proper acknowledgement may be considered a form of intellectual dishonesty.
Participating honestly, respectfully, responsibly, and fairly in your university study ensures the CQUniversity qualification you earn will be valued as a true indication of your individual academic achievement and will continue to receive the respect and recognition it deserves.
As a student, you are responsible for reading and following CQUniversity’s policies, including the Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure. This policy sets out CQUniversity’s expectations of you to act with integrity, examples of academic integrity breaches to avoid, the processes used to address alleged breaches of academic integrity, and potential penalties.
What is a breach of academic integrity?
A breach of academic integrity includes but is not limited to plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, cheating, contract cheating, and academic misconduct. The Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure defines what these terms mean and gives examples.
Why is academic integrity important?
A breach of academic integrity may result in one or more penalties, including suspension or even expulsion from the University. It can also have negative implications for student visas and future enrolment at CQUniversity or elsewhere. Students who engage in contract cheating also risk being blackmailed by contract cheating services.
Where can I get assistance?
For academic advice and guidance, the Academic Learning Centre (ALC) can support you in becoming confident in completing assessments with integrity and of high standard.
What can you do to act with integrity?
