BLSV12023 - Fire Safety Design

Showing: 2026 HE Term 1
General Information

Unit Synopsis

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

Level Undergraduate
Unit Level 2
Credit Points 6
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 2
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.125
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites There are no pre-requisites for the 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).

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Unit Availabilities from Term 1 - 2026

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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).

Assessment Overview

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.

Assessment Tasks

Assessment Task Weighting
1. Written Assessment 20%
2. Written Assessment 20%
3. Written Assessment 60%
4. Written Assessment 0%

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

Past Exams

Previous Feedback

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.

Source: Unit evaluation
Feedback:
 The lecturer is full of so much knowledge and experience and is always ready to share.

Recommendation:
 The lecturer will continue to share his knowledge and most recent industry experience with students.

Action Taken:
 The lecturer has included sharing industry knowledge, particularly on regulatory projects.
Source: Communication with students
Feedback:
 Students would like to see more cases of fire safety design for people with disability.

Recommendation:
 The lecturer will add cases of fire safety design for people with disability.

Action Taken:
 Accessibility was included as a more prominent theme in this unit, particularly with discussion of PEEP's and inclusions of accessible egress systems.
Source: Student
Feedback:
 The real life examples the lecturer uses are very beneficial. Being shown plans from actual projects and photographs of real world inspections provides excellent context and compliments the course content well.

Recommendation:
 Real-world examples will continue to be included. Filmed fire safety inspections will be added to the content, particularly during lectures/tutorials, to encourage discussion of real-world situations and what to expect during inspections.

Action Taken:
 In Progress
Source: Lecturer
Feedback:
 Annotated diagrams and photos of fire safety measures assisted students in understanding complex fire safety measures

Recommendation:
 study notes and lectures would continue to present fire safety measures in an easy to interpret manner.

Action Taken:
 In Progress
Source: Lecturer
Feedback:
 A tutorial was dedicated to examining the post incident example demonstrating the benefits of good fire safety and drawbacks of poor fire safety.

Recommendation:
 A tutorial will continue to be dedicated to discussing a real life incident related to fire safety to draw distinctions between the technical nature of fire safety measures and the practical responsibility associated with the installation, commissioning and maintenance of these measures.

Action Taken:
 In Progress
Unit Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

  1. assess prescriptive and performance-based solutions for fire safety design using an industry standard software package
  2. explain causes of fire and smoke in buildings
  3. 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 • • •
2 - Written Assessment • • •
3 - Written Assessment • • •
4 - Written Assessment • • •
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
• Introductory Level
• Intermediate Level
• Graduate Level
Graduate Attributes Learning Outcomes
1 2 3
1 - Communication • • •
2 - Problem Solving • • •
3 - Critical Thinking • • •
4 - Information Literacy • • •
6 - Information Technology Competence • • •
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
• Introductory Level
• Intermediate Level
• Graduate Level
Assessment Tasks Graduate Attributes
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 10
1 - Written Assessment • • • • • •
2 - Written Assessment • • • • • •
3 - Written Assessment • • • • • •
4 - Written Assessment • • • • • •