Fire Safety Engineering Group

Principles and Practice of Evacuation Modelling

The Fire Safety Engineering Group (FSEG) is pleased to present the Principles and Practice of Evacuation Modelling short course, for all those involved in Fire Safety Engineering.

School of Computing & Mathematical Sciences

Date: 28 November - 02 December 2022

Duration:  One week

Location: Online  | Distance Learning

Learning modeLive lecturesLive tutorialsRecorded lecturesRecorded tutorialsAdditional material providedAssessment
Face to faceYes, full set of PPEM/PPFM lectures (classroom delivery)Yes, full set of PPEM/PPFM tutorials (classroom delivery)YesYesYesGroup project (and courseworks if doing an MSc)
Online distance learningYes, selected PPEM/PPFM lectures (online delivery)Yes, selected PPEM/PPFM tutorials (online delivery)YesYesYesIndividual project (and courseworks if doing an MSc)
Pre-recorded theoretical materialNoNoYesNoNoNo
Pre-recorded course material NoNo YesYesNoNo

Fire Safety Science and Engineering is concerned with the efficient protection of life and property. To achieve this aim it relies heavily on mathematical modelling. This short course examines the role of mathematical evacuation models in fire safety science and in particular their formulation, limitations, application and interpretation of model predictions.

Who should attend?

These courses are aimed at all sectors of the building industry - building engineers, architects, fire safety engineers/consultancies and the regulatory authorities.

Aims

  • To introduce human psychological response to fire.
  • To introduce human physiological response to fire products.
  • To introduce the concepts and limitations of evacuation modelling.
  • To familiarise students with software used in the computer simulation of evacuation.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of the short course, those participating should:

  • be familiar with the range of human psychological and physiological responses to fire;
  • be familiar with evacuation model assumptions;
  • have an understanding of the capabilities and limitations of evacuation modelling software;
  • be able to use egress software to assess the evacuation performance of a structure under fire conditions;
  • be able to interpret model predictions.

Indicative Content

Behavioural response of occupants to evacuation, people movement through smoke, evacuation time criteria, human behaviour on stairs, flow models, current evacuation models, building-EXODUS evacuation model, FED toxicity models.

Main Activities

Concepts and techniques will be introduced and demonstrated in seminars. Those attending will gain experience in using the methods in "hands-on" tutorial and workshop sessions.

Social Events

A course dinner will take place on the Tuesday of the course week in a local Greenwich restaurant.

Specific pre-requisites

This short course is intended for those in the fire safety profession i.e. safety consultants, safety officers, architects, engineers, fire brigade officers, etc. Those attending are expected to be able to use PC Windows and operate a PC.

A detailed timetable will be available shortly.

Course Fees

Course fees are detailed in the table below.  A discount is given to course places sponsored by the Fire Brigade or a Local Council.  A further discount applies when registering 8 weeks before the start of the course.

Fees include lecture material and notes, lunches, morning and afternoon tea/coffee and the course dinner.  Delegates will also be provided with a 1 month trial licence for EXODUS and/or SMARTFIRE.

Non-Fire Brigade/Council£1,100
Early Registration£1,000
Fire Brigade/Council£950
Early Registration£900
Assessment for PPEM course (optional)£100 
Online Distance Learning Version£1,000
Early Registration / Online Version£900
Refund policy for cancellation by delegates
  • Up to 4 weeks before start of course:  no refund
  • Up to 8 weeks before start of course:  50% refund
  • Over 8 weeks before start of course:   75% refund

All fees must be paid before the commencement of the course.

The University of Greenwich reserves the right to change the above arrangements.  Full refund will be given in the unlikely event of cancellation of the course by the University of Greenwich, but cancellation by delegates will incur penalty (see refund policy above).

Booking

To register your interest email: fsegadmin@gre.ac.uk.

For detailed information please click here