• Basic understanding of natural forces involved in fire.
• Chemistry of fire.
• Ways to control fire.
• Understanding of how humans react during fire incidents.
• Effective evacuation during fire in a building.
• To equip a building to fight fires passively and actively.
• Training and tactics fire fighters use.
• Measures to take to minimize fire related damage.
• Ways to make a building less prone to fire accidents.

Fire Phenomena

This module introduces the course using basic scientific principles behind fire using chemistry, physics, heat and mass transfer, and fluid dynamics.

Human Psychology

You will get be able to learn essential emergency procedures and how communications and decisions during emergency situations are made.

Fire Protection Systems

You will be introduced to principles behind the working of fire alarms, behaviour of smoke and smoke suppression systems etc. In worst case if fire suppression systems fail, a building must have enough strength to delay the damage till all inmates are evacuated. You will also be able to understand how engineers take design decisions to resist damage / collapse for longer period of time.

Fire Prevention

This module will discuss the measures to reduce the fire hazard in a building. Some building contents may be more readily combustible than others. This chapter will introduce the basics of fire safety management and ways to prevent fire accidents by controlling and managing combustibles.

Fire Fighting

You will get a basic knowledge of techniques and operations employed by fire fighters during firefighting. You will be able to understand how fire fighters are trained for approaching the fire, firefighting strategy, coordination, and tactics of safe fireground activities. This module will also discuss operational procedures, preplanning routines that Hong Kong’s Fire Services Department follows.