Rescue Equipment and Techniques detailed syllabus for Safety & Fire Engineering (SFE) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the SFE students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
For Safety & Fire Engineering 6th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit SFE 6th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. For Professional Elective-V scheme and its subjects refer to SFE Professional Elective-V syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of rescue equipment and techniques is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
GENERAL INTRODUCTION RESCUE EQUIPMENT 9
Emergency Rescue Tender, Water Tender, Foam tender, Multipurpose Tender Hydraulic Platform, Turn Table Ladder, Canteen Van and Ambulance; Fire Extinguishers: – Their types and Applications. Rescue by Ordinary Means
Unit II
HYDRAULICALLY AND PNEUMATICALLY OPERATED
TOOLS AND EQUIPMENTS 9
Hydraulic Jack, Hydraulic Cutter, Hydraulic Expander. Air Lifting Bags, Electric Power Tools: -Electric Cutter, Electric Saw, Chain Saw etc. Small Gears: – Their types, Applications and working principal Ladders: Constructional features, their types, Material and applications Ropes: – Their types, material and applications.
Unit III
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Unit IV
RESPIRATORY EQUIPMENTS 9
Rope, Rope Materials, Rope Braiding, Webbing, Carabiners, Swivels, Personal Protective Equipment, Composition of Air, Breathing, Breathing Rate, Calculation of the capacity & time duration of the B.A.Set. Artificial Respiration and their techniques, Renunciator, B.A. Set: – Their types, Constructional features, Working Principal and Applications, Gas Masks: Their types, Constructional features, Working Principal and Applications..
Unit V
RESCUE SYSTEM IN SAFETY 9
Anchor Systems- Rappelling, Ascending- Purcell Prusiks – Yosemite Ascending System – Rescue Lowering Systems- Edge Management and Edge Protection- Mechanical Advantage, Knot Passing Technique – Litter Lower/Raise Technique – Medical Considerations.
Course Outcomes:
Students able to
- An understanding of the care, strengths and weaknesses of rescue equipment.
- Proficiency in tying the basic rescue knots used with climbing rope and sling material.
- Competence in executing a counterbalance descent in a vertical environment and Competence in executing a counterbalance rise in a vertical environment
- Proficiency in raising a climber to a belay stance using select mechanical advantage systems.
- An understanding of one’s strengths and limitations as a climber in a technical rescue environment
Text Books:
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Reference Books:
- Personal Protective Equipment, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, OSHA 3151-12R, 2004.
- Manual of fireman ship Incidents involving aircraft, shipping and railways HMSO publishing center, third impression 1990
- Rescue Service Manual by HMSO, Rescue Service Manual by HMSO,2008, published by TSO
- Relevant ISI special appliances and equipments
- Rescue – Civil defense handbook by HMSO
For detailed syllabus of all the other subjects of Safety & Fire Engineering 6th Sem, visit SFE 6th Sem subject syllabuses for 2021 regulation.
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