Fires impact people, property and the environment in all countries around the world. In some cases, the resulting losses are extraordinary, causing hundreds of deaths, widespread damage to property and contents and significant impacts on the environment. More often, fires may cause a single casualty or affect a single home, though the effects are still highly significant to those affected and collectively are substantial. This course will provide an overview of the challenges posed by fire as well as the fire safety solutions that are available to meet those challenges.
The Effect of Fires on People, Property and the Environment
The Effect of Fires on People, Property and the Environment
Instructor: James Milke, PhD
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SR
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Reviewed on May 19, 2021
It is a great course to give a holistic overview of fire protection engineering and its application in the real world. It will help me to deepen my interest in the subject.
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Reviewed on Mar 11, 2018
Great course highlighting the fundamentals involved in fire engineering. Rather high level overview but gets you wanting to know more.
JM
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Reviewed on Mar 29, 2018
it is a good informative course regarding the safety of people property and environment arranged in a systematic order. thank you
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