The following courses may be subject to change during the course of the program.

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ENFP 612 - Human Response to Fire (3 credits)
Physical, analytical procedures for the measurement of the toxic components in thermally produced smoke and gases. Human tenability characteristics, physiological effects of exposure components and dosages. Predictive models of material production rates, degradation variables. Effects of the different measuring instrument variables. Combustion gas analysis techniques.
 

ENFP 621 - Analytical Procedures of Structural Fire Protection (3 credits)
Analysis procedures for structural components of wood, steel, concrete and composites. Structural capabilities and modifications under fire induced exposures. Calculations, computer models for predicting fire resistance ratings of structural components.

ENFP 622 - Advanced Fire Risk Assessment (3 credits)
Definition, evaluation of the fire risk to a process, facility or area. Prevention, intervention, control and suppression strategies. Resource allocation, queuing theory, decision priority and cost analysis.

ENFP 625 - Advanced Fire Modeling (3 credits)
Validity, utility and reliability of current computer models. Applications of models in risk assessment, underwriting, loss prediction and hazard analysis. Development and validation of specific application models.

ENFP 627 - Smoke Detection and Management (3 credits)
Analysis of hazard smoke. Response analysis of smoke detectors based on characteristics of detectors and properties of smoke.

ENFP 629A - Advanced Fire Dynamics (3 credits)
Premixed and diffusion flames; ignition, flame spread and rate of burning; fire plumes; flame radiation.

ENFP 629B - Fire Assessment Methods (3 credits)
Evaluation of ignition, flame spread, rate of heat release and smoke production of furnishings and interior finish materials.

ENFP 629C - Advanced Fire Suppression (3 credits)
Mechanisms of flame extinction, suppression agent screening tests, droplet evaporation, fundamentals of sprinkler systems, fundamentals of water mist systems, fundamentals of gaseous agents, fundamentals of foam systems, Novel suppression experiments and technologies.

ENFP 629D - Forensic Fire Analysis (3 credits)
Techniques for the identification of ignition and propagation variables in fire incidents. Failure analysis procedures with temporal reconstruction. Computer models for fire reconstruction.

ENFP 629E - Performance-Based Design (3 credits)
Fire protection design goals and objectives, performance criteria and scenario selection. Evaluation of performance including interaction of fire and evacuation models. Safety factors, documentation procedures and application issues. Case studies.