Fire Protection

Question I

The scenario in the Unit I Lesson references the use of a
foreign-made fire pump to obtain a Partial Certificate of Occupancy (PCO).
Reflect on the scenario, and respond to the questions below.

Some may disagree that rationalization encourages you to
think critically and to organize your thoughts in a clear, cohesive, and
convincing manner. As a professional in fire protection, rationalize using the
foreign-made fire pump or not using the fire pump. Does the decision involve
ethical behavior? Does using the foreign-made fire pump qualify as right versus
right action, or does it qualify as right versus wrong action? Is it
unprofessional conduct to use the pump? What are the fundamental values?

Your journal entry must be at least 200 words. No references
or citations are necessary.

Question II

Instructions

Part 1: Scenario-Based Case Study

The course project is a scenario-based case study, which will be
due in Unit VIII. There are eight assignments for the scenario-based case study
(one per unit). You will complete and submit Part 1, Sections I and II of the
course project in this unit.

For the course project, you will utilize what you learn throughout
the course to solve a real-world problem of what fire protection is needed to
create plausible actions, concepts, or inventions to solve fire protection
deficiencies that resulted in a large-scale fire in a warehouse distribution
center.

From Unit I through Unit VII, you will complete one part of your
recommendation in each unit, and in Unit VIII, you will write an executive
summary and conclusion. You will then compile all parts into one document as
your final project. You can arrange each part in any order you would like
before submitting the final project. For instance, this assignment about fire
pumps is covered in Chapter 6 of the textbook; however, you may choose to cover
fire protection, detection, and suppression systems (completed in Unit II) as
the first part of your final project and to place fire pumps after another
topic of your choice. You are able to organize the final report sections in any
order that makes logical sense to you.

During each part, you will prepare a well-organized narrative
consisting of two sections. Only submit the assignment for that unit until the
final case study is compiled from all units and submitted as a single document
in Unit VIII. However, you
should evaluate and revise the recommendations as needed during the process for
each previous unit as you learn more during the progression of this course.

This scenario-based case study is designed to draw upon your
imagination to think creatively on potential concerns with fire and explosive
hazards, fire controls, and fire and emergency management. You should look at
fire protection technology in a holistic way. This way of design thinking is
significantly different from what was previously designed by thinking in
isolation. You will evaluate and develop recommendations to resolve potential
fires in the future.

Please click here to view the
background information of the scenario.

Through the scenario-based case study process, you will begin
developing a tool that will synchronize suggestions to improve life safety. You
will accomplish this by utilizing recommendations to improve fire protection
after a warehouse distribution center fire.

Section I

Section I will address the foreign-made fire pump and your
recommendations after reviewing the background information.

Your narrative will consist of your evaluation of the
foreign-made fire pump and your choice of fire pump that you would recommend
for the rebuild of the warehouse. The background information will provide you
the needed material to identify the basic components common to fire protection
for the City of Washington Distribution Warehouse. As you review the material,
make sure you do the following actions:

1.examine what contributed to the fire,

2.analyze building components and existing fire suppression
systems, and

3.prepare and disseminate recommendations.

Fire protection design involves an integrated approach where
designers need to analyze the building’s use, occupancy, footprint, and
existing fire protection systems or components. This assignment is not looking
for compliance with building codes nor expecting you to be a fire protection
system designer. However, the purpose of this assignment is for you to apply
the concepts and knowledge you learned in this unit as you begin writing your
final project covering protection systems that will detect, contain, control,
and extinguish a fire. In addition, this assignment provides you with the
opportunity to use your skills, expertise, and experience to enrich your
response.

Section II

Section II will address the ethical dilemma of using the
foreign-made fire pump, as described in the Points to Ponder Scenario within
this unit, as a right versus right action or a right versus wrong action.

As we saw in the unit lesson, Kidder (1995) described four basic
paradigms that deal with most ethical dilemmas of right versus right choices.
He believed ethical decisions often involve choices of the individual versus
community, truth versus loyalty, short-term versus long-term, and justice
versus mercy. Pick one of the paradigms below, and answer the question.

·Is it right to use the foreign-made fire pump because others
were not available in order to provide fire protection so the warehouse could
re-open and the workers could go back to work? -OR-

·Do you believe using the fire pump dilemma was a right versus
wrong action based on your own values, professional ethics, and institutional
values?

For this assignment, you will write a two-page narrative (one
page per section) supporting your positions. You must have a title page and
references page. An abstract is not required. You may use information from
reputable, reliable journal articles, case studies, scholarly papers, and other
sources that you feel are pertinent. You should use at least three sources, one
of which must be your textbook. All sources used, including the textbook, must
be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations
following proper APA style.

Question III

Instructions

Think about an experience in your life when
you had an uncontrolled or nearly uncontrolled fire. An example of this could
be a kitchen fire, a campfire that got out of hand, or even hamburgers on a
grill that flamed up uncontrollably. Reflecting on the incident, identify and
describe the elements of the fire triangle and fire tetrahedron.

Your journal entry must be at least 200 words. No references or
citations are necessary.

Question IV

Instructions

Part 2: Scenario-Based Case Study

For this assignment, you will submit Part 2 of the scenario-based
case study course project, which is due in Unit VIII. You should evaluate and
revise the recommendations as needed during the process for each previous unit
as you learn more during the progression of this course. Please continue to
draw upon your imagination to think creatively on potential concerns with fire
and explosive hazards, fire controls, and fire and emergency management. Look
at fire protection technology in a holistic way that is significantly different
from what was previously designed by thinking in isolation. You will evaluate
and develop recommendations to resolve potential fires in the future.

Section I

Prepare a well-organized narrative addressing the existing fire
protection, detection, and suppression systems for the warehouse in the Points
to Ponder Scenario. Your discussion will consist of your evaluation of the
previous fire protection, detection, and suppression systems. In addition, your
recommendations for the rebuild of the warehouse should include the advantages
that these systems have on life safety and loss prevention. Make sure to
include emerging technologies related to fire protection systems that you
recommend, and differentiate between the types of fire protection systems you
believe would protect employees and visitors.

As you make suggestions to improve life, safety, and fire
protection, refer back to the background information, if needed, to provide you
with the necessary material to identify the basic components common to fire
protection for the City of Washington Distribution Warehouse.

Building upon the background information, as firefighters
entered the structure, they had to wade through large amounts of product debris
falling from the high-rack storage, and smaller debris was floating out of the
loading dock doors. The products piled in the high racks hindered the operation
of the in-rack sprinkler heads, allowing the products on the lower shelves to
continue burning.

Note: On the fire scene, in order for the firefighters to
understand where the fire is located, sides and quadrant designations have been
identified as A, B, C, D. The structure faces the street (i.e., the address
side), which is normally the front door; this is referred to as Side A. Facing
the front door going clockwise, each side then has a letter designation of B,
C, D. This means that Side B is on the left, Side C is the rear, and Side D is
the right.

Section II

As we saw in the unit lesson, it is critical for fire protection
design engineers to understand the dynamics of fire and fire behavior. In this
section, you should address the areas listed below.

·Briefly describe the stages of fire from the ignition phase
through decay.

·Discuss heat, fuel, oxygen, and a chemical chain reaction (fire
tetrahedron) and how it produces flaming (visible fire).

·Summarize the benefits of fire protection systems in different
types of structures based on fire behavior.

For this assignment, you will write a two-page narrative (one
page per section) supporting your position. You must have a title page and
references page. An abstract is not required. You may use information from
reputable, reliable journal articles, case studies, scholarly papers, and other
sources that you feel are pertinent. You should use at least three sources, one
of which must be your textbook. All sources used, including the textbook, must
be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations
following proper APA style.