Educational guide

IDENTIFYING DATA

2023_24

Subject

Fire prevention and suppression

Code

00912022

Study programme

0912 - GRADO INGENIERÍA FORESTAL Y DEL MEDIO NATURAL

Descriptors

Credit.

Type

Year

Period

Compulsory

Third

First

Language

Castellano

Prerequisites

Department

INGENIERIA Y CIENCIAS AGRARIAS

Coordinador

CASTEDO DORADO , FERNANDO

E-mail

fcasd@unileon.es
jmgonm@unileon.es

Lecturers

CASTEDO DORADO , FERNANDO

GONZÁLEZ MOLINA , JOSÉ MARÍA

Web

http://Se pretende que el alumno tenga una visión integral de la gestión de los incendios forestales. Para ello se darán a conocer, en primer lugar, los efectos del fuego en los ecosistemas, los fenómenos fí

General description

Variables affecting fire behaviour: simulation. Types of forest fires. Legal and administrative aspects. Active and passive fire prevention methods. Suppression strategies. Administrative organization of fire suppression activities, operative methods. Assenssment of economic losses due to forest fires.

Tribunales de Revisión

Tribunal titular
Cargo	Departamento	Profesor
Presidente	INGENIERIA Y CIENCIAS AGRARIAS	CASQUERO LUELMO , PEDRO ANTONIO
Secretario	INGENIERIA Y CIENCIAS AGRARIAS	LORENZANA DE LA VARGA , ALICIA
Vocal	INGENIERIA Y CIENCIAS AGRARIAS	VALENCIANO MONTENEGRO , JOSE BENITO

Tribunal suplente
Cargo	Departamento	Profesor
Presidente	INGENIERIA Y CIENCIAS AGRARIAS	GARZON JIMENO , JOSE ENRIQUE
Secretario	INGENIERIA Y CIENCIAS AGRARIAS	GOMEZ-BERNARDO VILLAR , EVA M. MAGDALENA C.M
Vocal	INGENIERIA Y CIENCIAS AGRARIAS	SECO FERNANDEZ , MARIA VICTORIA

Competencias

Code
A18742
A18743
A18744
C3	CMECES3 That students have the ability to gather and interpret relevant data (normally within their area of study) to make judgments that include reflection on relevant issues of a social, scientific or ethical nature.
C4	CMECES4 That students can transmit information, ideas, problems and solutions to both a specialised and non-specialised audience

Learning aims

	Competences
	A18742		C3 C4
	A18743		C3
	A18743		C4
	A18744
	A18742 A18744		C3 C4
	A18744		C4
	A18742		C3

Contents

Topic	Sub-topic

Planning

Methodologies :: Tests
	Class hours	Hours outside the classroom	Total hours
Laboratory practicals	12	12	24

Field work/trips	10	8	18
Seminars	7	16	23
Assignments	0	22	22
Personal tuition	2	0	2

Lecture	25	30	55

Objective multiple-choice tests	0	3	3
Mixed tests	3	0	3

(*)The information in the planning table is for guidance only and does not take into account the heterogeneity of the students.

Methodologies

Methodologies ::

	Description
Laboratory practicals
Field work/trips
Seminars
Assignments
Personal tuition
Lecture

Personalized attention

Lecture

Field work/trips

Seminars

Assignments

Personal tuition

Description

Assessment

	Description	Qualification
Assignments		35%
Objective multiple-choice tests		15%
Mixed tests		50%

Other comments and second call

Sources of information

Access to Recommended Bibliography in the Catalog ULE

Basic

Complementary

Recommendations

Subjects that it is recommended to have taken before

Physical Principles for Engineering / 00912006

Forest Ecology / 00912010

Forest Botany / 00912014