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This Specialization Course consists of fifteen modules, which cover the most important aspects of life safety and evacuation simulations. There are also modules dedicated to fire simulations, which will be studied as an introduction. Module 1. Introduction to Life Safety in Fire. 1.1 Historical Cases of Fire and Evacuation. 1.2 Introduction to Life Safety in Fire. 1.3 Problems in Life Safety. 1.4 Introduction to Evacuation Strategies. Module 2. Introduction to Human Behavior in Fire. 2.1 Factors Influencing Human Behavior During Evacuation. 2.2 Configuration of the Enclosure(s) (movement times, distances, etc.). 2.3 Evacuation Procedures (direction of movement, waiting times, etc.). 2.4 Fire Environment (hot gases, smoke, toxic gases, etc.). Module 3. Application of Human Behavior in Fire. 3.1 Evacuation procedures (on-site defense, relocation of people, alarm systems, etc.). 3.2 Fire environment (smoke layer, visibility, reduced evacuation speed, among others). Module 4. Introduction to Prescriptive Evacuation 4.1 Types of occupancies. 4.2 Occupancy load. 4.3 Expected fires. 4.4 Elements of evacuation routes (doors, corridors, stairwells, etc.). 4.5 Distances along evacuation routes. 4.6 Considerations that influence evacuation (sprinklers, SHC, interior finishes, etc.). Module 5. Application of Prescriptive Evacuation. 5.1 NFPA examples applied to real-world cases. 5.2 Examples of other standards applied to real-world cases. 5.3 Applied exercises. Module 6. Introduction to Performance-Based Evacuation. 6.1 Fire and performance-based evacuation scenarios. 6.2 Objectives, scope, definitions, among others. 6.3 ASET vs RSET. 6.4 SFPE for performance-based evacuation. Module 7. Application I to Performance-Based Evacuation. 7.1 Width, direction, and number of exits. 7.2 Stairways and corridors. 7.3 Reaction to fire. 7.4 Wayfinding. 7.5 Performance Theory. 7.6 Application in real-world cases. Module 8. Application II to Performance-Based Evacuation. 8.1 Influence of smoke layer, hot gases, and toxic gases. 8.2 Expected fires and fire-smoke interaction. 8.3 Interaction with active fire protection systems (sprinklers, SHC, etc.). 8.4 Application in real-world cases. Module 9. Introduction to Computer Simulations. 9.1 Performance-Based Design. 9.2 Objectives and scope. 9.3 Introduction to computer simulations. 9.4 Introduction to CFD. 9.5 Introduction to evacuation simulations. 9.6 CFD in Fire Safety. Module 10. Computer Simulations: Fire I. 10.1. Fire and Smoke Dynamics. 10.2. Design Fires. Module 11. Computer Simulations: Fire II. 11.1. Fire Characterization. 11.2. Mesh and Cellsize. 11.3. Sensitivity Analysis. 11.4. Main Parameters. 11.5. Introduction to FDS-Pyrosim. 11.6. Introduction to Smartfire. Module 12. Computer Simulations: Fire III. 12.1. Configuration and Operation of FDS-Pyrosim. 12.2. Configuration and Operation of Smartfire. Module 13. Computer Simulations: Evacuation I. 13.1. Introduction to Pathfinder. 13.2. Pathfinder Configuration and Operation. Module 14. Computer Simulations: Evacuation II. 14.1. Introduction to Exodus. 14.2. Exodus Configuration and Operation. Module 15. Computer Simulations: Evacuation III. 15.1. Post-processing and analysis of Pathfinder results. 15.2. Case Analysis - Pathfinder. 15.3. Post-processing and analysis of Exodus results. 15.4. Case Analysis - Exodus.