A Review on Higher Education of Fire Safety in China

IF 2.3 3区工程技术 Q2 ENGINEERING, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Fire Technology Pub Date : 2023-05-11 DOI:10.1007/s10694-023-01416-5

Supan Wang, Xinyan Huang

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Along with the rapid urbanization and economic growth in China over the last four decades, the higher education in Fire Safety Science and Engineering has been developed and changed significantly. This work systemically reviews the origin and evolution of fire safety higher education history in China, from Fire Protection Technology (before the 1980s) to Fire Safety Science and Engineering (from about 1985 to the 2010s) and to Human-Oriented Public Safety and Smart Firefighting (from the 2010s to today). The scopes of fire safety discipline are discussed by introducing the requirements of firefighters, registered professional fire protection engineers and safety engineers in China. The courses and curriculum in fire safety higher education in representative universities are introduced and compared in detail. By comparing their undergraduate and postgraduate programmes, we explain the context of fire safety education in different universities. From a historical viewpoint, we introduce the unique features and the diversity developed in different institutes, based on the evolution of programme documents and first-hand teaching materials. This review aims to introduce the higher education systems of fire safety in China to the world and encourage more international collaboration with the Chinese fire safety science and engineering communities in the future.

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中国高等消防安全教育述评。

近四十年来，随着中国城市化的快速发展和经济的快速增长，消防安全科学与工程高等教育得到了长足的发展和变化。本文系统地回顾了中国消防安全高等教育历史的起源和演变，从消防技术（20世纪80年代以前）到消防安全科学与工程（大约从1985年到2010年代），再到以人为本的公共安全和智能消防（从2010年代到今天）。介绍了我国对消防员、注册专业消防工程师和安全工程师的要求，探讨了消防安全学科的范围。对具有代表性的高校消防安全高等教育的课程设置进行了详细的介绍和比较。通过比较他们的本科生和研究生课程，我们解释了不同大学消防安全教育的背景。从历史的角度，我们根据课程文件和第一手教材的演变，介绍了不同学院的独特性和多样性。本综述旨在向世界介绍中国的消防安全高等教育体系，并鼓励未来与中国消防安全科学与工程界开展更多的国际合作。补充信息：在线版本包含补充材料，请访问10.1007/s10694-023-01416-5。

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Fire Technology 工程技术-材料科学：综合

CiteScore

6.60

自引率

14.70%

发文量

137

审稿时长

7.5 months

期刊介绍： Fire Technology publishes original contributions, both theoretical and empirical, that contribute to the solution of problems in fire safety science and engineering. It is the leading journal in the field, publishing applied research dealing with the full range of actual and potential fire hazards facing humans and the environment. It covers the entire domain of fire safety science and engineering problems relevant in industrial, operational, cultural, and environmental applications, including modeling, testing, detection, suppression, human behavior, wildfires, structures, and risk analysis. The aim of Fire Technology is to push forward the frontiers of knowledge and technology by encouraging interdisciplinary communication of significant technical developments in fire protection and subjects of scientific interest to the fire protection community at large. It is published in conjunction with the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) and the Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE). The mission of NFPA is to help save lives and reduce loss with information, knowledge, and passion. The mission of SFPE is advancing the science and practice of fire protection engineering internationally.