SFPE guide to fire risk assessment : SFPE Task Group on Fire Risk Assessment / Society of Fire Protection Engineers.

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Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, [2023]
Series:Society of Fire Protection Engineers series.
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • SFPE Task Group on Fire Risk Assessment
  • Acknowledgments
  • Contents
  • Chapter 1: Introduction
  • 1.1 Purpose
  • 1.2 Scope
  • 1.3 Limitations
  • References
  • Chapter 2: Risk, Fire Risk, and Fire Risk Assessment
  • 2.1 The Concept of the Risk
  • 2.2 Scenarios
  • 2.3 Frequency
  • 2.4 Consequences
  • 2.5 Interpretation of the Risk Parameters
  • References
  • Chapter 3: Overview of the Fire Risk Assessment Process
  • 3.1 Project Scope and Objectives
  • 3.2 Design Information and Data Collection
  • 3.3 Risk Assessment Method Selection
  • 3.4 Acceptance or Tolerance Criteria
  • 3.5 Fire Hazards Identification
  • 3.6 Fire Scenarios
  • 3.7 Frequency Analysis
  • 3.8 Consequence Analysis
  • 3.9 Risk Estimation
  • 3.10 Sensitivity Analysis and Uncertainty Treatment
  • 3.11 Risk Evaluation
  • 3.12 Risk Acceptance
  • 3.13 Final Design Option Selection
  • 3.14 Documentation and Risk Communication
  • 3.15 Residual Risk Management
  • 3.16 Fire Safety Management and Risk Monitoring
  • Chapter 4: Project Scope and Objectives
  • 4.1 Scope
  • 4.1.1 Physical Location and Boundaries
  • 4.1.2 Hazards
  • 4.1.3 Fire Protection
  • 4.1.4 Occupancy
  • 4.1.5 Stakeholders
  • 4.1.6 Regulatory Requirements
  • 4.2 Objectives
  • 4.3 Example: Project Scope and Objectives Example
  • Chapter 5: Design Information and Data Collection
  • 5.1 Facility Documentation and Drawings: Non-fire Protection
  • 5.2 Regulatory Requirements
  • 5.3 Occupancy Information
  • 5.4 Process Documentation and Drawings
  • 5.5 Fire Protection Documentation and Drawings
  • 5.6 Fire Hazard Information
  • 5.7 Example: Design Specification and Data Collection
  • Chapter 6: Risk Assessment Method Selection
  • Reference
  • Chapter 7: Acceptance or Tolerance Criteria
  • 7.1 Stakeholders
  • 7.2 Tolerance and Acceptance
  • 7.3 Establishing Risk Criteria
  • 7.4 Tolerability and Acceptability
  • 7.5 Risk Perception
  • 7.6 The Risk Matrix
  • 7.7 Risk Matrix Examples
  • 7.8 F-N Curves
  • References
  • Chapter 8: Fire Hazard Identification
  • 8.1 Hazard Classification
  • 8.1.1 Hazard Types
  • 8.1.2 Hazard Categories
  • 8.2 Tools and Techniques for Hazard Identification
  • 8.3 Fire Hazards Within a Fire Risk Assessment
  • 8.4 Example: Hazard Identification
  • References
  • Chapter 9: Fire Scenarios
  • 9.1 Identification and Characterization of Fire Scenarios
  • 9.2 Scenario Clusters
  • 9.3 Example: Fire Scenario Development
  • References
  • Chapter 10: Qualitative Fire Risk Estimation
  • 10.1 Qualitative Evaluation of Fire Risk
  • 10.1.1 Methods for Supporting Qualitative Evaluations
  • 10.1.1.1 Review of Fire Events Records
  • 10.1.1.2 Engineering Judgment
  • 10.1.1.3 Analytical Modeling
  • 10.1.2 Qualitative Analysis
  • 10.1.3 Qualitative Assessment of Conditional Probabilities
  • 10.2 Qualitative Consequence Analysis
  • 10.2.1 Consequence Assessment
  • 10.3 Risk Estimation
  • References
  • Chapter 11: Quantitative Fire Risk Estimation