Rasbash / Ramachandran / Kandola Evaluation of Fire Safety

1. Auflage 2004
ISBN: 978-0-470-02007-4
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, 496 Seiten, E-Book

Fire safety is a major concern in many industries, particularly asthere have been significant increases in recent years in thequantities of hazardous materials in process, storage or transport.Plants are becoming larger and are often situated in or close todensely populated areas, and the hazards are continuallyhighlighted with incidents such as the fires and explosions at thePiper Alpha oil and gas platform, and the Enschede fireworkfactory. As a result, greater attention than ever before is nowbeing given to the evaluation and control of these hazards.
In a comprehensive treatment of the subject unavailableelsewhere, this book describes in detail the applications of hazardand risk analysis to fire safety, going on to develop and applyquantification methods. It also gives an explanation inquantitative terms of improvements in fire safety in associationwith the costs that are expended in their achievement. Furthermore,a quantitative approach is applied to major fire and explosiondisasters to demonstrate crucial faults and events.
Featuring:
* Full international coverage and a review of several major firesand explosion disasters.
* Presentation of the properties and science of fire includingthe latest research.
* Detailed coverage of the performance of fire safetymeasures.
This is an essential book for practitioners in fire safetyengineering, loss prevention professionals, technical personnel ininsurance companies as well as academics involved in fire scienceand postgraduate students. This book is also a useful reference forfire safety officers, building designers, engineers in the processindustries, safety practitioners and risk assessmentconsultants.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rasbash, D.

Ramachandran, G.

Kandola, B.

Watts, J.

Law, M.