Engineering Guide : Fire Risk Assessment / Michael J. Madden.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Madden, Michael J., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fire protection engineering.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (v, 115 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Bethesda, Maryland : Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE), 2006.

Summary:

This guide provides guidance for the use of risk assessment methodologies in the design and assessment of building and/or process fire safety. This guide's intent is to: provide qualified practitioners with a means to select and use fire risk assessment methodologies in the design and assessment of fire safety. Provide a means for project stakeholders to address fire risk acceptability. Provide information on the role of fire risk assessment in the fire safety design process. Identify the role of fire risk assessment in the broader spectrum of risk management. Establish a recommended process for the use of risk assessment methodologies and provide references to available detailed sources of information on risk assessment methodologies, procedures, and data sources. However, it does not provide specific fire risk assessment methodologies or tools, nor does it provide specific data or acceptability thresholds for use in the risk assessment process.

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE), viewed March 15, 2023).

ISBN:

1-5231-0438-4