The SFPE Guide to Fire Risk Assessment provides guidance to qualified practitioners in developing, selecting, and using fire risk assessment methodologies for the design, construction, and operation of buildings, facilities, or processes. It also addresses fire risk acceptability, the role of fire risk assessment and fire risk management in the fire safety design process, and associated communication/ monitoring of fire risk.
The guide Includes a new flow chart that outlines the risk assessment process. It also includes new information related to:- Risk Perception
- F-N curves
- Risk communication
- Residual risk management
- Risk monitoring
- Sensitivity analysis
The guide also provides clear guidance on conducting qualitative and quantitative analysis. It also uses examples that reinforce topics discussed.
Author(s): Austin Guerrazzi
Series: The Society of Fire Protection Engineers Series
Edition: 2
Publisher: Springer
Year: 2022
Language: English
Pages: 162
City: Cham
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
11.1 Quantitative Estimation of Fire Risk
11.2 Quantitative Frequency Analysis
11.2.1 Quantitative Assessment of Conditional Probabilities
11.2.2 Consequence Assessment
11.3 Risk Estimation
11.4 Dealing with the Normalized Consequence Term
References
Chapter 12: Risk Evaluation
Chapter 13: Sensitivity and Uncertainty Analysis
13.1 Sensitivity vs. Uncertainty
13.1.1 Sensitivity Analysis
13.1.2 Uncertainty Analysis
13.2 Sensitivity and Uncertainty in Practice
13.2.1 Identify Elements
13.2.2 Sensitivity Analysis
13.2.2.1 Sensitivity Analysis Process
13.2.2.2 Sensitivity Analysis Results
13.2.3 Uncertainty Analysis
13.2.3.1 Uncertainty Analysis Process
13.2.3.2 Uncertainty Analysis Results
References
Chapter 14: Documentation and Risk Communication
Chapter 15: Residual Risk Management and Monitoring
15.1 Residual Risk Management
15.2 Monitoring Program Development and Implementation
15.2.1 Identifying Elements
15.2.2 Key Element Risk Ranking
15.2.3 Implementation
Annex: Conceptual Example
A.1. Project Objectives and Scope
A.2 Design Information and Data Collection
A.2.1 Information for Supporting Fire Ignition Frequencies
A.2.2 Information for Supporting Hazards Analysis
A.2.3 Information for Supporting System Reliability and Availability
A.3 Risk Assessment Method Selection
A.4 Acceptance or Tolerance Criteria
A.5 Hazard Identification
A.6 Fire Scenarios
A.7 Qualitative Fire Risk Estimation and Evaluation
A.8 Quantitative Fire Risk Estimation and Evaluation
A.9 Sensitivity and Uncertainty Analysis
A.9.1 Sensitivity Analysis for the Fire Ignition Frequency
A.9.2 Sensitivity Analysis for Fire Prevention Practices
A.9.3 Sensitivity Analysis for Personnel and Fire Brigade Response
A.9.3.1 Qualitative Evaluation
A.9.3.2 Quantitative Evaluation
A.9.4 Sensitivity Analysis for Automatic Fire Suppression
A.10 Example Summary
References
Index
