Fire Risk Management: Principles and Strategies for Buildings and Industrial Assets

FIRE RISK MANAGEMENT is a book that provides practical methodologies to develop holistic and comprehensive fire safety strategies for buildings and industrial assets. It discusses modern, risk-based approaches to fire safety, including fire risk assessment methods, risk profiles, risk mitigation, safety management, and performance, and protective layers and controls. It is independent of local regulations and includes case studies of fire risk management strategies for railway stations, warehouse storage facilities, heritage buildings, renewable energy installations, and process industry plants.

Format: Hardback
Length: 480 pages
Publication date: 24 August 2023
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc

In Fire Risk Management: Principles and Strategies for Buildings and Industrial Assets, a team of distinguished authors delivers an insightful combination of risk management principles and fire safety assessment methods that offer practical strategies and workflows to prevent and mitigate today's complex fire scenarios. The book summarizes modern, risk-based approaches to fire safety, discussing fire safety objectives in terms of functional statements, performance requirements, and detailed protection measures for buildings and industrial assets toward the development of a fire safety case to timely manage risk with a systematic and structured approach throughout the asset's life cycle.

The authors introduce the fundamentals of fire safety and design principles before moving on to discuss topics like fire risk assessment methods, risk profiles, risk mitigation, safety management and performance, and protective layers and controls.

Fire Risk Management presents practical methods, often borrowed from those successfully used in other domains, that can be defined, shared, and communicated with multiple stakeholders from different backgrounds and with different needs and perspectives. Readers will also find:

A code-neutral examination of fire safety principles that is independent of local regulations. Discussions of key principle standards, including NFPA 550 and ISO 45001, and guidelines on fire risk assessment. Practical explorations that connect theory with practice in the real world. In-depth case studies that walk readers through fire risk management strategies for railway stations, warehouse storage facilities, hospitals, and other types of buildings and industrial assets.

By leveraging the expertise and experience of the authors, Fire Risk Management provides a comprehensive guide for professionals involved in fire safety, risk management, and asset protection. It equips readers with the knowledge and tools necessary to develop holistic and comprehensive fire safety strategies that safeguard people, property, and the environment from the devastating effects of fire.

Weight: 1066g
Dimension: 185 x 265 x 32 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781119827436