E-Book Overview
While there are many resources available on fire protection and prevention in chemical petrochemical and petroleum plants—this is the first book that pulls them all together in one comprehensive resource. This book provides the tools to develop, implement, and integrate a fire protection program into a company or facility’s Risk Management System. This definitive volume is a must-read for loss prevention managers, site managers, project managers, engineers and EHS professionals.Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.
Preface.
Acknowledgments.
Acronyms.
Chapter 1. Introduction.
1.1. Scope.
1.2. Who Will Benefit from This Guideline?
1.2.1. What Is Fire Protection?
1.2.2. Examples.
1.3. Relation to Other CCPS Guidelines and Resources.
Chapter 2. Management Overview.
2.1. Management Commitment.
2.2. Integration with Other Management Systems.
2.3. Balancing Protection.
2.4. Cost-Benefit.
Chapter 3. Fire Protection Strategy.
3.1. Key Factors in a Fire Protection Strategy.
3.1.1. Acceptable Loss.
3.1.2. Cost of Fires.
3.1.3. Insurance Coverage.
3.1.4. Installed Systems versus Emergency Response.
3.1.5. Prescriptive versus Performance-Based Design.
3.2. Developing a Fire Protection Strategy.
3.3. Integration with Other Management Systems.
3.4. Integration with the Lifecycle of a Facility.
3.4.1. Design.
3.4.2. Construction and Commissioning.
3.4.3. Operations.
3.4.4. Decommissioning.
Chapter 4. Overview of Fire Prevention Elements.
4.1. Audit Program.
4.1.1. The Audit Process.
4.1.2. Qualifications and Staffing.
4.1.3. Frequency of Audits.
4.1.4. Application to Fire Protection.
4.2. Layout and Spacing.
4.3. Control of Ignition Sources.
4.3.1. Electrical Area Classification.
4.3.2. Personal Ignition Sources.
4.3.3. Hot Work.
4.3.4. Static Electricity.
4.4. Employee Training.
4.5. Housekeeping.
4.5.1. Housekeeping Program.
4.5.2. Process Area Housekeeping.
4.5.3. Dust Control.
4.5.4. Inappropriate Storage and Handling.
4.5.5. Housekeeping and Equipment.
4.5.6. Cleaning Materials.
4.6. Incident Investigation.
4.6.1. Incident Investigation Process.
4.6.2. Application to Fire Prevention.
4.7. Inherently Safer Design.
4.8. Plant Maintenance.
4.8.1. Poor Maintenance.
4.8.2. Good Maintenance Program Elements.
4.9. Management of Change.
4.9.1. Personnel Changes.
4.9.2. Process Changes.
4.9.3. Maintenance Turnarounds.
4.10. Material Hazards.
4.10.1. Materials Hazard Evaluation Program.
4.10.2. Material Safety Data Sheets.
4.11. Alarm and Surveillance.
4.11.1. Security.
Chapter 5. Fire Hazard Analysis.
5.1. Hazardous Chemicals and Processes.
5.2. Recognize What You Want to Understand.
5.3. Identification of Inventories.
5.4. Define Fire Scenarios.
5.5. Calculate Potential Fire Hazard.
5.5.1. Ignition and Combustion.
5.5.2. Heat Transfer.
5.5.3. Fire Growth and Heat Release.
5.5.4. Solid Materials.
5.5.5. Enclosure Effects.
5.6. Flash Fires.
5.7. Fireballs.
5.8. Liquid or pool Fires.
5.8.1. Release Rate.
5.8.2. Pool Size.
5.8.3. Flame Height.
5.8.4. Duration of Burning Pools.
5.8.5. Heat Transfer.
5.8.6. Convective Heat Transfer above the Plume.
5.9. Gas and Jet Fires.
5.9.1. Estimating Dischar