{"product_id":"evaluation-of-fire-safety-isbn-9780471493822","title":"Evaluation of Fire Safety","description":"\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eExamines key aspects of quantifying fire safety: property damage, performance of fire services\/measures, fire safety modeling and verification, and stochastic modeling.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes a quantitative approach to major fire and explosion disasters, demonstrating crucial faults.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCovers real-life problems and applications.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThere is no other reference available on this subject.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e Preface.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e PART I: STRUCTURE OF THE FIRE PROBLEM.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 1 The place of fire safety in the community.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 2 The fire safety system.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 3 Review of some major fire \u0026amp; explosion disasters.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 4 Requirements from public and private authorities for fire safety.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e PART II: QUANTIFYING FIRE SAFETY.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 5 Physical data.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 6 Sources of statistical data.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 7 Occurrence and growth of fire.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 8 Life loss.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 9 Property damage.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 10 Performance of fire safety measures.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e PART III: METHODS OF MEASURING FIRE SAFETY.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 11 Deterministic fire safety modeling.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 12 Model Validation.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 13 Point systems - a single index.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 14 Logic trees.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 15 Stochastic fire risk modeling.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 16 Fire safety concepts tree and derivative approaches.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 17 Fire safety assessment in the process industries.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Index. \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Rasbash\u003c\/b\u003e was a pioneer in the field of Fire Safety Engineering. Rasbash was a chemical engineer who graduated from Imperial College, London, during World War II. He began publishing and teaching about the evaluation of fire safety in the 1970s.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eG. Ramachandran\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eEvaluation of Fire Safety\u003c\/i\u003e, published by Wiley.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eB. Kandola\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eEvaluation of Fire Safety\u003c\/i\u003e, published by Wiley.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJ. Watts\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eEvaluation of Fire Safety\u003c\/i\u003e, published by Wiley.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eM. Law\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eEvaluation of Fire Safety\u003c\/i\u003e, published by Wiley.\u003c\/p\u003e Fire safety is a major concern in many industries, particularly as there have been significant increases in recent years in the quantities of hazardous materials in process, storage or transport. Plants are becoming larger and are often situated in or close to densely populated areas, and the hazards are continually highlighted with incidents such as the fires and explosions at the Piper Alpha oil and gas platform, and the Enschede firework factory. As a result, greater attention than ever before is now being given to the evaluation and control of these hazards.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In a comprehensive treatment of the subject unavailable elsewhere, this book describes in detail the applications of hazard and risk analysis to fire safety, going on to develop and apply quantification methods. It also gives an explanation in quantitative terms of improvements in fire safety in association with the costs that are expended in their achievement. Furthermore, a quantitative approach is applied to major fire and explosion disasters to demonstrate crucial faults and events.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Featuring:\u003cbr\u003e * Full international coverage and a review of several major fires and explosion disasters.\u003cbr\u003e * Presentation of the properties and science of fire including the latest research.\u003cbr\u003e * Detailed coverage of the performance of fire safety measures.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e This is an essential book for practitioners in fire safety engineering, loss prevention professionals, technical personnel in insurance companies as well as academics involved in fire science and postgraduate students. This book is also a useful reference for fire safety officers, building designers, engineers in the process industries, safety practitioners and risk assessment consultants.","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989172928741,"sku":"NP9780471493822","price":203.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780471493822.jpg?v=1761783085","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/evaluation-of-fire-safety-isbn-9780471493822","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}