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Item Details
| Title:
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EVALUATION OF FIRE SAFETY
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| By: |
D. Rasbash, Ganapathy Ramachandran, Baldev Kandola |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£129.95 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0471493821 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780471493822 |
| Publisher: |
JOHN WILEY AND SONS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
17 February, 2004 |
| Pages: |
496 |
| Description: |
Newsworthy disasters, such as fires and explosions in buildings housing hazardous materials, have focused attention as never before on methods of evaluating and controlling hazards. In the first coherent treatment of the subject, this title details the application of hazard and risk analysis to fire safety. |
| Synopsis: |
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.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.This book features full international coverage and a review of several major fires and explosion disasters.It offers presentation of the properties and science of fire including the latest research and detailed coverage of the performance of fire safety measures. 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. |
| Illustrations: |
Illustrations |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
John Wiley & Sons Ltd |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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