Industrial Fire Protection 1st Edition

Description

Industrial Fire Protection provides an understanding of both the practical and theoretical aspects of fire prevention and protection. It delves into the prevention of fires through design, environment, and protection options. It also examines the legal and regulatory issues, the organizations that issue those laws and regulations, and how to address laws and regulations in developing fire prevention and protection plans.
This textbook also examines how chemistry, physics, and aerodynamics play a part in fire dynamics, and using mathematical and scientific models to predict fire behaviors such as heat transfer, burn rates, spread, flashovers and backdrafts.
Other topics include:
Ignition and development of fires
Five classes of fire
Four stages of fire
Three stages of firefighting
Extinguishing agents and equipment
Types of fire extinguishers and the pros and cons of each
Occupational or life safety, as well as preservation of property, are main goals of any fire protection system. But also to be considered are the costs of fire protection options as the resources available to assist safety professionals in making risk assessment decisions. These are just several important subjects discussed in Chapter 5. In the next chapter, “Benchmarking and Performance Criteria,” different schedules for inspection, testing and maintenance of fire protection equipment are discussed, as are the requirements for plant inspectors. In “Best Practices,” the last chapter, Craig Brown, discusses facility layout and construction considerations for fire safety, including equipment spacing, fireproofing, and electrical classification; legal requirements and life safety in building design. Also included is a detailed discussion of fire-extinguishing system selection and best practices. Other best practices discussed include: material storage, inspection and testing of buildings for fire safety, testing of fire protection equipment, and investigating and reporting on fire losses.
Based on selected chapters from The Safety Professionals Handbook and written by experts, this peer-reviewed text is invaluable to students in industrial hygiene area, as well as those who will be working in manufacturing, chemical plants, but is also useful for safety students in general, to give them the tools to deal with fire prevention, detection and suppression in any workplace.