SFPE Guide to Fire Risk Assessment: SFPE Task Group on Fire Risk Assessment (The Society of Fire Protection Engineers Series)

SFPE Task Group on Fire Risk Assessment
Acknowledgments
Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction
	1.1 Purpose
	1.2 Scope
	1.3 Limitations
	References
Chapter 2: Risk, Fire Risk, and Fire Risk Assessment
	2.1 The Concept of the Risk
	2.2 Scenarios
	2.3 Frequency
	2.4 Consequences
	2.5 Interpretation of the Risk Parameters
	References
Chapter 3: Overview of the Fire Risk Assessment Process
	3.1 Project Scope and Objectives
	3.2 Design Information and Data Collection
	3.3 Risk Assessment Method Selection
	3.4 Acceptance or Tolerance Criteria
	3.5 Fire Hazards Identification
	3.6 Fire Scenarios
	3.7 Frequency Analysis
	3.8 Consequence Analysis
	3.9 Risk Estimation
	3.10 Sensitivity Analysis and Uncertainty Treatment
	3.11 Risk Evaluation
	3.12 Risk Acceptance
	3.13 Final Design Option Selection
	3.14 Documentation and Risk Communication
	3.15 Residual Risk Management
	3.16 Fire Safety Management and Risk Monitoring
Chapter 4: Project Scope and Objectives
	4.1 Scope
		4.1.1 Physical Location and Boundaries
		4.1.2 Hazards
		4.1.3 Fire Protection
		4.1.4 Occupancy
		4.1.5 Stakeholders
		4.1.6 Regulatory Requirements
	4.2 Objectives
	4.3 Example: Project Scope and Objectives Example
Chapter 5: Design Information and Data Collection
	5.1 Facility Documentation and Drawings: Non-fire Protection
	5.2 Regulatory Requirements
	5.3 Occupancy Information
	5.4 Process Documentation and Drawings
	5.5 Fire Protection Documentation and Drawings
	5.6 Fire Hazard Information
	5.7 Example: Design Specification and Data Collection
Chapter 6: Risk Assessment Method Selection
	Reference
Chapter 7: Acceptance or Tolerance Criteria
	7.1 Stakeholders
	7.2 Tolerance and Acceptance
	7.3 Establishing Risk Criteria
	7.4 Tolerability and Acceptability
	7.5 Risk Perception
	7.6 The Risk Matrix
	7.7 Risk Matrix Examples
	7.8 F-N Curves
	References
Chapter 8: Fire Hazard Identification
	8.1 Hazard Classification
		8.1.1 Hazard Types
		8.1.2 Hazard Categories
	8.2 Tools and Techniques for Hazard Identification
	8.3 Fire Hazards Within a Fire Risk Assessment
	8.4 Example: Hazard Identification
	References
Chapter 9: Fire Scenarios
	9.1 Identification and Characterization of Fire Scenarios
	9.2 Scenario Clusters
	9.3 Example: Fire Scenario Development
	References
Chapter 10: Qualitative Fire Risk Estimation
	10.1 Qualitative Evaluation of Fire Risk
		10.1.1 Methods for Supporting Qualitative Evaluations
			10.1.1.1 Review of Fire Events Records
			10.1.1.2 Engineering Judgment
			10.1.1.3 Analytical Modeling
		10.1.2 Qualitative Analysis
		10.1.3 Qualitative Assessment of Conditional Probabilities
	10.2 Qualitative Consequence Analysis
		10.2.1 Consequence Assessment
	10.3 Risk Estimation
	References
Chapter 11: Quantitative Fire Risk Estimation
	11.1 Quantitative Estimation of Fire Risk
	11.2 Quantitative Frequency Analysis
		11.2.1 Quantitative Assessment of Conditional Probabilities
		11.2.2 Consequence Assessment
	11.3 Risk Estimation
	11.4 Dealing with the Normalized Consequence Term
	References
Chapter 12: Risk Evaluation
Chapter 13: Sensitivity and Uncertainty Analysis
	13.1 Sensitivity vs. Uncertainty
		13.1.1 Sensitivity Analysis
		13.1.2 Uncertainty Analysis
	13.2 Sensitivity and Uncertainty in Practice
		13.2.1 Identify Elements
		13.2.2 Sensitivity Analysis
			13.2.2.1 Sensitivity Analysis Process
			13.2.2.2 Sensitivity Analysis Results
		13.2.3 Uncertainty Analysis
			13.2.3.1 Uncertainty Analysis Process
			13.2.3.2 Uncertainty Analysis Results
	References
Chapter 14: Documentation and Risk Communication
Chapter 15: Residual Risk Management and Monitoring
	15.1 Residual Risk Management
	15.2 Monitoring Program Development and Implementation
		15.2.1 Identifying Elements
		15.2.2 Key Element Risk Ranking
		15.2.3 Implementation
Correction to: SFPE Guide to Fire Risk Assessment
Annex: Conceptual Example
	A.1. Project Objectives and Scope
	A.2 Design Information and Data Collection
		A.2.1 Information for Supporting Fire Ignition Frequencies
		A.2.2 Information for Supporting Hazards Analysis
		A.2.3 Information for Supporting System Reliability and Availability
	A.3 Risk Assessment Method Selection
	A.4 Acceptance or Tolerance Criteria
	A.5 Hazard Identification
	A.6 Fire Scenarios
	A.7 Qualitative Fire Risk Estimation and Evaluation
	A.8 Quantitative Fire Risk Estimation and Evaluation
	A.9 Sensitivity and Uncertainty Analysis
		A.9.1 Sensitivity Analysis for the Fire Ignition Frequency
		A.9.2 Sensitivity Analysis for Fire Prevention Practices
		A.9.3 Sensitivity Analysis for Personnel and Fire Brigade Response
			A.9.3.1 Qualitative Evaluation
			A.9.3.2 Quantitative Evaluation
		A.9.4 Sensitivity Analysis for Automatic Fire Suppression
	A.10 Example Summary
References