Ebook159 pages3 hours
Fire Hazards in Industry
Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
()
About this ebook
Significant loss to business occurs through fires in the workplace. Whether large or small, fire causes personal suffering, damage to plant, equipment and buildings, and loss of business.
Fire legislation has changed over the past few years, especially with the introduction of European Directives. New regulations mean that employers have to carry out fire risk assessment and then, as a result of their findings, put in place control measures to prevent loss of life. Fire Hazards in Industry has been designed to cover, in general terms, exactly what is required of employers. It is written in simple language and considers the basics of good fire safety management. After reading Fire Hazards in Industry, any employer, safety professional or fire safety officer should be able to install a system for carrying out fire risk assessment. In addition to sections relating to the legal aspects of fire prevention, the book explains the concepts of fire modelling, explosions and combustion reactions. There is also a section relating to common industry fire hazards and hazards associated with electrical equipment. Knowledge of all these topics would be required if a person were to attempt to carry out fire risk assessment. Throughout the book, past case histories are used to illustrate certain aspects of fire and the causes of fire. The cases used have all been published by the Health and Safety Executive as a result of their investigations. These include; Abbeystead, Frodingham steelworks, HMS Glasgow, BP Grangemouth and many more.
This book will be equally relevant to motor manufacturing as it is to the chemical industry. There are many case studies included that deal with fire hazards that are found in general industry.Fire Hazards in Industry is suitable for those who have relatively limited experience in fire safety and therefore use it as part of their career and educational development, but also can be used as reference material for those experienced professionals who have fire safety included in their day to day responsibility.
Fire legislation has changed over the past few years, especially with the introduction of European Directives. New regulations mean that employers have to carry out fire risk assessment and then, as a result of their findings, put in place control measures to prevent loss of life. Fire Hazards in Industry has been designed to cover, in general terms, exactly what is required of employers. It is written in simple language and considers the basics of good fire safety management. After reading Fire Hazards in Industry, any employer, safety professional or fire safety officer should be able to install a system for carrying out fire risk assessment. In addition to sections relating to the legal aspects of fire prevention, the book explains the concepts of fire modelling, explosions and combustion reactions. There is also a section relating to common industry fire hazards and hazards associated with electrical equipment. Knowledge of all these topics would be required if a person were to attempt to carry out fire risk assessment. Throughout the book, past case histories are used to illustrate certain aspects of fire and the causes of fire. The cases used have all been published by the Health and Safety Executive as a result of their investigations. These include; Abbeystead, Frodingham steelworks, HMS Glasgow, BP Grangemouth and many more.
This book will be equally relevant to motor manufacturing as it is to the chemical industry. There are many case studies included that deal with fire hazards that are found in general industry.Fire Hazards in Industry is suitable for those who have relatively limited experience in fire safety and therefore use it as part of their career and educational development, but also can be used as reference material for those experienced professionals who have fire safety included in their day to day responsibility.
Author
Norman Thomson
Norman Thomson has been charmed by the Moray countryside since first encountering it in boyhood. After some years teaching at Gordonstoun he moved to England but kept returning on holidays before making it his permanent retirement home. In 2009 he and Ann Dunn launched the concept of the Moray Way and later helped co-found Moray Walking Festival, which has now grown into the increasingly popular Moray Walking & Outdoor Festival.
Related to Fire Hazards in Industry
Related ebooks
Fundamentals of Fire Protection for the Safety Professional Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Top Guide for Fire and Life Safety Directors Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMajor Accidents to the Environment: A Practical Guide to the Seveso II-Directive and COMAH Regulations Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsConstruction Hazardous Materials Compliance Guide: Mold Detection, Abatement and Inspection Procedures Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDust Explosion and Fire Prevention Handbook: A Guide to Good Industry Practices Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsIndustrial Hazard and Safety Handbook: (Revised impression) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Safety and Health in Industry: A Handbook Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Safety at Work Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Real Product Safety Guide: Reducing the Risk of Product Safety Alerts and Recalls Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHealth and Safety 2017 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Fire protection engineering A Complete Guide Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFire Investigation: A Practical Guide for Students and Officers, Insurance Investigators, Loss Adjusters and Police Officers Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFire Behavior of Upholstered Furniture and Mattresses Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFire Protection Engineering in Building Design Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Fire Prevention Handbook Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Dust Explosions Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFire Investigators Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSerious Incident Prevention: How to Sustain Accident-Free Operations in Your Plant or Company Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Hazardous Gas Monitoring, Fifth Edition: A Guide for Semiconductor and Other Hazardous Occupancies Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAn Introduction to Fire Dynamics Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsGuidelines for Vapor Cloud Explosion, Pressure Vessel Burst, BLEVE, and Flash Fire Hazards Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHealth And Safety A Complete Guide - 2021 Edition Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsConstruction Hazardous Materials Compliance Guide: Lead Detection, Abatement and Inspection Procedures Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDynamic Risk Assessment and Management of Domino Effects and Cascading Events in the Process Industry Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsExplosion Hazards in the Process Industries Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Evaluation of Fire Safety Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5HSG65 Managing for Health and Safety: A revised edition of one of HSE's most popular guides Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Health And Safety A Complete Guide - 2020 Edition Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Industrial Health & Safety For You
Disasters and Public Health: Planning and Response Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsRadium Girls: Women and Industrial Health Reform, 1910-1935 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Invisible Rainbow: A History of Electricity and Life Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Safety First! Really?: Safety through Story Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsProcrastination, Health, and Well-Being Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Safety Essentials For Working At Height Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Human Factors in Aviation Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Fire in the Night: The Piper Alpha Disaster Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Introduction to Petroleum Process Safety Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Practical Guide to Occupational Health and Safety Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Cross Country Pipeline Risk Assessments and Mitigation Strategies Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Death in the Mines: Disasters and Rescues in the Anthracite Coal Fields of Pennsylvania Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFalls Aren't Funny: America's Multi-Billion Dollar Slip-and-Fall Crisis Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThink and Become Safety Practitioner Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWorkers' Inferno: The untold story of the Esso workers 20 years after the Longford explosion Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSurvival 101 Bushcraft AND Survival 101 Beginner's Guide 2020 (2 Books In 1) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTrevor Kletz Compendium: His Process Safety Wisdom Updated for a New Generation Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsEnvironmental and Health and Safety Management: A Guide to Compliance Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Social and Community Medicine for Students Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Noise Control in Industry: A Practical Guide Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Handbook of Chemical Compound Data for Process Safety Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCognitive Reliability and Error Analysis Method (CREAM) Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Surviving the Death of Technology: Prepper's Survival Guide with Tips to Prepping for Technology Collapse: Off the Grid Living Hacks Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsGame Over Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFire Behavior of Upholstered Furniture and Mattresses Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAmbulatory Surgery Center Safety Guidebook: Managing Code Requirements for Fire and Life Safety Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsInspecting & Cleaning Potable Water Storage Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHandbook of Hazardous Chemical Properties Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Physical Hazard Control: Preventing Injuries in the Workplace Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCritical Infrastructure Risk Assessment: The Definitive Threat Identification and Threat Reduction Handbook Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5
Reviews for Fire Hazards in Industry
Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
0 ratings
0 ratings0 reviews
Book preview
Fire Hazards in Industry - Norman Thomson
Enjoying the preview?
Page 1 of 1