Fundamentals of Fire Protection for the Safety Professional

Lon H. Ferguson; Christopher A. Janicak

doi:10.5771/9781591919605

Summary

Fundamentals of Fire Protection for the Safety Professional provides safety managers with a guide for incorporating fire hazard awareness and protection into their safety management plans.

Industrial fires pose one of the greatest threats to organizations in terms of financial, human, and property losses. Understanding fire safety basics, the physics of fire, and the properties and classes of common hazards is key to designing fire safety management programs that not only protect an organization's assets but also ensure the safe evacuation of all involved.

Fundamentals of Fire Protection for the Safety Professional takes an in-depth look at fire hazards in the workplace—from the substances required to do business to the building construction itself?—and provides practical fire safety principles that can be applied in any work environment. Readers will learn how to develop emergency action plans and fire prevention plans, implement effective alarm and detection systems and fire extinguishment systems, and develop a comprehensive fire program management plan that is in compliance with Federal Emergency Management Agency, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Environmental Protection Agency, and National Fire Protection Association standards.

Each chapter includes a chapter summary and sample problems, making this an ideal training tool in the workplace or the classroom. Answers to chapter questions and a comprehensive glossary and index are provided at the end of the book.

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Bibliographic data

Copyright year: 2005
ISBN-Print: 978-0-86587-988-1
ISBN-Online: 978-1-59191-960-5
Publisher: Government Institutes, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 325
Product type: Book Titles

1. Table of Contents No access
2. List of Figures and Tables No access
1. Fire Prevention versus Fire Protection No access
2. Importance of Fire Safety No access
3. Historical Major Fire Losses in the United States No access
4. Trends in Fires in the United States No access
5. Economic Impact of Industrial Fires in the United States No access
6. Deaths and Injuries Due to Industrial Fires No access
7. OSHA and Fire Safety No access
8. Sources of Information No access
9. Summary No access
10. Chapter Questions No access
11. References No access
1. Fire Tetrahedron No access
2. Combustion No access
3. Unique Combustion Phenomena No access
4. Heat versus Temperature No access
5. Heat Transfer No access
6. Sources of Heat No access
7. Physics of Combustion No access
8. Fire Hazards of Materials No access
9. Hazardous Materials No access
10. Sources of Information on Hazardous Materials No access
11. Chapter Questions No access
12. References No access
1. Electricity as an Ignition Source No access
2. Hazardous Locations and the National Electrical Code No access
3. Defining Hazardous Locations No access
4. Safe Design of Electrical Equipment No access
5. National Testing Laboratories No access
6. Flammable Liquids and Combustible Liquids No access
7. Upper and Lower Explosive Limits No access
8. Flammable- and Combustible-Liquid Storage No access
9. Containers and Portable Tanks No access
10. Transferring Flammable and Combustible Liquids No access
11. Storage Cabinets No access
12. Inside Storage Rooms No access
13. Storage Tanks No access
14. Outside Aboveground Tanks No access
15. Underground Tanks No access
16. Tank-Vehicle and Tank-Car Loading and Unloading No access
17. Workplace Practices No access
18. Hydrogen No access
19. Liquefied-Hydrogen Systems No access
20. Acetylene No access
21. Oxygen No access
22. Liquefied-Petroleum Gas No access
23. Tank-Car and Truck-Loading or Unloading No access
24. Chapter Questions No access
25. References No access
1. Anatomy of an Explosion No access
2. Explosives and Blasting Agents No access
3. Labels and Placards No access
4. Explosives-Handling and -Storage Procedures No access
5. Transporting Explosives No access
6. Use of Explosives and Blasting Agents No access
7. Oxidizing Agents No access
8. Ammonium Nitrate No access
9. Boiling-Liquid Expanding-Vapor Explosions No access
10. Dust Explosions No access
11. Cylinder Failures No access
12. Boilers and Unfired Pressure Vessels No access
13. Boiler Maintenance No access
14. Chapter Questions No access
15. References No access
1. Basic Terminology No access
2. Structural Elements No access
3. Characteristics of Building Materials No access
4. Fire-Resistance Ratings No access
5. Major Types of Building Construction No access
6. Fire-Protection Features No access
7. Protection of Openings in Fire Walls No access
8. Impact of Ventilation on Building Fires and Smoke Movement No access
9. Interior Finish No access
10. Building Contents No access
11. Fire Loading No access
12. Occupancy and Commodity Classifications No access
13. Unique Risks for Fire in High-Rise Buildings No access
14. Building Codes No access
15. Major Provisions of Building Codes No access
16. Model Building Codes No access
17. Chapter Questions No access
18. References No access
1. Loss of Life in Buildings No access
2. Triangle Shirtwaist Fire No access
3. Imperial Food Products Plant Fire No access
4. People's Behaviors and Actions in a Fire No access
5. Origin and Development of NFPA 101 No access
6. Building Occupancies and Life Safety No access
7. Building Codes and Life Safety No access
8. NFPA Requirements for Life Safety in Industrial Occupancies No access
9. Emergency-Action Plans No access
10. Fire-Prevention Plans No access
11. Chapter Questions No access
12. References No access
1. Processes Involving Flammable and Combustible Liquids No access
2. Electrostatic Spray Operations No access
3. Spray Booths No access
4. Sources of Ignition No access
5. Ventilation No access
6. Flammable and Combustible Liquids: Storage and Handling No access
7. Fire Protection No access
8. Operations and Maintenance No access
9. Drying, Curing, and Fusion Apparatuses No access
10. Aerated-Powder Coating Operations No access
11. Electrostatic Fluidized Beds No access
12. Dip Tanks and Coating Operations No access
13. Design and Construction of Dipping and Coating Equipment and Systems No access
14. Electrical and Other Sources of Ignition No access
15. Ventilation No access
16. Storage, Handling, and Distribution of Flammable and Combustible Liquids No access
17. Liquid Piping Systems No access
18. Fire Protection No access
19. Operations and Maintenance No access
20. Inspection and Testing No access
21. Training No access
22. Chapter Questions No access
23. References No access
1. NFPA 72 Classifications for Fire Alarm Systems No access
2. Power Supplies for Alarm Systems No access
3. Initiating Devices No access
4. Basic Considerations for Installation No access
5. Selection of Initiating Devices No access
6. Heat-Sensing Fire Detectors No access
7. Location of Heat-Sensing Fire Detectors: Spot versus Line Devices No access
8. Smoke-Sensing Fire Detectors No access
9. Location and Spacing of Smoke Detectors No access
10. Radiant-Energy-Sensing Fire Detectors No access
11. Location and Spacing of Radiant-Energy-Sensing Fire Detectors No access
12. Sprinkler-Water-Flow Alarm-Initiating Devices No access
13. Signal Annunciation No access
14. Notification Devices No access
15. Audible and Visible Criteria of Notification Devices No access
16. Reporting Systems No access
17. Public Fire Alarm Systems No access
18. Central-Station Fire Alarm Systems No access
19. Proprietary Supervising-Station Systems No access
20. Remote-Supervising-Station Fire Alarm Systems No access
21. Inspection, Testing, and Maintenance of Fire Alarm Systems No access
22. Chapter Questions No access
23. References No access
1. Classifications of Fires No access
2. Extinguishing Agents No access
3. Water No access
4. Water Use on Special Hazards No access
5. Carbon Dioxide No access
6. Halogenated Agents No access
7. Dry Chemicals No access
8. Foam Extinguishing Agents No access
9. Combustible Metal Extinguishing Agents No access
10. Portable Fire Extinguishers No access
11. Labeling No access
12. Fire Extinguisher Rating Systems No access
13. Fire Extinguisher Use in the Workplace No access
14. Fire Extinguisher Distribution and Mounting No access
15. Maintenance, Inspection, and Testing No access
16. Training No access
17. Water-Based Sprinkler Systems No access
18. Impact of Sprinkler Systems on Fires No access
19. Wet-Pipe Systems No access
20. Water Supply and Distribution No access
21. Piping No access
22. Outside Stem and Yoke Valves No access
23. Water-Flow Alarms No access
24. Dry-Pipe Systems No access
25. Cross-Mains and Branch Lines No access
26. Sprinkler Heads No access
27. Fire Department Connections No access
28. Sprinkler-System Inspections No access
29. Fire Hydrants No access
30. Standpipe and Hose Systems No access
31. Chapter Questions No access
32. References No access
1. Introduction No access
2. Hazard Identification No access
3. Quantification of Risk No access
4. Fire-Protection and -Prevention Strategies No access
5. Measurement of the Effectiveness of Fire Strategies No access
6. Emergency-Response Plans No access
7. Federal Regulations Related to Emergency Response No access
8. FEMA No access
9. OSHA No access
10. EPA No access
11. NFPA 1600: Recommended Practice for Emergency Management No access
12. Planning an Emergency-Response Strategy No access
13. Developing the Written Emergency-Response Plan No access
14. Emergency Medical Care No access
15. Training No access
16. Personal Protective Equipment No access
17. Media Control No access
18. Recovery after an Emergency No access
19. Investigation of Emergency Incidents No access
20. Maintenance of Fire-Protection Systems No access
21. Fire Inspections No access
22. Hot-Work-Permit Programs No access
23. Chapter Questions No access
24. References No access
Appendix A: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Integrated Contingency Plan No access Pages 275 - 286
Solutions to Chapter Questions No access Pages 287 - 306
Glossary: Fire Safety Terminology No access Pages 307 - 318
Index No access Pages 319 - 325