Explosion hazard assessment hazardous operations review

From a fire protection view, all proposed or existing outdoor storage areas should be reviewed, assessed and controlled as to type and quantity of material stored and that the storage area boundaries are well defined. The review and assessment should consider the fire or explosion hazards that the outdoor storage presents to nearby operations or that may be presented by those operations to the storage area itself. 

Methods for performing hazard analysis and risk assessment include safety review, checklists, Dow Fire and Explosion Index, what-if analysis, hazard and operability analysis (HAZOP), failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA), fault tree analysis, and event tree analysis. Other methods are also available, but those given are used most often. 

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