Fire prevention and control

Smoke ventilation is not intended to replace other forms of fire prevention and control but to work as an important component in an overall scheme. 

America Burning The Report of the National Commission on Fire Prevention and Control. Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Washington, DC, 1973. 

As society advances, its values depend on what is produced and those sources of production. However, as the means to acquire products becomes easier, values turn inward to the general societal welfare and our environment. Uncontrolled fire can devastate our assets and production sources, and this relates to the societal costs of fire prevention and loss restoration. The effects of fire on people and the environment become social issues that depend on the political ideology and economics that prevail in the state. Thus, attention to fire prevention and control depend on its perceived damage potential and our social values in the state. While these issues have faced all cultures, perhaps the twentieth century ultimately provided the basis for addressing fire with proper science in the midst of significant social and technological advances, especially among the developed countries. 

In a modern society, the investment in fire safety depends on the informed risk. Reliable risk must be based on complete statistics. An important motivator of the US government s interest to address the large losses due to fire in the early 1970s was articulated in the report of the National Commission on Fire Prevention and Control (.America Burning [1]). It stated that the US annually sustained over 11 billion in lost... 

American Petroleum Institute, (API), RP 14G. Recommended Practice for Fire Prevention and Control on Open Type Offshore Production Platforms. Third Edition, Washington D.C., 1993. 

America burning The report of the national commission on fire prevention and control." 53 p. Washington, DC. 

Administer fish and wildlife laws, emry out sound fish and wildlife mmiagement practices, and conduct fish and wildlife research Manage New York s marine and coastal resources Conduct sound forestry management practices on state lands, provide assistance to private forest landowners, and provide fire prevention and control... 

Conduct sound forestry management practices on state lands, provide assistance to private forest landowners, and provide fire prevention and control... 

RP 14G— Fire Prevention and Control on Open Type Offshore Production Platforms... 

Industrial facilities are not immune to fire and its terrible consequences. Each year fire-related losses in the United States are considerable. According to conservative figures reported by Brauer (1994), about 1 million fires involving structures and about 8000 deaths occur each year. The total annual property loss is more than 7 billion. Complicating the fire problem is the point that Cote and Bugbee (1991) made above—the unpredictability of fire. Fortunately, facility safety officials are aided in their efforts in fire prevention and control by the authoritative and professional guidance readily available from the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), the National Safety... 

Council (NSC), fire code agencies, local fire authorities, and OSHA regulations. In this section, we discuss fire prevention and control and fire protection provided by the use of fire extinguishers. 

Fire prevention and control measures are those taken te/ore fires start and include the following ... 

API RP 14G—Fire prevention and control on open-type offshore... 

Firefighting systems for both open and totally enclosed platforms shall conform to API RP 14G— Fire Prevention and Control on Fixed Open-type Offshore Production Platforms. ... 

The full title of this standard is, Fire Prevention and Control on Open Type Offshore Production Platforms. It provides recommendations for rninimizing the likelihood of having an accidental fire, and for designing, inspecting, and maintaining fire control systems. It emphasizes the need to train personnel in firefighting, to conduct routine drills, and to establish methods and procedures for safe evacuation. The fire control systems discussed in this recommended practice are intended to provide an early response to incipient fires to prevent their growth. They provide a baseline, and are not intended to preclude the appUcation of more... 

American Petroleum Institute (API). RP 14G, recommended practice for fire prevention and control on fixed open-type ofishore production platforms. 4th ed. Washington, D.C API 2007. 

The principal elements of this stage of the TLC programme are fire prevention and control, security, occupational health and hygiene, pollution prevention and control and product liability. 

Accident prevention and fire prevention are so closely allied that, in loss control evaluation, it is standard practice to incorporate fire prevention and control as an essential party of the programme. Fire prevention and control programming can be divided into Fire Prevention and Fire Extinguishment. 

Fire prevention and control First aid and medical services Hazard communication Hot or special work permits Housekeeping... 

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