Fire-related events reporting

An alarm system is a type of electronic monitoring system that is used to detect and respond to specific types of events—such as unauthorized access to an asset, or a possible fire. In chemical processing systems, alarms are also used to alert operators when process operating or monitoring conditions go out of preset parameters (i.e., process alarms). These types of alarms are primarily integrated with process monitoring and reporting systems (i.e., SCADA systems). Note that this discussion does not focus on alarm systems that are not related to a facility s processes. 

BOEM requires that lessees submit incident reports (as defined in 585.831) promptly for events involving fatalities, evacuation of personnel, fires and explosions, certain vessel collisions, and certain types of property or equipment damage, as well as for any injury that requires personnel to miss the following day of work and for any evacuation that is not related to the weather (Federal Register 2011b, 64775). The... 

Detailed discussions are provided in the External Hazards Topic Report relating to fire, turbine disintegration and pipe mpture arising as a consequence of a seismic event, to show that the withstand of the plant systems and stmctures, particularly those that are safety significant, is sufficient that loss of the KSFs is protected against. 

The external events considered in this report include both natural hazards and human induced hazards from sources external to the site or external to the safety related buildings. Explicit reference is made to the most common external event scenarios considered in the design of research reactors (earthquake, wind, precipitation (snow, rain, hail), flood, explosions and aircraft crash, external fire), for which special recommendations are provided. However, the approach to the safety evaluation discussed in the present publication can be applied to any scenario included in the facility s safety analysis report. 

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