Society of Fire Protection Engineers

V. Babrauskas, SFPE Technology Report 84-10, Society of Fire Protection Engineers, Boston, Mass., 1984. 

Society of Fire Protection Engineers. SFPE Handbook of Fire Protection Engineering. First Edition. Prepared in conjunction with the National Fire Protection Association. 

Mr. Nolan has received numerous of safety awards and is a member of the American Society of Safety Engineers, National Fire Protection Association, Society of Petroleum Engineers, and Society of Fire Protection Engineers. He is the author of the book "Application of HAZOP and What-If Safety Reviews to the Petroleum, Petrochemical and Chemical Industries," which is widely referred to within the petroleum and chemical industries. Mr. Nolan has also been listed in "Who s Who in California" for the last ten years and has been elected to appear in the 1996 International Edition of "Who s Who of Science and Engineering."... 

Information on fire protection codes and standards are available from several sources, including the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), the Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE), the Eire Suppression Systems Association (ESSA), and the American Petroleum Institute (API). Jurisdictions that provide requirements for fire protection include federal, state, and local agencies. This Guideline bridges the regulatory requirements and industry standards with practical application and provides ... 

Bryan, J.L. 1986. Defining Damageability - The Examination, Review, and Analysis of the Variables and Limits of Damageability for Buildings, Contents, and Personnel from Exposure in Eire Incidents. Symposium on Quantitative Fire Hazards Analysis. Society of Fire Protection Engineers, Boston, MA. 

Society of Fire Protection Engineers. 1999. SEPE Engineering Guide, Assessing Elame Radiation to External Targets from Pool Tires. Society of Fire Protection Engineers, Bethesda, MD. 

Society of Fire Protection Engineers. 2000. SFPE Engineering Guide, Predicting 1st and 2nd Degree burns from Ehermaf Radiation. Bethesda, MD Society of Fire Protection Engineers. 

Cote, A. (Ed.), Fire Protection Handbook. 20th edn., National Fire Protection Association Quincy, MA, 2008. DiNenno, P. (Ed.), The SFPE Handbook of Fire Protection Engineering. 3rd edn., Society of Fire Protection Engineers Bethesda, MD, 2002. 

If a fire occurs in a process plant, the consequences can be devastating. Therefore, even though the main focus is on preventing fires, some attention must be paid to controlling and suppressing fires as well. There are many types of fire suppression systems in use in the chemical process industries, so decision making is necessary. One must decide between water-based and nonwater-based systems, between automatic and manual systems, or between wet pipe and dry pipe systems. How to make these decisions is beyond the scope of this entry however, the National Fire Protection Association s Fire Protection Handbook and the Society of Fire Protection Engineers Handbook of Fire... 

Society of Fire Protection Engineers and National Fire Protection Association, 1988, Item No. NB-HFPE-88, 750pages, 150.75. 

DiNermo, P. J. "Simplified Radiation Heat Transfer Calculations from Large Open Hydrocarbon Fires." Society of Fire Protection Engineers, SFPE Technology Report 82-9,1982. 

The Society of Fire Protection Engineers was established in 1950 and incorporated in 1971. It is the professional society representing those practicing in the field of fire protection engineering. The Society has approximately 4,000 members in the United States and abroad, 51 regional chapters, 10 of which are outside the United States. 

H. Holemann, in Fire Safety Science, Proceedings of the Fourth International Symposium, International Association for Fire Safety Science, Society of Fire Protection Engineers, Quincy, MA, 1994, pp. 61-11. 

There are also fire protection specialists. They do not have degrees in engineering or fire protection engineering, but have developed extensive knowledge about fire hazards and their control. The professional membership organization for fire protection engineers and specialists is the Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE). 

The Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SEPE) publishes the SFPE Handbook of Fire Protection Engineering. It covers many details for engineering design of buildings, extinguishing systems and related matters. It explains fire-related calculations, fire risk analysis, and other technical concepts. 

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