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Fire and Explosion Hazard Management(FEHM) 

The following extracts from a presentation given at an international oil and petrochemical safety conference illustratethe main concepts behind effective Fire and Explosion Hazard Management (FEHM):

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SITESITE -- SPECIFIC,SPECIFIC, RATIONALISEDRATIONALISED,, RELEVANTRELEVANT and

COSTCOST -- EFFECTIVEEFFECTIVE

A formalised approach to establish a

fire and explosion consequences.

policy to reduce potential

 

Why is it needed by the operator? Why is it needed by the operator? 

Fire and Explosion consequence reduction can be achieved in many ways :- 

Fire prevention, fire detection, emergency shutdown, passive protection, active systems, salvage etc.

As every facility works in its own special environment, it isAs every facility works in its own special environment, it is

important to develop the optimum, costimportant to develop the optimum, cost -- effective incidenteffective incidentconsequence reduction strategy/policy taking into accountconsequence reduction strategy/policy taking into account

local conditions, the plant’s criticality and an incident’slocal conditions, the plant’s criticality and an incident’s

potential effect on life safety, the environment, asset value,potential effect on life safety, the environment, asset value,

continued operations and company image.continued operations and company image.

FIRE AND EXPLOSION

HAZARD MANAGEMENT

 

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Legislative position Legislative position 

Previously, fire protection practices used in high risk industries have been very prescriptive in approach and notbased on the real needs of a particular facility. However,

due to major incident experience, internationallyrecognised authorities such as NFPA ( U.S.A. ) and HSE

( U.K. ) have set a requirement for “goal setting”performance based standards within a “Safety Case”.

Consequently, it is now recommended that fireConsequently, it is now recommended that fire

responders assess and justify requirements forresponders assess and justify requirements for

cost effective fire protection resources based oncost effective fire protection resources based oncredible major incident scenarios.credible major incident scenarios.

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NO CONFLICT!NO CONFLICT!

LEGISLATOR ANDOPERATOR

BOTH RISK RISK BASED

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HOWEVER!Policies based on only meeting legislation are not necessarily 

appropriate or sufficient.

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HAZARD MANAGEMENT

 

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National interestsNational interests

Societal SafetySocietal Safety

EnvironmentEnvironment

Personnel SafetyPersonnel Safety

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Legislator Concerns Legislator Concerns 

 

Public image

Business Interruption

Asset Loss 

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HAZARD MANAGEMENT 

Additional Operator Concern   Additional Operator Concerns  

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The Solution :The Solution : --

FIRE AND EXPLOSIONFIRE AND EXPLOSIONHAZARDHAZARD

MANAGEMENTMANAGEMENT

Based on evaluation of Based on evaluation of credible scenarios credible scenarios 

 

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ObjectiveObjective To establish, in an auditable way, a formal,site-specific justified and cost effectivefire and explosion damage mitigationpolicy appropriate to the criticality andoverall needs of the facility

MethodologyMethodology Fire and Explosion Hazard ManagementFire and Explosion Hazard Managementusing fire scenario analysis

CriticalityCriticality

factorsfactorsLife SafetyEnvironment

Continuity of OperationsAsset / Investment valuePublic image

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Identi fy f ire hazards Identi fy f ire hazards 

Develop f i re scenar ios Develop f i re scenar ios 

Evaluate escalat ion cons equences Evaluate escalat ion cons equences 

Select scenar ios fo r fur ther analysis Select sc enar ios for fu r ther analysis 

Develop p rov is iona l po l icy Develop p rov is iona l po l icy 

Compare response opt ions Compare response opt ions 

Select cos t Select cos t - - ef fect ive op t ion ef fect ive opt io n Final ise respo ns e pol icy / strategy Final ise respo nse po l icy / strategy 

Prov ide respo nse resources Prov ide respo nse resources 

Prepare to u se reso urc es Prepare to use resou rces 

Test resou rces Test resou rces 

Mainta in reso urces Mainta in resou rces 

Review / update pol icy Review / upd ate pol icy 

Iterate 

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FireScenarioAnalysis

CONSEQUENCESCONSEQUENCESLife Safety

Environment

Business InterruptionAsset ValueOther Issues

Incident Descriptions

Ignition Sources

Hazardous Materials

Compare Risk ReductionOptions

Evaluate AlternativePrevention, Protection& Mitigation Measures

DefineFHM

Policy

Formalisation

Legislation

Implement

Equipment Maintenance

Preplanning

Exercises

Fire Training

Update

POSSIBLE INPUT TOOLSPOSSIBLE INPUT TOOLS

HAZOPHAZOPQRAQRA

INCIDENT EXPERIENCEINCIDENT EXPERIENCE

FIRE ENGINEERINGFIRE ENGINEERING

FIRE MODELLINGFIRE MODELLINGCOST BENEFIT ANALYSISCOST BENEFIT ANALYSIS

DESIGN STANDARDSDESIGN STANDARDS

CODES OF PRACTICECODES OF PRACTICE

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FEHM Scenario Based ReviewDeliverables 

Scenario Worksheets 

Formalised, Cost - Effective and J ustified

Incident Response Policy 

Pre - Fire Plans 

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Extreme cases :Extreme cases :--

Burndown Burndown Policy Policy  No damage mitigation measures.

Total Protection Total Protection  Full automatic shutdown.Comprehensive passive protection.

Sophisticated automatic fire and gasdetection / protection systems.

Full portable / mobile equipment back-up.

In practice, most facilities will adopt a policy somewhere between the two extremes 

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