Methods of Fire Risk Assessment for Building Safety

This presentation discusses the methods of fire risk assessment for building safety, including identifying hazards and determining necessary safety measures. It also highlights the risks associated with improper handling of fire extinguishers and the potential dangers of fire for residents and visitors. The risk matrix and references provide additional resources for further reading.

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Main objective of the fire safety assessment is to use the risk assessment
approach that is flexible. For providing safety to the residents following
factors must be considered –
•Identifying the hazards related to fire and the people at risk and removing or
reducing the risks of those hazards causing harms to the people.
•Determining where the measures related to fire safety and management’s
policies are required for assuring safety to the people residing in the building
and the people residing nearby of the building
objectivesobjectives Fire risk assessment is the foundation for all of the fire precautions
for the building. Guidance documents applicable to the premises
are required to be read and understood. Initially the simple
drawing can be drawn for the premises highlighting the relevant
features of the structure and use of particular areas like storage,
plants, living area and office accommodation, if any. Copy of the
plan will be used for fire fighting operations indicating the hazards.
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It is noticed that in Cromwell Tower portable fire extinguisher are
provided in various places of the communal areas. Fire extinguisher
shall not be provided in these areas as the residents do not possess
proper training regarding the equipment. Various risks associated with
this are as follows –
During fire inhalation of smoke is major dangerous effect that
incapacitates the residents as the smoke includes harmful particles.
If the fire extinguisher is handled by the people who does not have
proper knowledge and training the harmful powder can cause further
harm to the residents
Fire is cause death of the residents or visitors and can damage the
stocks, building and valuable equipments.
The persons with disabilities will have very low chances of escaping
the fire and save themselves
Assessed riskAssessed risk
Risk matrix
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ReferencesReferences
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Watts, J.M. and Hall, J.R., 2016. Introduction to fire risk analysis. In SFPE Handbook of Fire Protection Engineering(pp. 2817-2826). Springer, New York, NY.
Watts, J.M., 2016. Fire risk indexing. In SFPE Handbook of Fire Protection Engineering (pp. 3158-3182). Springer, New York, NY.
Chuvieco, E., Aguado, I., Jurdao, S., Pettinari, M.L., Yebra, M., Salas, J., Hantson, S., de la Riva, J., Ibarra, P., Rodrigues, M. and Echeverría, M., 2014. Integrating geospatial information into fire risk
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