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Fire and Explosion Risk Assessment

Supervisors, employees working with chemicals and contractors

  • Certificate valid for 1 year
Awarding body
Green World Group
Level
Intermediate
Duration
Minimum 4–8 hours company specific
Units
on demand
Study modes
In-company
Certificate validity
1 year
Teaching language
English

Introduction

Fire & Explosion Risk Assessment (FERA) is a systematic process that identifies and evaluates the risks related to fire and explosion hazards. Fire in the workplace is one of the most severe concerns; this can significantly impact the organization’s finances and productivity and may also damage the organization’s reputation. So, for those businesses that involve flammable materials within their work environment, it becomes necessary to have the best control measures against the occurrence of fire or explosion. Green world with its expertise in Risk Management & identifying the contributing factors of fires and explosions can help your business alert to the potential red flags before any incident takes place.

FERA Purpose

To identify the potential fire and explosion hazards in the facility that possess risks to the people, bring impacts on the equipment and escalates to other areas of the facility.

The impact of fire and explosion risks that happens due to the loss of containment

Determine the acceptability level of identified fire and explosion risks at the facilities and find out the major contributors to fire and explosion risks. Such risk contributors needs to be identified based on the location and source of the hazards.

Evaluate the advantages of the current system including safety measures, preventive control, detection, controlling actions, and other mitigation measures for the identified fire and explosion.

Comparison of fire and explosion risks of design options in consideration.This evaluation helps in bringing out design options that have low risks & choosing the right option which is best from risk.

Course Details

Duration 2 Days

Training Mode Online / in-company

Language English

Prerequisites None

Assessment Onboard Exam

FERA Process

The FERA process comprises:

Identifying the possible events that may cause fires or explosions

Analyzing the occurrences of such events depending on the common failure data

Modelling the consequences of an event with regards to the size of the fire, explosion damage, and consequent impacts

Recommending the most relevant and suitable measures of detection, prevention, controlling, and mitigating the possibilities of fire and explosion events.

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