Process Unit Fire and Risk Course certificate
The programme is designed for those designated as members of an emergency response team or those involved with planning for emergencies.
Topics and learning outcomes
Pre-Fire Planning
Fire Protection
- Overview of Fire Prevention & Fire Protection Fundamentals
- Hydrocarbon Process Unit Fires: Pool fires / Jet Fires/ 3D Fires etc.
- Flammable Gas Fires: Vapor Cloud Explosions/ UCVE / BLEVE
- Fire extinguishing Medias for Hydrocarbon fire
- Fixed/ Semi-Fixed Fire Protection Systems for process units
- Pre-fire planning and Fire Emergency Response
- Case Studies
Fire Risk Assessment
- Principles of fire risk assessment
- Building construction & structural fire protection
- Fire alarms, Emergency lighting, signs and notices
- Portable fire-fighting equipment
- Fire risk assessment methodologies and applications
- Understand the generic principles of 'means of escape' and 'fire safety'
- Appreciate the importance of structural fire protection
- Evaluate the likely behaviour of building materials in a fire situation
Emergency Planning
- Understand the importance of preplanning and assessing the risk of emergencies occurring
- How to effectively use information to inform contingency planning
- How to put in place effective emergency plans
- How to create effective business continuity plans to ensure that they can continue to exercise critical functions in the event of an emergency
Fire Behaviour (theory only)
- Describe the combustion process in a fire
- Define the terms ‘flame point’, ‘flash point’, ‘auto ignition temperature’
- Define upper and lower flammability limits
- Explain the developmental stages of fire growth
- Recognise & assess the risks involved when dealing with compartment fires
- Recognise & implement control measures to protect crews whilst dealing with compartment fires
- Observe the fire growth from an initial fire through the various stages to a fully developed fire
More Information
Be able to define the following terms:
- combustion including causes
- pyrolysis
- LEL
- UEL
- IM
- over-pressure
- under-pressure
- neutral plane
- passive
- active
- wall effect
- ceiling effect
- lean flashover
- thermal flashover
- flashover
- The effect of ventilation on an under ventilated fire compartment
- The danger posed by fire gases leaking from a fire compartment
- The signs and symptoms of impending backdraught
- The techniques used to mitigate the risk of a backdraught occurring