Skip Nav Destination
ASTM Selected Technical Papers
Fire Hazard and Fire Risk Assessment
By
MM Hirschler
MM Hirschler
1
Safety Engineering Laboratories
, Rocky River, OH, 44116, symposium chairman and editor
.
Search for other works by this author on:
ISBN-10:
0-8031-1447-8
ISBN:
978-0-8031-1447-0
No. of Pages:
260
Publisher:
ASTM International
Publication date:
1992
eBook Chapter
Fire Risk Rating Schedules
By
JM Watts, Jr
JM Watts, Jr
1
Director
, Fire Safety Institute
, PO Box 674, Middlebury, VT 05753
.
Search for other works by this author on:
Page Count:
11
-
Published:1992
Citation
Watts, J, Jr. "Fire Risk Rating Schedules." Fire Hazard and Fire Risk Assessment. Ed. Hirschler, M. 100 Barr Harbor Drive, PO Box C700, West Conshohocken, PA 19428-2959 : ASTM International, 1992.
Download citation file:
Fire risk rating schedules (FRRS) are heuristic models of fire safety. They constitute various processes of modeling and scoring fire hazards and other risk parameters to produce a rapid and simple estimate of relative risk. Selected examples of FRRSs are briefly described to illustrate the nature and diversity of these methods. Following the examples, general characteristics and common components of FRRSs are discussed. The analysis in this paper is intended to lead to a more rational and consistent approach in the development and evaluation of fire risk rating schedules.
References
1.
Babrauskas
, V.
, “Upholstered Furniture Heat Release Rates: Measurements and Estimation
,” Journal of Fire Sciences
, Vol. 1
, 1983
, pp. 9–32.2.
Babrauskas
, V.
and Walton
, W. D.
, “A Simplified Characterization of Upholstered Furniture Heat Release Rates
,” Fire Safety Journal
, Vol. 11
, 1986
, pp. 181–192.3.
Gross
, D.
, “The Use of Fire Statistics in Assessing the Fire Risk of Products
,” INTERFLAM '85 Conference Workbook
, 1985
, pp. 11–18.4.
Methods of Fire Tests for Flame Resistant Textiles and Films, NFPA 701
, National Fire Protection Association
, Quincy, MA, 1989
.5.
Harmathy
, T. Z.
, et al, “A Decision Logic for Trading between Fire Safety Measures
,” Fire and Materials
0308-0501, Vol. 14
, 1989
, pp. 1–10.6.
Watts
, J. M.
, Jr., “Fire Risk Assessment Schedules
,” SFPE Handbook of Fire Protection Engineering
, Section 4, Chapter 11, National Fire Protection Association
, Quincy, MA
, 1988
, pp. 4–89to 4–102.7.
Rosenblum
, G. R.
and Lapp
, S. A.
, “The Use of Risk Index Systems to Evaluate Risk
,” Risk Analysis: Setting National Priorities
, Proceedings of the Society for Risk Analysis, Houston, TX
,1987
.8.
Nelson
, H. E.
, “Overview: Numerical Grading Systems
,” Report from the 1987 Workshop on Analytical Methods for Designing Buildings for Fire Safety Design, National Academy Press
, Washington, DC, 1988
.9.
Rasbash
, D. J.
, “Approaches to the Measurement and Evaluation of Fire Safety
,” presented to the Third International Fire Protection Engineering Institute
, Wageningen, The Netherlands
, 1980
.
This content is only available via PDF.
You do not currently have access to this chapter.
Email alerts
Related Chapters
A Discussion of Fire Risk Assessment
Fire Risk Assessment
What I Have Learned While Writing Draft Fire Hazard Assessment Standards and Guides for ASTM E5
ASTM's Role in Performance-Based Fire Codes and Standards
Concepts Behind ASTM E 931-85: Empirical Practice for Classification of Occupancies for Their Relative Fire Hazard to Life
Fire and Flammability of Furnishings and Contents of Buildings
Assessing the Risk of Fires Systemically
Fire Risk Assessment
Related Articles
Fire-Prevention Problems
Trans. ASME (January,1930)
Heat Transfer in Fire
J. Heat Transfer (May,1973)
Smoke Toxicity Data for Fire Hazard and Risk Assessment of Cable Products
J. ASTM Int. (February,2006)
