Society of Fire Protection Engineers announces SFPE Guide to Fire Risk Assessment, 2nd edition

The Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE) – the world’s leading professional society for fire protection and fire-safety engineering – is pleased to announce the release of a new engineering guide: SFPE Guide to Fire Risk Assessment, 2nd edition.

The SFPE Guide to Fire Risk Assessment provides guidance to qualified practitioners in developing, selecting, and using fire-risk assessment methodologies for the design, construction and operation of buildings, facilities or processes. It also addresses fire-risk acceptability, the role of fire-risk assessment and fire-risk management in the fire-safety design process, and associated communication/monitoring of fire risk. The guide includes a new flow chart that outlines the risk-assessment process, along with new information related to:

• Risk perception
• F-N curves
• Risk communication
• Residual risk management
• Risk monitoring
• Sensitivity analysis

‘Understanding the topic of fire risk assessment is essential to gaining insight into and characterizing fire-related risks to better inform the wide range of decisions that should be made concerning a building, facility or process as part of the design, construction or operation,’ stated Chris Jelenewicz, PE, FSFPE, Chief Engineer, Society of Fire Protection Engineers. ‘As a result, implementing a fire-risk assessment can lead to a safer, more efficient and more cost-effective design – especially for fire engineers implementing a performance-based strategy, as it explicitly addresses unique aspects or uses.’

The new SFPE Guide to Fire Risk Assessment, 2nd edition is available for prices beginning at $139.00, with an additional 40% discount to SFPE members. The 160-page guide is available in various formats from SFPE. Institutional licensing options are available to academic, government and corporate entities from SFPE.

A complete table of contents, purchase options, and additional information is available from SFPE at sfpe.org or from Springer at link.springer.com.