Guidance
Structural response to fire and explosion
Structural response to fire and explosion
- HSE
- Guidance
- Offshore Information Sheet 1/2021
- ExplosionHot Work and FireStructural and Asset Integrity
- Barrier managementExplosionFireRegulation and legislationStructural and asset integrity
- Scaffold
- Evacuation, escape and rescueFire protectionRisk assessmentSafety-case assurance
- Upstream oil and gas
- Offshore installation
Summary
Guidance sets out expectations for demonstrating offshore installations’ structural resilience to fire and explosion. It addresses accidental loading, critical elements, temporary refuges, fire partitions, post-explosion door performance and escape tunnels. Particular considerations include floating structures, safety gaps, scaffolding congestion, passive fire protection and combined-operation safety cases.
Classifications: Barrier management; safety barrier management.
Classifications: Explosion; explosive atmospheres.
Classifications: Fire; fire safety.
Classifications: Regulation and legislation; safety legislation; regulatory requirements.
Classifications: Structural and asset integrity; asset integrity; structural integrity.
Classifications: Scaffold; scaffolding.
Classifications: Evacuation, escape and rescue; EER; escape and rescue.
Classifications: Fire protection; fire suppression; fire detection.
Classifications: Risk assessment; hazard assessment.
Classifications: Safety-case assurance.
Classifications: Upstream oil and gas; oil and gas extraction; upstream petroleum.
Classifications: Offshore installation; offshore platform; offshore rig.
Summary
Guidance addresses how offshore structures respond to fire and explosion events.
Offshore Information Sheet 1/2021. Themes: explosion, hot work and fire, structural and asset integrity.