Guidance
Supporting safety studies guidance note
Supporting safety studies guidance note
- NOPSEMA
- Guidance
- A308937
- Evacuation, Escape and RescueExplosionProcess SafetyRegulation and Legislation
- ExplosionFireMajor accident managementRegulation and legislationRisk management
- Emergency responseEvacuation, escape and rescueRisk assessmentSafety-case assurance
Summary
Guidance explains supporting studies for facility safety cases, covering fire and explosion risk analysis, smoke and gas impairment, evacuation, escape and rescue, and emergency-system survivability. It distinguishes regulatory requirements from recommendations and discusses systematic assessment, modelling assumptions, control performance and evidence that risks are reduced as low as reasonably practicable.
Classifications: Explosion; explosive atmospheres.
Classifications: Fire; fire safety.
Classifications: Major accident management; major accident prevention.
Classifications: Regulation and legislation; safety legislation; regulatory requirements.
Classifications: Risk management; risk evaluation.
Classifications: Emergency response; emergency preparedness.
Classifications: Evacuation, escape and rescue; EER; escape and rescue.
Classifications: Risk assessment; hazard assessment.
Classifications: Safety-case assurance.
Summary
Guidance on using supporting safety studies to demonstrate hazard controls, fire and explosion safety, and emergency arrangements.
A308937. Themes: evacuation, escape and rescue, explosion, process safety, regulation and legislation.