All you need to know to successfully manage fire safety in accordance with the Fire Safety Order.

A must-have guide for current and future safety professionals, the third edition of this practical handbook presents the key elements of an effective fire safety management program; explains the types and functions of fire control equipment; discusses the identification and control of hazardous materials; identifies safety organizations and available resources for fire service programs; describes commonly installed fire detection systems and their maintenance and inspection; and includes learning objectives, case studies, updated codes and standards, and information about emergency response and school fire safety planning.

Andrew Furness and Martin Muckett give an introduction to all areas of fire safety management, including the legal framework, causes and prevention of fire and explosions, fire protection measures, fire risk assessment, and fire investigation. Fire safety is not treated as an isolated area but linked into an effective health and safety management system. Introduction to Fire Safety Management has been developed for the NEBOSH Certificate in Fire Safety and Risk Management and is also suitable for other NVQ level 3 and 4 fire safety courses. The text is highly illustrated in full colour, easy to read and supported by checklists, report forms and record sheets. This practical approach makes the book a valuable reference for health and safety professionals, fire officers, facility managers, safety reps, managers, supervisors and HR personnel in companies, as well as fire safety engineers, architects, construction managers and emergency fire services personnel. Andrew Furness CFIOSH, GIFireE, Dip2OSH, MIIRSM, MRSH, is Managing Director of Salvus Consulting Limited who specialise in Fire Safety. He was the chairman of the NEBOSH / IOSH working party that developed the NEBOSH Fire Safety and Risk Management certificate. Martin Muckett MA, MBA, CMIOSH, MIFireE, Dip2OSH, former Principal Health and Safety Advisor to The Fire Service Inspectorate and Principal Fire Safety Officer, Martin is currently Salvus Consulting Limited’s Senior Fire Safety Trainer / Consultant.

A must-have guide for current and future safety professionals, the third edition of this practical handbook presents the key elements of an effective fire safety management program; explains the types and functions of fire control equipment; discusses the identification and control of hazardous materials; identifies safety organizations and available resources for fire service programs; describes commonly installed fire detection systems and their maintenance and inspection; and includes learning objectives, case studies, updated codes and standards, and information about emergency response and school fire safety planning.

For Management and Economic courses with Risk and Strategic Management modules. This book places the theory and practice of occupational health and safety firmly within a strategic business context by making health & safety an equal partner to other strategic business risks. The authors' innovative approach offers a uniquely coherent text in which the essential principles of business risk management are applied to the management of health & safety in order to develop best practice approaches. The authors examine the subject within a global context so are not constrained by local legislation. The first part introduces principles and concepts of risk and the management of risk relevant to a range of organisations and their stakeholders. Crucially and uniquely, it addresses the importance of economic and cost-benefit considerations in risk decision-making. Part Two focuses on best practice techniques in health & safety management drawing on international research. It analyses contributions of training, effective performance measurement, techniques of auditing and benchmarking and the development and measurement of organisational safety cultures. The full text downloaded to your computer With eBooks you can: search for key concepts, words and phrases make highlights and notes as you study share your notes with friends eBooks are downloaded to your computer and accessible either offline through the Bookshelf (available as a free download), available online and also via the iPad and Android apps. Upon purchase, you'll gain instant access to this eBook. Time limit The eBooks products do not have an expiry date. You will continue to access your digital ebook products whilst you have your Bookshelf installed.

PrefaceSince the second edition of this book, some things have not changed and others have.The need for safety professionals to understand basic fundamentals is essential inhazard recognition, evaluation, control measures, and the standards to ensure com-pliance with current required fire codes. The safety manager today faces a moral andlegal responsibility to the community, worksite, and to the public. Safety managersneed an understanding of the duties and responsibilities for which they are account-able. The primary purpose of the Fire Safety Management Handbook is to integratea broad field, including the National Fire Codes (NFPA), into a single manuscriptthat deals with all aspects of the fire sciences.This text presents the key elements that comprise an effective fire safety manage-ment program. It was written for fire safety professionals, safety managers, scientists,and college instructors as a useful reference in dealing with the varied problems offlammable hazardous materials as well as managers who are accountable for firesafety as part of a comprehensive safety and/or a risk management program.Safety programs are typically evaluated based upon the results they achieve fortheir respective organizations. Tangible results of any safety program can be difficultto measure. Over the years, the profession has evaluated safety program effective-ness by measuring the failures produced, such as accident frequency and severityrates, or property loss rates. Measuring safety programs by their failures is counter-productive. By the time any safety program produces the failures to measure, it istoo late for managers to implement activities that could have prevented those failuresfrom occurring in the first place.While the safety profession has never proven that a direct correlation existsbetween various safety program activities and achieving favorable program results,safety managers strive to identify the possible relationships. Successful safety man-agers place an emphasis--such as their time and organizational resources--onimplementing proactive activities that impact the results of their safety programs.Safety program effectiveness should be measured by the quality, rigor, and utility ofthese activities, as well as their impact on the bottom line.Having established that an effective safety program emphasizes proactive activi-ties, this text places special attention on the fire safety activities that can achieve themost optimum results. Developing and implementing an effective fire safety manage-ment program can:* Reduce property loss insurance premiums.* Demonstrate why certain practices are being used.* Help minimize the financial impact of business interruptions.* Boost customer service and public images.* Foster an efficient work environment to help realize quality gains.* Impact favorably on the profitability of an organization.* Evaluate building construction.