Fire Risk Assessment and Management
Monday 9 January - Friday 16 March 2012

Overview

Course objectives
On completion of this module, participants should have gained a knowledge of risk assessment concepts, techniques and the data required for an evaluation of fire risk in most buildings/facilities – in short, an introduction to a ‘toolkit’ of methods & techniques available to fire engineers when addressing fire risk.

Specifically during the module the participants will be provided with a general framework for considering the fire risk assessment of a property (and to an extent the management of fire risk). This framework includes the legislative framework, corporate governance and the implementation of fire safety policies.

With qualitative, semi-qualitative and qualitative methods addressed in turn, participants should be able to differentiate between these methods, explain their essential theoretical basis and associated strengths and weaknesses. The techniques and concepts will be illustrated through examination of detailed case studies.

For the more complex quantitative methods, participants will review and practice the techniques of the under-pinning mathematical, statistical and probabilistic techniques.

Participants will be introduced to the pragmatic concepts of risk mitigation and ALARP, and will be able to apply these theories through consequence analysis and other decision making management tools.

The following subjects are covered in nine Units:

Unit	Subject
1	Fire risks Corporate governance Risk management Law
2	Qualitative methods - structured - unstructured
3	Semi-qualitative methods - points schemes - matrix
4	Quantitative methods - Probabilistic
5	Full quantitative fire risk assessment
6	Frequency analysis
7	Consequence analysis
8	Risk accessibility Tolerability ALARP
9	Application to the following industries: Nuclear Chemical Offshore Transport Building

The course has been designed by Dr David Charters, an Honorary Lecturer at the University of Leeds. Dr Charters is a practicing engineer with the Building Research Establishment.

Timetable

Module material is delivered exclusively on-line.

External candidates (i.e., people not currently registered as a student at the University and completing this module as a 'one-off' for CPD or other purposes) will be expected to register as a student at the University. Registration can be arranged so you do not have attend the campus in person.

Students will complete nine Units over a ten week period starting on Monday 9th January 2012. The course is designed to allow a degree of ‘self pacing’ within the ten week period e.g., by the end of ‘week 1’ of the course , Units 1-3 will be available, followed by ‘phased release’ of the other Units.

The expected workload for students is to average between 10 - 15 hours per week over the ten week period.

The module is assessed by 50% set coursework and 50% 'open book' assessment.

 - the coursework (a mixture of prose and calculated answers in essay/report form) is set in 'week 3' of the course and is to be completed by the end of Friday 16th March.

- the 'open book' assessment is on Friday 16th March and is a set of questions which require a mixture of prose and calculated answers (the questions are made available at 9:00am UK time with the answers to be returned electronically by 4:00pm UK time). To gain formal credit for the course/module, this assessment must be completed at this specific time.

Cost

The cost to 'external delegates' for the course is £900 (with a 10% discount available for IFE and EI members).

This includes:
- registering as a student at the University of Leeds
- access to the online materials
- an appropriate level of overall support (delivered at set times)
- formal assessment by 'open book test'
- coursework with feedback
- a certificate of completion (on satisfactory completion).
- Payment methods available will be discussed on application (credit/debit card payment available/preferred).

Contact

For more information about this course/module and details about how to now apply (including how this course/module fits together with the Fire & Explosion Engineering MSc), please contact:

Mr Peter Riley
Course tutor - Fire & Explosion Engineering MSc
School of Process, Environmental and Materials Engineering
University of Leeds
LEEDS
LS2 9JT

t: +44 (0)113 343 2793
f: +44 (0)113 246 7310
e: p.r.riley@leeds.ac.uk