Preventing Fires and Explosions Training Course

• Self Paced Course, learn at your own speed, whenever you wish
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• Full fledged e-learning course- Its not a video of a guy speaking or a pdf or a PPT

What is this course about?

Fires and Explosion hazards present themselves in almost all industries and especially so, in those sectors which handle hazardous materials that could be flammable and/or explosive.  Managing these hazards to prevent fire and explosion is an integral part of Process Safety.

However, there are several ways in which the designers and owner/operators of these plants and facilities can prevent fires and explosions. This Abhisam course helps you learn all about preventing Fires and Explosions. This course assumes that you know all about the fundamentals of fires and explosions. If not, then you should first take the Abhisam Understanding Fires and Explosions course first.

Why should you learn about preventing Fires and Explosions?

As they say, prevention is better than cure. Once a fire starts or an explosion happens, there is not much that can be done. At best, the ensuing damage can only be contained (to some extent). Plants and facilities are not cheap, replacing them can be very very expensive.

Also the losses due to such accidents very often exceed the original cost of the investment.

Let that sink in. Yes, the loss due to fire or explosion in industry, can many times exceed the original cost of the asset and can threaten the existence of the company itself.  This is unlike other assets where damage to the asset can be usually a percentage  (less than 100%) of the original cost. Imagine a car that meets with an accident, say it hits a tree and there is damage to the doors, say. The cost of repairs will usually not exceed the cost of the car and at the most will be as much as the original cost, assuming you do not get any insurance payout.

Not so in the process industries such as Chemical or Oil and Gas. In case of a large fire or explosion, the damages can even exceed the cost of the original equipment because of the bad effects on people as well as the environment. Governments and other regulatory authorities can and many times do fine the company that owns the factory and these payouts can even bankrupt it.

The best thing is to hence prevent fires and explosions from happening in the first place altogether.

If you are in any way responsible for safety of any industrial facility (including plants, storage areas, warehouses) , then you must understand this subject very well. Or you may be working for a regulatory authority or a government agency in charge of industrial safety, or work as a building or factory inspector. In all these situations this course will give you a good background.