- Author
- Sprague, C. M. | Dolph, B. L.
- Title
- Theoretical Basis of the Ship Fire Safety Engineering Methodology. Final Report.
- Coporate
- CompuCon, Grosse Ile, MI Coast Guard, Groton, CT
- Sponsor
- Department of Transportation, Washington, DC Coast Guard, Groton, CT
- Report
- CG-D-30-96, September 1996, 254 p.
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Contract
- DTCG39-90-D-E38425
- Keywords
- shipboard fires | fire safety | safety engineering | risk analysis | fire hazard | fire growth | fire spread | fire protection
- Identifiers
- flame movement
- Abstract
- The Ship Fire Safety Engineering Methodology (SFSEM) is a probabilistic-based fire risk analysis methodology. It is useful to conduct a structured and comprehensive analysis of the performance of all types of surface ships as a fire safety objectives. It accounts for all relevant aspects of fire safety; the growth and spread of fire, the effectiveness of passive design features such as barriers and active fire protection features such as fixed fire exinguishing and manual suppression systems. The Ship Applied Fire Engineering (SAFE) computer programs implement the SFSEM and evaluates the probability of spaces and barriers limiting a fire.