{"id":12622,"date":"2024-10-16T21:07:13","date_gmt":"2024-10-16T21:07:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pdfstandards.shop\/product\/uncategorized\/nfpa-551\/"},"modified":"2024-10-24T11:43:21","modified_gmt":"2024-10-24T11:43:21","slug":"nfpa-551","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/pdfstandards.shop\/product\/publishers\/nfpa\/nfpa-551\/","title":{"rendered":"NFPA 551"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Use <em>NFPA 551<\/em> to approve or evaluate fire and life safety solutions based on fire risk assessments.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The application of fire risk assessment methods in developing fire and life safety solutions continues to increase. <em>NFPA 551: Guide for the Evaluation of Fire Risk Assessments<\/em> identifies various types of fire risk assessment methods and describes the properties these methods should possess.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The 2010 <em>NFPA 551<\/em> helps users:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Apply risk informed decision-making for fire safety<\/li>\n<li>Select fire scenarios, identify representative challenging scenarios and group such scenarios into clusters for the purposes of conducting more effective consequence analysis<\/li>\n<li>Develop appropriate documentation to accompany a fire risk assessment<\/li>\n<li>Evaluate capabilities of those conducting a fire risk assessment<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Now with up-to-date terminology for evaluating fire risk assessment methods, <em>NFPA 551<\/em> includes:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Reorganized Chapter 7 to address documentation requirements<\/li>\n<li>Guidance on how to address uncertainty when conducting a fire risk assessment<\/li>\n<li>Factors to consider when conducting or reviewing a fire risk assessment<\/li>\n<li>Guidance on how to address the changing effectiveness of fire protection equipment, features, programs, and procedures<\/li>\n<li>New discussion on the role of qualitative, semi-quantitative likelihood, semi-quantitative consequence, and quantitative methods in a fire risk assessment<\/li>\n<li>New discussion on cost-benefit analysis<\/li>\n<li>Details about proper documentation and elements of a fire risk assessment<\/li>\n<li>Guidance on applying risk informed decision making for various fire safety goals including the preservation of cultural resources<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>NFPA 551<\/em><\/p>\n<p>also covers the purpose and importance of an operations and maintenance manual in conducting a fire risk assessment, and the importance of using checklists that address both likelihood and consequence.<\/p>\n<h4>PDF Catalog<\/h4>\n<table border=\"1px\" class=\"des-table\">\n<tr>\n<th>PDF Pages<\/th>\n<th>PDF Title<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>4<b><\/td>\n<td>2.1 General <br \/> 2.1 General <br \/> 2.2 NFPA Publications <br \/> 2.2 NFPA Publications  <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>7<b><\/td>\n<td>Chapter 1 Administration <br \/> Chapter 1 Administration <br \/> 1.1 Scope <br \/> 1.1 Scope <br \/> 1.2 Purpose <br \/> 1.2 Purpose <br \/> 1.3 Application <br \/> 1.3 Application <br \/> 1.4 Qualifications for Practitioners <br \/> 1.4 Qualifications for Practitioners <br \/> 1.5 Risk <br \/> 1.5 Risk <br \/> Chapter 2 Referenced Publications <br \/> Chapter 2 Referenced Publications <br \/> 2.3 Other Publications <br \/> 2.3 Other Publications <br \/> 2.4 References for Extracts in Advisory Sections. (Reserved) <br \/> 2.4 References for Extracts in Advisory Sections. (Reserved) <br \/> Chapter 3 Definitions <br \/> Chapter 3 Definitions <br \/> 3.1 General <br \/> 3.1 General <br \/> 3.2 NFPA Official Definitions <br \/> 3.2 NFPA Official Definitions  <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>8<b><\/td>\n<td>3.3 General Definitions <br \/> 3.3 General Definitions <br \/> Chapter 4 Evaluating a Fire Risk Assessment (FRA) <br \/> Chapter 4 Evaluating a Fire Risk Assessment (FRA) <br \/> 4.1 General <br \/> 4.1 General  <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>9<b><\/td>\n<td>4.2 Stakeholders <br \/> 4.2 Stakeholders <br \/> 4.3 Role of the Authority Having Jurisdiction in the Process <br \/> 4.3 Role of the Authority Having Jurisdiction in the Process <br \/> 4.4 Scope of FRAs <br \/> 4.4 Scope of FRAs  <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>10<b><\/td>\n<td>4.5 Uncertainty and Variability Analysis <br \/> 4.5 Uncertainty and Variability Analysis <br \/> Chapter 5 Selection and Evaluation: FRA Methods <br \/> Chapter 5 Selection and Evaluation: FRA Methods <br \/> 5.1 General <br \/> 5.1 General  <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>13<b><\/td>\n<td>5.2 Qualitative Methods <br \/> 5.2 Qualitative Methods  <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>14<b><\/td>\n<td>5.3 Semiquantitative Likelihood Methods <br \/> 5.3 Semiquantitative Likelihood Methods <br \/> 5.4 Semiquantitative Consequence Method <br \/> 5.4 Semiquantitative Consequence Method  <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>15<b><\/td>\n<td>5.5 Quantitative Methods <br \/> 5.5 Quantitative Methods  <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>16<b><\/td>\n<td>5.6 Cost-Benefit FRA Methods <br \/> 5.6 Cost-Benefit FRA Methods  <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>17<b><\/td>\n<td>Chapter 6 Information Requirements <br \/> Chapter 6 Information Requirements <br \/> 6.1 General <br \/> 6.1 General <br \/> 6.2 General Quality of Information <br \/> 6.2 General Quality of Information  <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>18<b><\/td>\n<td>6.3 Method-Specific Issues <br \/> 6.3 Method-Specific Issues  <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>19<b><\/td>\n<td>Chapter 7 Documentation (Deliverables) <br \/> Chapter 7 Documentation (Deliverables) <br \/> 7.1 General <br \/> 7.1 General <br \/> 7.2 Fire Risk Assessment Concept Report. <br \/> 7.2 Fire Risk Assessment Concept Report. <br \/> 7.3 Comprehensive Project Documentation. <br \/> 7.3 Comprehensive Project Documentation.  <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>21<b><\/td>\n<td>7.4 Operations and Maintenance Manual. <br \/> 7.4 Operations and Maintenance Manual.  <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>22<b><\/td>\n<td>7.5 Enforcement. <br \/> 7.5 Enforcement. <br \/> Chapter 8 Review <br \/> Chapter 8 Review <br \/> 8.1 Technical Review Approaches <br \/> 8.1 Technical Review Approaches <br \/> 8.2 FRA Review Techniques <br \/> 8.2 FRA Review Techniques  <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>23<b><\/td>\n<td>8.3 Review Questions <br \/> 8.3 Review Questions <br \/> Annex A Explanatory Material <br \/> Annex A Explanatory Material  <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>27<b><\/td>\n<td>Annex B Informational References <br \/> Annex B Informational References  <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>28<b><\/td>\n<td>Index <br \/> Index  <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><b> Guide for the Evaluation of Fire Risk Assessments<\/b><\/p>\n<table class=\"shortdes-table\" style=\"width: 100%\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Published By<\/td>\n<td>Publication Date<\/td>\n<td>Number of Pages<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/pdfstandards.shop\/product-category\/publishers\/nfpa\/\"><b>NFPA<\/b><\/a><\/td>\n<td>2010<\/td>\n<td>33<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":12623,"template":"","meta":{"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"ep_exclude_from_search":false},"product_cat":[2638],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-12622","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-nfpa","8":"first","9":"instock","10":"sold-individually","11":"shipping-taxable","12":"purchasable","13":"product-type-simple"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pdfstandards.shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/12622","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pdfstandards.shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pdfstandards.shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pdfstandards.shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12623"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pdfstandards.shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pdfstandards.shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=12622"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pdfstandards.shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=12622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}