Major accident prevention

Type of study	Bachelor
Language of instruction	Czech
Code	040-0154/03
Abbreviation	PZH
Course title	Major accident prevention
Credits	4
Coordinating department	Department of Occupational and Process Safety
Course coordinator	prof. Dr. Ing. Aleš Bernatík

Subject syllabus

1. Introduction
2. Assessment of major-accident risks
3. Identification and selection of risk sources (IAEA-TECDOC-727)
4. Identifying possible situations and causes of accidents (What if, FMEA)
5. Estimation of probability and frequency of accidents (FTA, ETA)
6. Assessment of the consequences of accidents (ALOHA)
7. Asset Impact Assessment Methods (FEI)
8. Environmental Impact Assessment Methods (H&V Index Method)
9. Overview of preventive safety measures to prevent accidents
10. Internal emergency plan
11. Emergency Planning Zone, External Emergency Plan
12. Emergency preparedness exercises
13. Excursion

E-learning

Not relevant.

Literature

Purple Book. CPR 18E, Committee for the Prevention of Disasters: Guidelines for Quantitative Risk Assessment, Hague, 2005. .

Advised literature

De Rademaeker E., Suter G., Pasman H.J., Fabiano B., 2014, A review of the past, present and future of the European loss prevention and safety promotion in the process industries, Process Safety and Environmental Protection, 92, 280-291.

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