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David Black
Roshan Sebastian

May 2022

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David Black, ARM

Mr. Black is a member of BakerRisk’s Process Safety Group. He serves as BakerRisk’s managing consultant for the insurance risk and fire protection service areas. He has over 30 years of experience in industrial property loss prevention and risk engineering, primarily in the oil, gas, petrochemical, and power generation industries.

Mr. Black has developed and currently oversees BakerRisk’s flagship Fire Hazards and Mitigations Analysis (FHMA) service. The FHMA methodology and related computer modeling tools were developed to assist clients in performing focused, comprehensive analyses of their operation’s fire risks, as well as the mitigation resources available to limit fire consequences. In addition to FHMA, he is also BakerRisk’s subject matter expert in fire protection systems’ inspection, testing, and maintenance. Mr. Black currently leads a series of testing and assessment investigations, including Firewater Pump Performance Testing, Underground Network Gradient Testing, and Fireproofing Gap Analyses.

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