BakerRisk’s proprietary fire hazard analysis software.
Fire Hazard Analysis Software
FireHAT© is our proprietary Fire Hazard Analysis software, an innovative modeling tool used to support our Fire Hazard and Mitigation Analysis (FHMA) studies. The objective of a FHMA is to perform a comprehensive evaluation of potential, credible fire scenarios that the site would be expected to respond to and successfully control.
FireHAT© takes the guesswork out of determining fire protection coverage adequacy and performing hydraulic calculations for protection systems. FireHAT© has a powerful graphic interface that simultaneously displays the consequences of a process unit fire with the coverage capabilities of fixed fire protection systems, making gap analysis a snap. FireHAT© also has a built-in hydraulic calculation tool that shows real-time impacts of changing a fire response so that users can determine whether their water supply, pumps, and piping can support the planned response.
Interactive software showing Jet Fire with thermal radiation contours and mitigation
Example of Jet Fire with thermal radiation contours and
water sprays from available fire hydrants.
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