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Value‐based fire safety: A new regulatory model for mitigating human error
Author(s) -
Chubb M. D.,
Williamson R. B.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
fire and materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.482
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1099-1018
pISSN - 0308-0501
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1099-1018(199911/12)23:6<291::aid-fam701>3.0.co;2-n
Subject(s) - fire safety , process (computing) , risk analysis (engineering) , human error , value (mathematics) , engineering , poison control , computer science , transport engineering , business , medicine , environmental health , machine learning , operating system
The development and use of performance‐based fire safety regulations represents a dramatic shift from rule‐based performance to knowledge‐based performance. Much of the resistance to this approach flows from the inherent shortcomings of the decision‐making processes used in building design, construction, and use and flaws in the process used to develop fire safety codes and standards. Overcoming these difficulties requires regulatory reforms that reflect the social and economic values of the communities adopting them and a process‐oriented structure that recognizes and responds to the causes and costs of human error. Copyright © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.