Abstract Fire is a main threat to property and human safety in materials storage of process industry plants as well as other industrial sectors, and risk management of materials storage fires is challenging due to potential accident causes and various safety measures. Complex accident causes, severe consequences, and effective safety measures have been the main concerns of industrial companies and researchers. However, for storage fires, a generic risk management model is absent. Bow-tie is an effective method to reveal causal relationships of accident causes, safety barriers, and possible accident consequences. In this study, based on bow-tie analysis, a generic framework for quantitative risk management of storage fires is established via analysis of previous storage fires. Pertinent safety measures are presented, allocation and efficacy of these safety measures to reduce storage fires risk is investigated. Finally, the methodology and proposed generic framework is applied to a major storage fire accident for a case study, the probabilities of fire accident and consequences are reduced significantly, which shows the efficacy and applicability of the proposed approach. The generic framework established in the present study can be tailored to various storage fire accidents with limited manipulation; and also, allocation and implementation of pertinent safety measures can reduce storage fires risk significantly.

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基于风险的安全措施分配，以预防和减轻仓储火灾危险

摘要 火灾是加工厂及其他工业部门物料储存中财产和人身安全的主要威胁，由于潜在的事故原因和各种安全措施，物料储存火灾的风险管理具有挑战性。事故原因复杂、后果严重、安全措施有效，一直是工业企业和研究人员关注的主要问题。然而，对于存储火灾，没有通用的风险管理模型。领结是揭示事故原因、安全屏障和可能的事故后果的因果关系的有效方法。在本研究中，基于领结分析，通过对以往存储火灾的分析，建立了存储火灾定量风险管理的通用框架。提出了相关的安全措施，调查了这些安全措施的分配和有效性，以减少储存火灾风险。最后，将该方法和提出的通用框架应用于一起重大仓储火灾事故的案例研究，火灾事故发生的概率和后果显着降低，表明了该方法的有效性和适用性。本研究中建立的通用框架可以适用于各种有限操作的存储火灾事故；此外，相关安全措施的分配和实施可以显着降低存储火灾风险。火灾事故发生的概率和后果显着降低，说明了该方法的有效性和适用性。本研究中建立的通用框架可以适用于各种有限操作的存储火灾事故；此外，相关安全措施的分配和实施可以显着降低存储火灾风险。火灾事故发生的概率和后果显着降低，说明了该方法的有效性和适用性。本研究中建立的通用框架可以适用于各种有限操作的存储火灾事故；此外，相关安全措施的分配和实施可以显着降低存储火灾风险。