Recommendation 50: Approach to fire and explosion protection

The regulations and related guidance notes should promote an approach to fire and explosion protection:- (i) which is integrated as between - — active and passive fire protection — different forms of passive fire protection, such as fire insulation and platform layout, and — fire protection and explosion protection (paras 19.87-95); (ii) in which the need for, and the location and resistance of, fire and blast walls is determined by safety assessment rather than by regulations (para 19.96); (iii) in which the function, configuration, capacity, availability and protection of the fire water deluge system is determined by safety assessment rather than by regulations (paras 19.97 and 19.99); (iv) which facilitates the use of a scenario-based design method for fire protection as an alternative to the reference area method (paras 19.91 and 19.98); and (v) which provides to a high degree the ability of the fire water deluge system, including the fire pump system, to survive severe accident conditions (para 19.100).