Terminologies on On-site and Off-

site Disasters Management

Dr. Asit K Patra

Disaster Management Institute
Bhopal
 Terminology
1. Hazard: A chemical or physical condition that has the
potential for causing damage to people, property and the
environment.
Example: Chlorine storage in Water treatment Plant
LPG storage in Bottling plant
Pressurised pipeline carrying Natural Gas

2. Risk: A measure of human injury/economic loss in

terms of both the incident likelihood and the magnitude of
loss or injury
Relation between Hazard and Risk
 Terminology
3. Risk Analysis
-A Quantitative or qualitative estimate of risk.

4. Risk Assessment
Process of utilising Risk Analysis results with respect to a reference.

5. Disaster/Emergency
Serious disruption of life, injury/death
Affected large number of people and area
Mobilisation of resources in case of those necessary during normal
operation.
 Terminology
6. On-site and Off-site

On-site: Consequences are confined within the plant

premises

Off-site: Consequences crosses the plant boundary.

On-site Planning: As per Schedule 11 of MS&IHC Rules

Off-site Planning: As per Schedule 12 of MS&IHC Rules
 Accident Outcomes

(i) Fire: Pool, Jet, Flash, Fireball

(ii) Explosion : BLEVE, VCE, Dust Explosion

(iii) Release of Toxic gas/vapour

 Parameters to study Consequences of
Accidental Release Scenarios

(A) Fire : Thermal Radiation (Various damage

levels)

(B) Explosion : Overpressure (Various damage

levels)

(C) Toxic Release : Concentration (Various

damage levels)
BLEVE
AN INDUSTRY AFTER VCE
POOL-FIRE
JET- FIRE
 Relevant Acts and Rules and Recent Developments

Factories Act, 1948 as amended in 1987

MS&IHC Rules, 1989 as amended in 2000
The PLI Act, 1991 and amended rules 1993
Chemical Accidents (Emergency Preparedness, Planning
and Response) Rules, 1996
Disaster Management Act, 2005
EIA Notifications, 2006
NDMA Guidelines on Chemical (Industrial) Disaster
Management 2007
NAP-CIDM 2010
For Further Information, Please contact:
asitkpatro@gmail.com

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