| Associations & Societies: Safety & Reliability |
| To add a listing to this page, contact Mary Bryant, e-mail bryant@tec-com.com. |
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This society has developed one of the largest voluntary standards development systems in the world with 33,000 members. It provides a forum for producers, users, ultimate consumers, and generally interested representatives of government and academia to meet on common ground and write standards for material, products, systems, and services. The society publishes standard test methods, specifications, practices, guides, classifications, and terminology based on the work of more than 134 committees. The society's committees involving risk analysis include: Committee E-5, which deals with large-scale fire testing and associated standards, as well as fire hazard assessment relating to fires and fire-related phenomena; Subcommittee E-47.13 on Assessment of Risk to Human Health and the Environment from Contaminated Sites; Committee E-50 on Environmental Assessment; and Committee E-51 on Environmental Risk Management. |
| http://www.astm.org/ |
| European Safety and Reliability Association |
| This non-profit international association for the advance and application of safety and reliability technology in all areas of human endeavor is an "umbrella" organization with a membership that includes national professional societies, industrial organizations, and higher education institutions. |
| http://www.esrahomepage.org/ |
| European Safety, Reliability and Data Association |
| Established in 1992, the European association ESReDA promotes research, application, and training in reliability, availability, maintainability, and safety (RAMS). |
| http://www.esreda.org/ |
| International Association for Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management |
| This association sponsors and oversees the organization of the International Conferences on Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management (PSAM), which promote rational decision making to assure safety and reliability and to optimize the use of resources for complex systems through the use of risk assessment and management methods. The conferences, which are held at approximately two-year intervals, provide a public forum for information exchanges covering both theory and applications of these methods to the design and operation of technological systems and processes. |
| http://www.iapsam.org/ |
| National Fire Protection Association |
| This international, nonprofit, membership organization was founded in 1896 and aims to help protect people, their property and the environment from destructive fire. The association advocates and advises on fire safety and protection worldwide. |
| http://www.nfpa.org/ |
| National Safety Council |
| Founded in 1913, the council is committed "to educate and influence society to adopt safety, health and environmental policies, practices and procedures that prevent and mitigate human suffering and economic losses arising from preventable causes." |
| http://www.nsc.org/ |
| Safety and Reliability Society |
| Formed in the United Kingdom (UK) in 1980, the
Safety and Reliability Society now has approximately 600 members in the UK,
mainland Europe, the Middle East, the United States, and the Asia Pacific
region. In addition, some 40 academic institutions, industrial companies,
and other organisations with interests in safety and reliability and
engineering risk management hold affiliate membership in the society. Some benefits of society membership include the following:
(Posted August 2007.) |
| http://http://www.sars.org.uk// |
| Safety Engineering and Risk Analysis Division (SERAD)of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) |
| SERAD formed in 1991 by merging ASME's Safety Division (est. 1951) and the Risk Analysis Task Force to stimulate interest in and disseminate risk analysis and safety information as applied to the process of mechanical engineering. Member activity has expanded to include product liability, loss prevention, and occupational health. Safety is the reduced risk achieved by successful application of engineering understanding and controls to hazards. For new products and processes, risk is identified and minimized by analysis of previous experience and conservative design. The interests of SERAD extend across most of the other ASME divisions. This division works with industry, ASME Codes & Standards, and other relevant professional and regulatory organizations to discuss, review, and promote practices that lead to reduced risk and improved occupational environments. (Posted September 2000.) |
| http://divisions.asme.org/serad/ |
| System Safety Society Inc. |
| This nonprofit organization of professionals is dedicated to the safety of systems, products, and services, exists to advance system safety's state of the art, to contribute to a meaningful management and technological understanding of system safety, to disseminate newly developed knowledge of system safety, to further the development of professionals in the field, to improve public understanding of the system safety discipline, and to improve the communication of system safety to management, engineering, and other professional groups. In addition to the society's on-line resources, some of its chapters, such as the Florida Chapter System Safety Society, have webs that link to useful information about system safety. |
| http://www.system-safety.org/ |
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