The course will address chemical hazards that impact process safety — specifically fires, explosions, and toxic effects. Students will learn how model consequences, model likelihood, analyze risk, and evaluate risk. Students will be exposed to the most popular/widely used methods in industry. In addition, the course will also cover: Risk management — framework, description of risk concepts, risk reduction, managing residual risk; Process design and facility siting; Prevention and mitigation — safety systems — what they are, their design; A thorough description of risk evaluation — risk tolerance criteria — how they are established and used, risk informed decision-making, benefit cost analysis; Human factors — how human error affects process safety.