PAS Publishes Second Edition of The Alarm Management Handbook

Sept. 8, 2010
The definitive guide to best practices for effective alarm management and a concise summary of the new ISA standard.

PAS recently published the second edition of The Alarm Management Handbook by Eddie Habibi, PAS Founder and CEO, and Bill Hollifield, PAS Alarm Management Principal Consultant.

PAS published the first edition of The Alarm Management Handbook in 2006. With the release of the new ANSI/ISA-18.2-2009 Management of Alarm Systems for the Process Industries, PAS has updated the book to incorporate the ideas presented in it. This new standard sets forth the work processes for designing, implementing, operating, and maintaining a modern alarm system in a life-cycle format. The 2nd edition includes a summary of the standard’s scope, regulatory impact, requirements, recommendations, and other details.

The new edition also includes much additional practical information on benchmarking alarm system performance, developing a comprehensive alarm philosophy, solving nuisance alarm problems, performing alarm rationalization, implementing advanced alarm handling techniques, and improving the operator HMI for optimum situation awareness and incident mitigation.

The print version of The Alarm Management Handbook, 2nd Edition is $89.95 and is available from PAS at http://www.pas.com/Technical-Books/Alarm-Management-Handbook.aspx. The e-version of the book is available through the Apple iBookstore and Amazon.com. 

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