This thesis treats the area of Business Continuity Planning (BCP), which is one way to decrease the vulnerability in an organization. The main objective was to investigate how the business benefit of BCP could be measured in monetary terms. The aim of this investigation was the development of a general and practically usable framework. The framework was developed in a deductive way by combining th

This graduation project examines to study how analysis of different fire protection attributes shall be carried out using technological trade-offs. The purpose of this report is to develop guidance for engineers to verify technological trade-offs, and therefore make a more reliable verification. The report shows that safety levels of fire protection as multidimensional. Therefore, several system

The purpose of this thesis is to investigate whether the risk attitudes of experts in risk management, i.e. the group of experts participating in the study made by Abrahamsson and Johansson (2006), comply with the preferences of the general public. A major focus of the thesis is the development of the experimental setup, which is based on the trade off method developed by Wakker and Deneffe (1996)

On offshore installations for oil- and gas exploration, fire-water deluge systems are often installed to mitigate the effect in case of fires. Recent research has shown that the deluge can also be used to mitigate explosion consequences by activating deluge on gas detection. The effect of deluge on the explosion risk is however very complex and could in some cases lead to increased explosion risk

Events such as a storm that hit Sweden in 2005 and caused considerable damage led to a number of new additions in the Swedish Electricity Act. Some of these additions were demands on power distribution companies on a risk and vulnerability analysis and an action plan concerning the reliability of delivery in distribution networks, and also on keeping its customers informed about this. The aim of t

The objective of this master’s thesis has been to develop a model for valuation and comparison be- tween SCA plants with reference to fire loss prevention work. The aim of this report has been ful- filled by analysing results from literature studies, interviews and questionnaires answered by per- sons experienced within fire loss prevention work and paper industry. The report resulted in a Loss Pr

The purpose of this report is to investigate the preparedness planning concerning pandemics on different levels of the society but with focus on the municipal level. The study was funded by the city of Malmö and hence the proposal is based on the city ́s organization. The methodology used was interviews, a questionnaire and vulnerability analysis. The analysis resulted in guidelines for the prepar

The purpose of this master thesis was to provide reliable information to improve off-piste skiers’ knowledge, behaviour and risk management. This since research concerning human factors in the field of avalanches traditionally had been paid little attention. A literature review covering avalanche, traffic and risk literature and two surveys which gathered approximately 2000 responses were conducte

Capacity development projects must be based on a thorough understanding of the situation within the subject country. However, the assessment phase is a very complex process and should cover a great number of aspects that both in time and space could affect the outcome of a triggering event. This project tries to identify what general aspects that could affect a country’s Disaster Management Capaci

The aim of this master thesis is both to investigate how risk analyses in the layout design phase of railway tunnel projects today are done and to advise how the safety thinking of complex infrastructures could be improved in the future. The thesis is based on case studies of three Swedish railway tunnel projects in Göteborg, Malmö and Stockholm. The thesis is limited to examine sudden risk scenar

The aim of this master thesis is to coordinate risk management for process facilities. This has been done through several inventories concerning process facilities and their ability to coordinate risk management regarding Safety, Health and Environment. The inventories along with literature studies have resulted in a framework for coordination of SHE for risk management in process facilities. An e

The purpose of this thesis is to create a framework for risk and vulnerability analysis on a societal level, meant to be used by Swedish municipalities to produce decision basis in risk- oriented issues. The framework is based on three major principles; a systems approach to risk and vulnerability management, regulation analysis according to Swedish legislation and evaluation principles for risk m

The report aims at quantifying vulnerability of lakes by multiple linear regression, in which transparency of the water is used as a proxy for vulnerability and parameters such as area and depth of the lake as independent descriptors. Data was acquired from Swedish environmental monitoring programs. The analysis results in a model that can be used to predict this trend and thus predict the vulnera

This master thesis shows how microbial concentrations in raw water can be assessed by scenario modelling of microbial releases from known microbial sources. In this thesis an inventory of potential microbial sources in eastern Mälaren has been performed and 7 major sources of microbial pollution have been identified. The distribution modelling program SeaTrack Östra Mälaren has been used to model

The performance-based codes currently used for design of fire resistance of structural members are, implicitly or explicitly, based on maintaining a certain risk level. The risk level takes into account the potential injuries and casualties if structural collapse should occur in case of fire. Once the design is made, the risk level is not stated explicitly. A risk based design method is presented

Today several Swedish house-building companies are developing concepts based on industrialised house-building principles, due to problems with quality and delays. Skanska has a concept called ModernaHus that is using industrialised principles. In this report, the main purpose was to identify and analyse risks in the part of ModernaHus where concept documents are created and examined. This part is

This master ́s thesis investigates how the seasonal varying number of temporary visitors affects the number of emergency rescue efforts in a municipality. According to the Civil Protection Act municipalities should take varying risks into account. Also the result presented in this report indicates that all municipalities, and therefore BeRädd, should take this issue into account. A flow chart is p

This master thesis presents a qualitative model for performing a due diligence analysis of non- financial risks and their management, the DANFiRM model. The model includes a thinking process and a working procedure for identifying and evaluating the current non-financial risk exposure at the target enterprise and further required measures for altering risk exposure and risk management activities t

The aim of this master thesis is to present a risk assessment method to evaluate fire safety in high rise buildings. The method is essentially based on international building regulations and handbooks, interviews with Boverket (the Swedish National Board of Housing, Building and Planning) and interviews with the fire and rescue service. Two case studies have been carried out to investigate how ris

The purpose with this master thesis was to identify which problems that were related to the implementation of AFS 2001:1, examine what they were caused by and to some extent come up with solutions to the problems. In order to do this a feasibility study, a literature study and five interviews with people working with AFS 2001:1 were done. The people who got interviewed work in one large and one li