APPLICATION OF ALOHA SOFTWARE IN FIRE RISK ASSESSMENTS
The oil industry is undoubtedly one of the most vulnerable to the occurrence of fires. First of all, the high fire hazard of this industry is determined by the large number of combustible substances that circulate in the process.For this reason, fire risk management experts in recent years have focused their studies on search for computer tools to achieve greater accuracy and speed of response before accidents of this type.Most of the software that currently exist to analyze the fire risk can only be used if license has been paid for, and in many cases it is quite expensive.ALOHA (Areal Locations of Hazardous Atmospheres) is one of the computer programs that can be downloaded from the Internet and used to study fire risks, obtaining accurate results and the possibility of developing emergency prevention plans.ALOHA software description is presented and an example of this software application in a fire at the fuel storage tank in the «Ñico López» refinery located in Havana (Cuba) is given.